Frontenac Backcountry Camping Gear List
Each Frontenac backcountry site has a tent platform, a fire pit, a privy and a food locker. Park staff suggest extra paracord or fishbone anchors for the platform and a refillable camp stove, and to always bring water, snacks, a map and a first aid kit.
What Ontario Parks says to bring
Water, snacks, a map and a first aid kit
Ontario Parks says to always bring them. Help is not close at hand.
Paracord or fishbone tent anchors
Staff recommend them to secure your tent to the wooden platform.
A refillable camp stove
Staff encourage stoves to reduce the need for fires.
A park map
Sold online and at the park office.
A 2 m leash
Pets must stay on one at all times.
What a campsite has
Tent platform, fire pit, privy and food locker
Every site, with a picnic table at all but site 16.
Food locker size
30 by 15 inches inside, and 20 inches deep.
Fire and rules
No firewood from home
Collect dead, fallen wood or buy firewood at the park office.
Check the alerts page
For fire bans, before you leave.
No trailside fires or camping
Ontario Parks does not permit either.
Limited cell coverage
There is a cell booster in the self-serve station at the park office.
Gear questions for Frontenac backcountry camping
Do Frontenac backcountry camping sites have food lockers?
Yes. Ontario Parks says each site has a food locker, with a tent platform, a fire pit and a privy.
How do you pitch a tent for Frontenac backcountry camping?
The sites have wooden platforms. Staff recommend extra paracord or fishbone tent peg anchors to secure the tent.
Can you bring firewood for Frontenac backcountry camping?
Staff ask campers not to bring their own firewood. Collect dead, fallen wood or buy it at the park office.
Sources
- Ontario Parks: Frontenac camping
- Ontario Parks: Frontenac activities
- Ontario Parks blog: Frontenac Provincial Park
Checked against the agency pages above on November 9, 2026. This page names no products, and it lists what the agency says, in our words. Check the agency page for rules that changed since.
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