A canoe goes in at George Lake, off the campground, and the paddle runs from the pink granite of the Georgian Bay coast toward the La Cloche Mountains' white quartzite ridges. The George Lake campground has beaches, trails, and canoeing. You wake up on the same shore you paddled.
The ridge trails leave from the campground, so a hike can start at the site and end at the same van. The Crack and Chikanishing are the popular trails. Campsite holders pick up a free permit for both at check-in.
The historic village of Killarney, a fur-trading post, is the town outside the park. Book the George Lake site before you book the van. Ontario Parks accepts car-campsite reservations up to five months in advance of your arrival date.
George Lake has RV pull-through sites, no electrical hookups, and a trailer dump station. You pull through onto an unpowered pad and use the dump on the way out.
George Lake is open for camping all year. From late November through early May the main gates close and the campground is walk-in only. A campervan does not drive to the site in those months, and guests haul gear in, including by toboggan.
Killbear Provincial Park is the Georgian Bay overnight from Parry Sound. Manitoulin Island and the Chi-Cheemaun ferry are the rest of Ontario. Sault Ste. Marie is a city west of Greater Sudbury.
Windy Lake Provincial Park
Windy Lake's sandy beach is the swim, and camp is a walk back, in Levack inside Greater Sudbury. Use it for the first night when you want a campground inside the city, and save George Lake for the Killarney night. Campsites are secluded, large, and flat, close to flush toilets, showers, laundry, and drinking water.
Ontario Parks marks electrical hookups and a trailer dump station, and no RV pull-throughs. If you need more sleeping space than a campervan, look at RV rentals in Greater Sudbury, the rig that needs a pull-through. In the fall shoulder, plan on self check-in and reduced gatehouse hours, as of September 2026.
Science North
You park on Ramsey Lake and walk between two hexagonal buildings, then through an underground rock tunnel that crosses the Creighton Fault and ends in a cavern. Science North's own page calls the place "a snowflake perched atop a rock crater". Dynamic Earth is a Science North attraction on the same in-town day. There is no camping at either, so this is a Greater Sudbury day with the van in the lot.