Outdoors

MacGregor Point is probably one of the most beautiful places to explore in the Ontario Parks system. Keir and I had both been here before with friends or school trips and we were eager to go back.

The weather was good; it was warm with a bit of sun although some of the days had cloud cover. When you're hiking in the summer, sometimes cloud cover can be a good thing.

We stayed in the Nippising Campground on Egret Circle, Site # 135. It was a great site, large and private surrounded by lots of trees.

MacgGregor Point has amazing trails but hike with caution as there is poison ivy everywhere. Some of the trails are also not very wide so if you are exploring on a bike, take care of hikers who might step in poison ivy trying to get out of your way....like me (wash with soap and water as soon as you can, it will help).

There is a great beach which has a huge number of frogs. There is also a large playground area for children....or us because tire swings are the best.

Our favourite trail at MacGregor is "Tower Trail" which is aproximately 3.5KM and takes you around an amazing view of the wetland and has a great observation tower where you can waterfowl and other wildlife. On a previous trip, I was able to watch an otter swim at the base of the tower. A few weeks prior to this particular trip, a mother bear and her cub were spotted wandering through.

We also hiked around a small area called "Water Snake Pond" which was a fantastic muddy area with tons of frogs and of course, raccoon prints.

Sunset Point was a trail off the beach which had a beautiful view with the sunset reflecting off the clear water of Lake Huron. We also explored "Turtle Pond" which can be accessed by the Huron Fringe Trail off the Old Shore Road Trail. Turtle Pond has never been a disappointment for wildlife viewing as we often saw an Egret in the shoreline.

On our last day, we decided to take an early morning hike to Turtle Poind which lead us to an amazing opportunity to vew a family of raccoons enjoying some breakfast. There were four, a momma and three babies. We were able to quietly observe them for about five minutes before the boardwalk creaked and they scampered underneath.

We have been able to explore all the hiking trails at MacGregor, approximately 15.5Km...and we often did many of the trails more than once, they are amazing.