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Your best bet is Lac Phillipe which is about a 20-min drive from the Hull site
with hardly any traffic to contend with.

It's fully serviced and should be fairly quiet that time of year.  There is a
very nice clean lake, general store, but no indoor pool though.  I can't think
of any camping sites near here that do have indoor swimming pools.

If you want information, you can call the National Capital Commission in Ottawa.
I should be able to post the phone number here tomorrow.

/Mario

Or there's the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Campground in the West-end
between Moodie Drive and Eagleson just North of the Queensway.  It
is handy to Kanata or the OTO offices ... and a bit quicker to get
to Ottawa touristic things if you'll be doing tha.

Stuart

    A drive from Perth to Ottawa would be about an hour and a half commute
    one way to the Hull facility and one hour to Kanata.  The only
    campground I can think of near Perth is McGowen Lake (sp?) which is on
    the far side of Perth, closer to Sharbot Lake.  There is two Provincial
    Parks in the Sharbot Lake area, too far to commute.
    
    There is a couple of campgrounds on the Mississippi River or on
    Mississippi Lake near Carleton Place.  Can't think of the names of the
    top of my head.  Between Carleton Place and Ottawa there is a
    campground at the Dwyer Hill road that I think has a pool.  It may be
    seasonal only.
    
    As Stuart mentioned, the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Campground is within
    easy access to Ottawa, Dec Kanata and the Hull facility.
    
    Lac Phillipe if a very attractive location in the Gatineau Hills and
    near the Hull facility but I don't know about hook-ups.
    
    There is also a Provincial Park with hook-ups called Fitzroy Harbour,
    no pool but a beach area on the Ottawa River and good recreational
    facilities.  Some of the Ottawa FSE's live out that way.
    
    Bill

re: .1, .2

Although I have not been to the Lac Phillipe, I live not far from there.
From Digital Hull you take Hwy 5 North (10 min), continue on Hwy 105 (5 min),
before Wakefield turn left on Hwy 366 to Masham (7min), at Francis Fuels
turn left to Lac Phillipe. 
In my biased opinion easy commuting and  natural beauty make it incomparable
to anything you can find on the Ontario side of the Ottawa River.

If you choose a West End location (.2), you are not really that much closer
to downtown Ottawa and most of your daily commuting will be with the traffic. 
(Forget about Perth, it's too far.)

Be ready for the bug season. In my experience the most vicious mosquitoes 
may be found in larger numbers in  the lower locations (Ontario) while the
black flies thrive in the unspoiled nature up North.

George 

    The Lac Phillipe option will provide a much better camping experience.
    The other one is a campsite in the middle of a city. Not what I go
    camping for.
    
    							Derek

Fitzroy Harbour is very nice and has bigger and more private lots than Lac
Phillipe.  The drive though will take you at least 1.5 hours on the Ontario
side and maybe 1 hour on the Quebec side if you take the ferry.  Of course
the ferry will cost you about $4.50 everytime you use it.

/Mario

	There is a provincial park along the Rideau river just outside of
	Kemptville. Distance wise it's not much further than Fitzroy Harbour
	and in many ways it's a little more practical in that Kemptville
	offers more amenities than Fitzroy. (ie: it's a bigger town)

	Maybe somebody knows the name of the park.

	Ben

    RE -.1
    >	There is a provincial park along the Rideau river just outside of
    >	Kemptville. Distance wise it's not much further than Fitzroy Harbour
    >	and in many ways it's a little more practical in that Kemptville
    >	offers more amenities than Fitzroy. (ie: it's a bigger town)
    >
    >	Maybe somebody knows the name of the park.
    
    Rideau Provincial Park   613-258-2740
           District Office   613-258-8204
    
    Shawn

    Thanks for all the info. I'm going to look up some of these places on
    my maps tonight and then maybe make some calls. If there are any other
    suggestions just keep them coming.
    
    Orval
    

    Wait a minute lads.  This guy is from Sarnia!!!!!
    
    Are you sure there are no other camping ideas for him??
    
    What about the rifle range just off Carling???

    He can't really be from Sarnia because if he was he wouldn't be going
    away for a vacation. Sarnia is the most incredible place in the entire
    universe. It's even listed in the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
    			Sarnia : Mostly Harmless
    
    
    			DON'T PANIC !

    I knew this would get turned around sooner or later. Next comes the
    Grand canal Campground suggestions.
    
    Yes he really is from Sarnia.....
    
    Yes he is leaving Sarnia for a few weeks. Actually the trailer has been
    sitting at a friends farm downwind from the chemical valley collecting
    contaminated fallout all winter. What I was hoping to do was get up to
    your neck of the woods and get a good rain to wash it down and leave some
    of that good chemical stuff behind.             
    
    Orval

    So you don't really need electrical hook-ups if your trailer glows in
    the dark!
    
    I have an Ontario Private Campground directory somewhere at home.  I'll
    take a look this weekend (if I can find it).
    
    
    Bill