Hey campers! Our parks are implementing new ways to deter bears and other wild critters from making off with your dinner.
Read about which parks offer bear-resistant storage containers and how you can use them during your trips.
Algonquin Provincial Park
Algonquin has storage lockers at Pog Lake, Kearney Lake, Lake of Two Rivers, and Mew Lake campgrounds.
Although bears can still smell any food in these bins, they cannot access it and therefore will not be rewarded with human food. As a result, they are less likely to keep returning to the campsite.
These lockers are first come, first served.
Finlayson Point Provincial Park
Two storage lockers are available at the park.
For more information about storing your food at Marten River, contact the park.
Frontenac Provincial Park
Frontenac has food lockers installed at every backcountry campsite!
Each locker is identified with the corresponding campsite number (please don’t use another camper’s food locker), which should be kept clean for subsequent users.
Please remove all food and debris when vacating your site.
Grundy Lake Provincial Park
The storage lockers at Grundy Lake are intended for visitors who don’t have a trunk, such as motorcyclists or backcountry campers.
Grundy has a locker stationed at each of the park’s nine canoe-in sites.
Killbear Provincial Park
Killbear has both large and small bear bins.
Large bins are available to those without a vehicle and can be delivered to car campsites upon request.
Small bear bins are available for rent at Beaver Dams and Blind Bay comfort stations for anyone looking for additional storage. A $25 key deposit is required.
Marten River Provincial Park
Food boxes are located centrally within the park.
For more information about storing your food at Marten River, contact the park.
Missinaibi Provincial Park
Missinaibi was one of the first parks in the northeast zone to offer storage lockers. They are permanently installed on a number of campsites and some in central locations.
Lake Superior Provincial Park
There are two food lockers installed at the Agawa Bay Campground and one at Rabbit Blanket Lake Campground.
Several food lockers are located in Lake Superior’s backcountry.
Pancake Bay Provincial Park
One bear-resistant food locker is available in the East Campground between sites 141 and 143.
Silent Lake Provincial Park
Two food lockers are located within Silent Lake’s Pincer Bay Campground walk-in loop #74–88.
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Sleeping Giant has storage lockers at three of their signature backcountry campsites (two at Tee Harbour, one at Lehtinen’s Bay and one at Sawyer Bay) to keep campers’ food dry and safe.
These multi-compartmentalized, stainless steel lockers are mounted on an 800-pound concrete footing to ensure no animal will be stealing your tasty snacks.
They were designed to not be overly conspicuous so that their presence does not take away from the experience of spending a night in the pristine backcountry.
The Massasauga Provincial Park
Many of The Massasauga’s backcountry sites have food storage containers.
Campers can see if their site has a food storage container at the time of registration under the site’s details section.
Don’t forget to be Bear Wise
The bins stop the bears from making off with your meals, but you still need to keep a clean campsite.
A bear’s excellent sense of smell will still lead it to an untidy campsite, no matter how secure your food is. Learn more about keeping your food away from critters.
