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RENFREW CAMPING NEWS - 2012


Nine Mile River Watch Rating Scale

1 - low - great for children playing, fishing, air mattresses

May 17 2012

2

2 - moderately low - good for fishing, tubing
3 - recently rained - great for canoeing, kayaking, tubing, fishing
4 - full - great tubing, canoeing, kayaking
5 - full flood, hazardous - stay clear until full food conditions abate to level 4.

logo copyright Environment CanadaWeb Feature - Nine Mile River Watch - check this site every Wednesday in season for our 'River Rating' - keeping you in touch with the latest river levels for the best conditions for swimmers, rafters & canoers.  Combined with the weather forecast, our system will help you plan your weekend camping in detail...


Seasonal camper Stoney Roach shows off an early season catch.

This beauty was the one that didn't get away! - photos courtesy Stoney

He won't say where he caught them, but we know he didn't go far from his site.


It's Confirmed! - Yes Wakeboarding will be back this season; a great way to 'cool off and work out' at the same time, right in our own backyard!

FREE Camping Winners! - Congratulations to Jack and Cathy Cornish, who were the lucky winners of free camping for this coming season - we look forward to seeing them back with us this year!


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About Us

Welcome to Renfrew Camping, a family oriented campground along the winding Nine Mile River in rural Nova Scotia.

We open again for 2012 on May 18, and have  already planning a full season of activities to keep the whole family happy!

 

Congratulations to Jack and Cathy Cornish who have won our annual Free Camping Give-away and will enjoy free RV camping for the entire 2012 season!

 

 

Facilities & Attractions:

  • Laundry room

  • Adults' centre

  • Horseshoe beds

  • River swimming

  • Basketball court

  • RV dump station

  • Office & grocery store

  • Playground equipment

  • Ice & firewood for sale

  • Mini-golf & games room

  • Nine hole par three golf course next door

  • Wildlife watching & photography

  • Minutes from highway & shopping

  • 30 x 60 ft supervised swimming pool with showers

  • We offer..

    cross river sites● 100 sites with EWS (50 @ 30 amp)

    ● 39 un-serviced sites

    ● 54 EW sites

 

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Camping Rules & Regs

 

How to find us...

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GPS Advisory:  We recommend you follow our directions to our campsite rather than using your in-vehicle GPS system.  Our directions are calculated to bring you as close as possible via a 100 Series Highway before turning onto secondary paved roads.  Current GPS directions may route you onto a longer course, partly on dirt back-country roads.

 

 

Schedule of Weekend Events & Activities - 2012

Date Event/Activity
May 19 Welcome to you all. Our seasonals will be getting things ready for the camping year. Check out our seasonal rates & compare it to an overnight fee.  Why not become one of our seasonal campers? Also check out our draw each year on a chance to win free Seasonal camping.
May 26 Hillbilly Games - Adult Bingo time to be announced and Kids Bingo (7-9)
June 2 Crafts for children, times to be announced.  Adult and kid's bingo times to be announced.
June 9 Crafts. Adult and kid's bingo times to be announced.
June 16 There’s Something Fishy About This Weekend—Don’t worry, nothing strange here, just a Fishing Derby, with prizes, prizes, prizes. Gummy Worm Bingo for kids, Kid's Fishing Craft and fun games. Adult bingo time to be announced.
June 23 Easter Is Here-We'll be having Easter crafts and other games to be announced.
June 30 If you’re happy and you know it... Come camping! Well what are you waiting for? Put on your Happy Face and join us in a cake walk, Happy Face Games, Cookie Decorating and Puddin the clown will be there. Bingo times to be announced. There will be a craft workshop on July 1st in the hall, time will be announced.
July 7 T'is the week-end before Christmas... so come to the hall at 11 AM and learn how to make a Christmas gift for someone. Bingos for kids and adults times to be announced. (Get your money in, its time for the free Seasonal Camping Draw at 7 PM !)
July 14 Christmas week-end. Santa or Santa's helpers will be arriving at 6 PM. Please keep the gift giving small. Come out and enjoy Christmas with a Christmas music sing along and enjoy Santa or his helpers as each child is called up to receive their gift and a free bag of candy.

Of course there will also be our favorite games of Bingo.

July 21 Water Fun week-end - Tubing race, bring your rubber tubes and hand paddle down the river, river side rubber duck race, plus pool side games, we're even going to make a little sailboat and sail it in the river! Bingo times to be announced.
July 28 Brush up on your archery or just come on over and learn all about it with instructor and certified teacher John Webber in the afternoon. Prize auction, come out and enjoy this event at 7 PM. Bingos for kids and adults will be announced.
August 4 Fashion Show week-end- This is our annual Men’s Fashion Show 7:30 to 8:30. We will be crowning our Queen and the first and seconded runner up, prizes for all who dress up . At 11 AM in the hall a craft workshop for the children. Bingo times to be announced.
August 11 Halloween week-end. There will be crafts in the hall for the kids at 10:00 AM. Trick or treating begins at 6 PM. Bingos to be announced. We'll be playing the movie 'The Evil Thing' for children and adults at 9 PM in the movie room, come on over and walk through the haunted hall upon entering the movie room IF YOU DARE!
August 18 Kids Coupon Day. Kids costing you money? Well not so much this week-end because each child will receive a coupon book to use only at Renfrew Camping on the 18th and just to help Mom and Dad out we'll also be giving you a chance to win your camping week-end free.  There will be a draw Friday the 19th at nine PM and you might just be the lucky winner.
August 25 Half price week-end. Pay for one night and get one night Free. We'll have adult and childrens' bingo with times to be announced.
September 1 This is the last long week-end before school. There will be a free pancakes breakfast at 9 AM Sept 1st , a Candy scramble at 3 PM for children and one for the adults following. On the 1st there will be fireworks at dusk (9-12) On September 2nd there will be a sack race at four for the children and one for the adults following. There will also be a balloon roundup at 12AM for the children and one for the adults following. Adult Bingo time to be announced, and kid's bingo also to be announced.

Come out and enjoy Wake Boarding.

Also we'll be organizing some childrens' dances, so watch for times and dates.

 

This is the end of our activity calendar, but please don’t forget to book your Thanksgiving week-end with us, bring your family and friends and cook your Thanksgiving turkey dinner camping, it's fun and is growing bigger and bigger every year.


Thanks for camping with us and hope to see you all back next year!
Randy and Brenda