McCrae Lake & McDonald River Site

McCrae Lake is a large inlet adjacent Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada where people go camping and canoeing. The McDonald River starts at the dam at Crooked Bay and flows into McCrae Lake. Together they form one of the most scenic canoe routes in the world. The Internet makes possible the dream of a calendar for this special place. Every three months, this web site will feature a new calendar showcasing scenes from the McDonald River or McCrae Lake just for the campers who appreciate the beautiful surroundings.

After you're finished viewing the latest calendar, watch one of the movies . Watch the water flow down the rapids from the comfort of your own home. View the pictures in the photo album to see the larger images of the lake or download a wallpaper for your computer.

Please read about the bridge over the rapids and about how snowmobiles are ruining Ontario. Our nicest wilderness places are being ruined by the callous policies of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. The creeps actually gave your tax dollars away to a snowmobile club to help finance wrecking this place. The MNR avoided informing any parties interested in preserving this area about the snowmobile trail. Never did they post a sign stating that an application had been made for a permit to build a road and bridge in the area. Yet the MNR maintained three signs during that time at the parking lot with other information regarding the canoe route because that is the only way they can inform the public which camps there.

When it did become known, they allowed the construction to proceed despite overwhelming public objection. Next, the snowmobile club dynamited the waterfall doing irreparable damage. Here are some faqs about what happened.