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Posted by: db
Posted on: May 15th, 2012 at 2:56pm
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I love that website. You can click through two weeks at a crack and see what's booked.
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Posted by: Preacher
Posted on: May 15th, 2012 at 2:23pm
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PhantomJug wrote on May 14 th, 2012 at 6:01pm: PhantomJug wrote on Jan 12 th, 2012 at 5:38pm: FWIW, after 2 attempts and 2 hours, the confirmation email never came. 4 months later, my confirmation email arrived today. Not that I needed it but it was nice of them to remind me that I can enter the park next Sunday. The story of CAMIS, the contractor who runs the reservations, is amusing at best & insulting at worst. Perfect example of government outsourcing to everyone's detriment.
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Posted by: Seymour
Posted on: May 15th, 2012 at 2:44am
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I also used it for my Beaverhouse entry for August and then for Dawson Trails for some car camping. I thought the calendar was a good idea and to what kind of numbers the entry points get - some get booked faster than others - not surprising. 
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Posted by: PhantomJug
Posted on: May 14th, 2012 at 6:01pm
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PhantomJug wrote on Jan 12 th, 2012 at 5:38pm: FWIW, after 2 attempts and 2 hours, the confirmation email never came. 4 months later, my confirmation email arrived today. Not that I needed it but it was nice of them to remind me that I can enter the park next Sunday.
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Posted by: jimmar
Posted on: Jan 28th, 2012 at 10:58pm
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Just made my reservation for a Batchewaung entry on 6/3. The system seemed great and received a confirmation email immediately.
Planning the same trip I did 2 years ago with my son to Sturgeon Lake (BIG Pike, cedar strip canoe, if you remember my trip report here). This time I'm taking his twin brother. Can't wait!
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Posted by: PhantomJug
Posted on: Jan 19th, 2012 at 3:45am
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Westwood wrote on Jan 19 th, 2012 at 2:43am: Just a quick followup with my experience with the on-line reservation system. In less than 3 hours I received two follow-up e-mails including a confirmation of my reservation.
Westwood Good. It appears they got my note.
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Posted by: Westwood
Posted on: Jan 19th, 2012 at 2:43am
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Just a quick followup with my experience with the on-line reservation system. In less than 3 hours I received two follow-up e-mails including a confirmation of my reservation.
Westwood
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Posted by: Westwood
Posted on: Jan 18th, 2012 at 11:31pm
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I went to the site today to reserve for June 16 entering Dawson Trail on Pickerel Lake. Everything went well and took about 10 minutes to complete. Except for one date every day for May and June was available. When I was done, I printed off the confirmation page. It took longer than a phone call did, but I'm sure it will be quicker next time. Plus, I could do it after 5:00 PM and unlike a phone call you don't get a busy signal or put on hold. Overall I liked how it worked.
Westwood
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Posted by: Phoenix
Posted on: Jan 13th, 2012 at 6:04pm
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Westwood wrote: "What's really fun is trying to book a yurt. They go fast." Probably true in canoeing season but no so in Quetico in winter. But then that's an even "Quieter Journey".
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Posted by: Preacher
Posted on: Jan 13th, 2012 at 3:42pm
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Westwood wrote on Jan 12 th, 2012 at 10:59pm: The site will not let you go more than 5 months into the future.
Westwood 5 months is the rule for all reservations on OntPPs. There are also penalties for cancelling/changing 4 months or less before the entry date. I think they get punitively higher the closer to your entry date you make the change. People used to book their favourite sites a year in advance and for the maximum stay allowed, cherry-picking the best sites. Then they wouldn't use the reservation. The site goes empty. The park doesn't collect their cash. People who would have used the site can't. Basically it became a de-facto case of if you could afford it you could claim a site and have it go vacant. In a fit of rightous egalitarianism (justly so imo) restrictions & penalties were put in place with the result being more people using the parks and 'offenders' paying the price for their campsite-camping ways. What's really fun is trying to book a yurt. They go fast.
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