We arrived at Silver Lake on a drizzly Thursday afternoon. Despite the rain, Pete headed out in his kayak to fish. Wilson and I headed for a walk to explore the small campground. Sites are small here, not a lot of space for big rigs, but privacy is ok. The beach area is small but nice and the comfort station clean & well kept. It has 147 sites but not many are electric and again, I stress they are for smaller trailers and tents. The park also borders along Silver Lake and hwy 7. In the Algonquin section you can not hear the highway, but over in the Dawson section be prepared to listen to the traffic from hwy 7.
We had site 112, non electric and it was a super waterfront site. Getting the trailer down the hill to the site was a challenge however Pete did it!!!
We were only spending Thurs night here, and then were heading to Sharbot Lake - we thought since they are in such close proximity to each other we would check this one out to see if it warranted a return visit or not. There is a small store here, but we did not visit it. Oddly enough, for a day in early June, we were the sole campers here on a Thurs pm. It was a bit freaky to say the least - not usually ones to lock the door on the trailer when sleeping, we did that night!!!!
We awoke to much nicer weather and Pete was up with the birds out fishing - plenty of fish to be found here. We did not do the short hike they advertise, but just did a couple walks around the campgrounds itself, checking out all of the sites since they were all open!
awesome waterfront site
enjoying a fire after the rain
sunset
sunset
We packed up after lunch and headed down the hwy a short distance to Sharbot Lake Provincial Park. Here we encountered lots of other campers and beautiful weather. Once again we lucked out and had a waterfront site - Beachfront site #10. This site is fabulous, and although right beside the boat launch isn't loud or noisy as the launch wasn't used much when we were there. This park is much larger than Silver Lake, and still borders along hwy 7. There are two lakes here - Black Lake, which sites are on, and Sharbot Lake. It is a nice walk over to Sharbot Lake from the beachfront sites, and lots to see while walking around the park. The waterfill up and dump station are in an awkward spot, in the middle of the park, and hard to navigate around. There are two beach areas here, and both look well looked after and clean. The comfort stations are also kept clean and tidy.
We spent the bulk of our time kayaking - and Peter fishing while here. Black Lake is a great lake to paddle around and offered lots of scenic things to look at while out floating around.
site 12 view from the water
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