Get away from it all when you stay under the stars in rural Port Colborne. Our tent site was built in 2024 on our 11 acre woodland property. We have combined everything you love about camping with the comforts of glamping. The site is very private and includes a gorgeous queen bedroom, large fire pit, BBQ, solar lights, phone charging station, and a clean modern outhouse with handwash station. Just a 5 min walk away from public beach access to Lake Erie (Cedar Bay), plus great biking nearby.
Our 11 acre woodland that surrounds the tent site is a beautiful place to relax and unwind. The woods contains mostly White Pine, Red Oak, and Sugar Maple. There are several beautiful large spruce near the firepit. The woods north of the camp site (i.e. past the outhouse) has a nice walking trail you are welcome to use! Wild Turkeys love the north end of the woods, sometimes we see flocks of 20 or more! You are bound to see White-tailed Deer tracks and more than a few wild rabbits too!
Feel free to pick vegetables out of our veggie garden behind the barn (we don't use any sprays or pesticides); wild raspberries from the bushes and explore the forest behind the barn.
Please be aware this is a (really nice) campsite. There's no running water and no electricity. There is a handwashing station inside the modern outhouse. Please bring bio degradable bath soap if youâre planning on taking a lake bath or shower!
Thereâs a phone charging station inside the tent and a variety of solar and battery operated lights. Turn out the lights for the best star viewing!
Weâve provided a camp kitchen kit to help you prepare and enjoy your own campfire cuisine. There is a grill for cooking over the open fire or you can use the bbq. The camp kitchen kit includes coffee, tea bags, teapot and French press, pots and pans safe for the fire grill, utensils for eating and prepping, cutting board, eco friendly dish wash soap, a bin for dish washing, and dish towels for your use.
Bring your own water and coolers for your food. Bodners corner store is just up the road for ice, groceries, and supplies⊠itâs open every day in the summer and closes at 5pm.
Camping means there will be BUGS, including mosquitos and potentially ticks. We suggest packing some icardin spray (it works better than deet on our bugs!). There are citronella torches around the firepit for you to use as well. The tent has a sturdy bug screen so that breezes can move through the tent but its *not* 100% bug-proof.
Friendly note that you WILL hear our rooster Thomas-Tophat. Welcome to country life!
BBQ: thereâs a new bbq at the tent site that we keep stocked with propane and a lighter. After dinner please be sure the bbq lid is down so raccoons donât have a party in the bbq overnight! Paper plates can be burned in the fire down to ashes.
CAMPFIRES: 1 wheel barrow load of wood is included with your stay, additional loads are $10 each. A full bucket of well-water will be beside the fire pit when you arrive so that you can safely put out the fire at bedtime (well-water isnât safe for drinking!).
GARBAGE: All garbage must be placed in the metal garbage bin with lid pushed on tight.
WILDLIFE: As cute as the wildlife are, please donât feed them on purpose. You will hear coyotes howling but it is rare to see one. (Just because people ask: there are NO wolves or bears! We are located way too far south for that!). We have lots of deer, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, cottontails, red foxes, and possums. Since we are located so close to Lake Erie, our woods attracts some interesting birdlife including Great Horned Owls, Eastern Screech Owls, Green Herons, Red-shouldered Hawks, lots of woodpeckers, and every year a few Bald Eagles fly overhead! There is renowned birdwatching within a close drive along Lake Erie (Point Abino, Morgan's Point, etc).
THINGS TO DO: check out our guidebook on this site. There are a few really good restaurants (in my opinion!) in Port Colborne which is about 7 min drive away. Or you can drive 15 mins to Ridgeway / Crystal Beach which has some very cute shops and nice bistros. We are just down the street from the Friendship Trail which is a paved route that stretches many miles and is easy flat terrain for biking or walking. This trail is part of the Greater Niagara Circle route, if you like to bike you can just go and go!
For additional offsite hiking, consider Morganâs Point (conservation area) or visit the Wainfleet Wetlands Conservation Area (bring your binoculars to see waterfowl in the large ponds, and watch your step for fossils in the exposed rock!).
