Outdoors

Ferris Provincial Park is located in the Southeast Parks and is along the Trent River and south of Campbellford, Ontario. Our site was #123 in the Bedrock Campground. This was another quick weekend camping trip and definitely worth it. Like Sibbald Point, Ferris Provinical Park once belonged to a family (The Ferris Family) and became a provincial Park in 1975.

It was an insanely hot and humid weekend. It had not rained in awhile and everything was so dry. The grass was burned and the slightest movement cause a whirlwind of dust. Our site was small but with some good thinking, we placed the tent and car in spots that allowed us to maximize the space.

We hiked to the town of Campbellford and back...if you ran out of anything during a longer stay and the camp store didn't have it, the convenience of hiking into town is definitely a bonus.

Three campsites down from us there was a man-made nesting post where a family of Osprey were. No one had booked that site for the weekend so we had many opportunities to watch the family...which was incredible as we were able to watch them hunt and successfully catch a smaller bird...and then be attacked by its mate! We were also able to catch some glimpses of the baby osprey in the nest. It was really amazing to be that close.

There was a great spot for photos on the Ranney Trail standing on the suspension bridge. There was also 3 loops on the Drumlin Trail which were very hilly...probably more enjoyable on not such a humid weekend.

No raccoons but we did have a family of red squirrels nesting in a tree on our site as well as tons of dragonflies and fireflies. A very clean and well maintained park, quiet and a nice relaxing place!