S04E04 Selkirk Provincial Park Review

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Cell Phone Service: If you've been to this park please let us know your experience with cell service.

[@nicolevanderwel9934]

Love your channel!! We are newly retired and just starting our camping journey! We are excited. When you were saying about the lack of mosquitoes I was almost yelling at the TV because it’s the birds!!!! One swallow can eat up to 2000 a day!!😂🐦‍⬛

[@CampingwiththeColes]

🤔That makes sense. Thanks for the information.

[@nicolevanderwel9934]

@@CampingwiththeColes Thank you for making these videos!!! ❤

[@mackouyoumjian3799]

Fantastic dad joke, free paper plate. Lol

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks! I was thinking of putting a countdown in there "3 seconds to dad joke, 2, 1"

[@kristenjantzi9559]

My husband and I will be going here for the first time this weekend! Thanks for the great review. 😊

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Have fun!

[@shawnsprague7401]

Perfect review, been there once for a weekend and it’s exactly how you described, really not much beach but always seems to be some availability when trying to book. Good for a short trip.

[@martincurrie8195]

Love how your reviews are so detailed, not only for the campground but for the surrounding area. Be careful for the ticks when walking off the path, as the area is known to have ticks. Good luck on your trip to Superior Lake, we have been there many times and look forward to your reviews.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks for the support. Lake Erie parks are well know for the ticks. We probably should have mentioned it. We only briefly showed the tick sign at the entrance to the hiking trail.

[@ewaskolyszewska5467]

Thank you. My son just bought property in Selkirk I will be visiting this place very often and exploring this area. Good job I am watching your movies and I love them very useful.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Our pleasure! We love making them.

[@joannewhitman313]

I have a cottage right across the road and also worked there in the late 70s. It has been a Provincial Park since the 60s when the province bought it from a farmer. It has been privately run but it has always been a provincial park, never a conservation area. The beach changes every year and it is Stoney to enter but there is sand when you get out to about your knees. The dog beach is the best beach.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks for the info.

[@OutdoorsygalO]

Beautiful photo capture of the Yellow Warbler. ❤️ Where did Cheryl get her “Outdoorsy” T Shirt. I think I need one because of my channel name. 😉 Those snakes freaked me out. I once had one chase me in the water at Balsam Lake. 😱 Great tips! Thanks! 🙂👍🏻

[@CampingwiththeColes]

The outdoorsy shirt would be perfect for you. I think I found it a few years ago at Old Navy. It's not a regular item though.

[@daveruddy3605]

Selkirk is one of our favorite parks, well maintained

[@JC-tc7uh]

We’ve noticed the provincials have been great for very few mosquitoes. Conservation areas, not as good. Would like to know what they do, but maybe we don’t want to know ;). Thanks, another great review.

[@VanessaSB__]

Just watching this casually to get more info on Selkirk and happen to notice the Jeep and little green trailer mentioned are my neighbour's set up! Small world. Thanks for the info!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

LOL that's funny. A lot of people have commented that they've seen their own set up or themselves in our videos. Sometimes they can just catch the smallest of glimpses and still recognize something.

[@goleafsgo02]

It reminds me a lot of Wheatley. Going to check out this park later this summer for a few days.

[@evenstargalaxy9586]

Loved it. Loved your style of video. You two seem fun. I Look forward to more videos.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks so much!!

[@joeseb7510]

I think 6.5 is very generous, we’re presently doing a east coast trip I think Ontario parks could learn a lot from national parks. Most have hydro, water and sewer. If they run hydro line they could at least run water alongside that would alleviate the long lineups at the dumping station. Nothing like going home with a dirty tank.

[@OutdoorCanucks]

Thanks for the review. I've always wondered about this park, seeing its so close to the GTA.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

It's certainly not a "Must Do" kind of park but it's nice for a close to home getaway. Hope you're having a great camping season. Love the 360 park videos.

[@mbirch1593]

Charcuterie...just a fancy Lunchable. :) LOL @ the Cinderella birds vs Alfred Hitchcock birds! Enjoy your Lake Superior trip! Jealous!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

If you're being all fancy and having wine you have to use a word like charcuterie instead of Lunchable. We're not kids on recess LOL.

[@HusbandnWifeDuo]

OMyGod! Cheryl knows people that we can't see LOL! Beautiful and informative video on a park that we have lots of memories associated with. We had a Group camping in one of the three huge lots here in 2015 or so. My husband got two light warnings by the rangers here. One on driving too fast and raising a dust cloud while we were driving only at 20 km and second in the evening when we were playing games before sleeping and were being loud. My husband tells me that Ontario has lots of provincial parks on Canadian side of the lakes in order to provide first/last stop to the birds migrating in/out from/to the other side in May/early June and then in late September/October. He identified the yellow bird as yellow warbler. Looking forward to your BIG TRIP.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Sounds like you have good memories from their. Thanks for identifying the yellow warbler. Their were so many birds but I couldn't get them on video because they were too fast for me. I got a Robin though (how boring).

[@robertsitch1415]

I guess you could say that some of the nicest provincial parks have plenty of outdoorsy people felling a close connection too.

[@lindamaurice9923]

You two make me laugh to tears when you start laughing. Love it.

[@EdStOnge]

Hey guys just saw your Selkirk video and the picture of the 3 of us. Really nice to meet you both. Hope to see you through our travels again. Your friends Ed, Rhonda and Charlie

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Good for you to watch all the way to the end. 😁I was testing you to see if you'd watch that far. Hope to run into you again some time. Give Charlie a pat on the head for us.

[@EdStOnge]

Well of course we watch to the of all your videos we love you guys. And Charlie thanks you for the pat on the head Safe travels

[@sarahwickens6098]

I really love the reviews you two do!! When we consider a PP, I always check "what did the Coles think?" 🧡. Have you ever been to Warsaw Caves Conservation Area for camping? It looks beautiful from the pictures, but no one has any reviews on KZbin! 😥

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks for thinking of us when considering a park. This is the first we've ever heard of Warsaw Caves Conservation Area. I just briefly checked out their website and I see that all their sites are non-electric. We don't do a lot of non-electric sites unless it's such a beautiful place that we'll forgo the electricity like Bruce Peninsula National Park. We're spoiled now.😊

[@chantellek3982]

We were there the following weekend - wheelers walk path was dry and full of bugs. :)

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Oh wow! What a difference a week makes.

[@joanneduclos3550]

I’ve watched all your episodes and I love you two!!! Thank you so much for all the work you do to make these videos (I know it’s a lot). We’ve camped at a lot of parks and I still love Silent Lake and McGregor Point the best. Killarney is my true #1, but we have a motor home now and they don’t have electric hook ups. Maybe we’ll see you out there one day! ❤️❤️🇨🇦

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thank you so much!! Maybe we'll meet up some day.

[@midnitestork]

Great review as usual. Selkirk good for a weekend or short stay. Selkirk used to have monthly seasonal but that stopped last year or the year before and it always closed Labour Day Weekend. It's open this year until Thanksgiving. PS ....that little trailer in the video I am pretty sure was a Trillium and not a Scamp lol.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

When I showed Cheryl the video for the first time she said "that's a Trillium, not a Scamp". She knows the trailers better than me. Thanks for the park info. Happy camping!

[@HusbandnWifeDuo]

Just a request/suggestion: when you are doing the BIG Trip please consider making a separate stand alone video on the entire trip, showing not only the beauty of the landscape but also advising on for example, what should RV drivers consider while undertaking such a beautiful but energy and logistics taxing trip.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

That's a great suggestion. It sure is different to plan than a single weekend trip.

[@ablais007]

A question for the Coles. What do you mean when you say a campsite is Radio Free? No music? Let me know. Thx. I am a newbie rv'r. Andre

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Good question. Radio free means you can't have any outside electronic noise such as radios, bluetooth speakers etc or TVs. You can have those things on inside your trailer but not outside with external speakers. No electronic noise should be heard outside. If you're tenting you can't have anything on at all.

[@Daveluvsoutside]

I have a strange question, how come you put the filter for the water hose on the actual tap rather than putting the filter at the trailer so you can filter the rubber taste of the hose? Has that just never been an issue? I really really enjoy your videos. I’m hoping my wife and I can do that some day. Always look forward to your videos. Thanks so Much.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

That's a good question. I guess my thought is that I would prefer filtered water going through the entire system including the hose. I guess the other view is that you put it on after the hose and any contamination that might be in the hose would be filtered out. As for a rubber taste, we've never noticed that. I think if there was a rubber taste then the wrong type of hose is being used. I can see a garden hose giving a rubber taste but an RV water hose shouldn't.

[@carolandkenlunney5430]

We are with you....not our type of park. Just got back from Samuel De Champlain...spent 14 days there and could easily have spent a lot more time there. You got to try that one.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

We here a lot of good things about Sammy D. We'll have to check it out next season. Thanks for the tip.

[@PatlLawson]

Yes, people who know you were there! Sorry we missed you. Had the same reaction to lack of bugs and the party, then enjoyed their music into the night, our site close to the shore. Looks like you missed Mud-cat Days in Dunnville and the bed races? 😂 so much to do on the Erie shore! Ahhh,…..the fish and fries!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Next time we'll check out the Mud-cat Days. Thanks for the tip.

[@alisonlee6800]

Great video Coles duo! The final shot of the video was so fitting! ❤️ How is Cheryl’s training going for Sleeping Giant’s hike? Look forward to Sibbald Point!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks Alison. Her training isn't going as well as we'd like. I've been encouraging her to build up to it but life gets in the way. We'll take it slow with lots of breaks. She is highly motivated to get to the top.

[@susandugard768]

Hi as newbys we are wondering about your in-line water filter. Can you share the type and your experience with it? Thanks

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Sure thing! In most of our videos we put links in the video description for items we show in the video. Here is the amazon link for the Camco water filter that we use amzn.to/3GkGGHp We always use it when filling up our trailer fresh water tank unless the potable water hose isn't threaded, but most are. That way we keep our fresh water tank nice and clean. When at a park with water hookups at the site we put on a water pressure regulator on the faucet to ensure there isn't too much water pressure that may damage our plumbing. You can see me attaching it to the filter in the video. Here is the link to that amzn.to/3PKxdNQ We've been very happy with the filter. In general provincial parks have good water but if you go to private parks you never know what you're going to get. We always use it to be safe. One filter lasts us the entire season.

[@kimberlycook5138]

Do all of the electric sites also have water hook ups at this park?

[@CampingwiththeColes]

I believe all electric sites have water hook ups. Very unusual for a provincial park.

[@paulineobrienrp444]

We’re close to a lot of people I know! So close to us we’re from Hamilton:)

[@campkayakadventures]

Sibbault Point is not a bad park it gets a bad wrap because the day beach is insanely overcrowded on the weekend. Best place to kayak from is the dog beach and bring water shoes

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks for the tip Frank. We're going on Canada Day weekend. I expect it to be crazy busy.

[@campkayakadventures]

@@CampingwiththeColes we went there just to kayak on a Saturday morning and the lineup was all the way to highway 48. So we went somewhere else. Also the dump station can get busy on a Sunday morning. We have camped there a few times and was always a good experience.

[@robertsitch1415]

I guess you could say that you have found the few Ontario Parks with water service to campsites in the last handful of videos.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Yep, that's unusual. I don't know of any more that have water hook-ups.

[@erin6466]

How long do you typically stay at a park?

[@CampingwiththeColes]

We usually stay at a park for 3 or 4 nights. That usually gives us a pretty good feel for what it's about.

[@lindamaurice9923]

Question, do they allow campers to go in the non electric sites or is it only for tents?

[@CampingwiththeColes]

It's no problem having an RV on a non electric site.

[@ProdigiousReturn]

Just respect the generator rules if you do decide to stay in a rv in non electrical. Been camping for decades and last year I was appalled by the noise and lack of respect for generator hours - this in radio free non electrical areas too. I am thankful for the newly introduced generator free ares this year.

[@jimandsandraallison5201]

I think the non-electric sites are nice then the electric. lol Keep in mind that you don't need to fill up as you have water to each site. The water doesn't drain well because it's on clay.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Yes, the non-electric sites were really nice. Good point on the fill up. You'd only have to do it if you had a non-electric site and therefore no water hookup.

[@outdoorskingdome9038]

excellent

[@JanerAndArchibald]

Three questions: Why is the water like chocolate milk? When do we get a review on that headlamp? And finally, why was someone giving away perfectly good paper plates?! Crazy!! 😁👍🏼

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Three answers: I don't know why the water looks like chocolate milk. Here is the review of the headlamp kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH2TXnxraZWUp6M The people are clearly insane to give away perfectly good paper plates. 🤣🏕

[@JanerAndArchibald]

@@CampingwiththeColes oddly I didn’t get a notification on that headlamp review. 🤔hmm Thanks!

[@neoarmour]

I had a horrible experience at Selkirk. Nothing but insects. Only 2 flushable toilets.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Things can really change with each visit. Too bad you had a bad experience there.

[@Cutlass_Rudd]

Years ago went there with a friend, we had to book it in advance by a month because it was so busy. The weather changed from 25 degrees to pouring rain and 7 degrees, it was a muddy, cold, damp, windy mess. And we were in tents! Totally ruined trip BUT I went back a few years later and it redeemed itself. I'll visit again this summer.