When driving up Hwy 400 one may see sections where the province have posted a lot of no parking signs and this may seem odd for a highway but this is likely an indicator that in the past it was is a good place to park your car and drop a canoe to access free camping sites.
McCrea Lake main parking area is towards the southbound highway access at Georgian Bay Road. Parking fills up quickly on the weekends best to take Friday off and go up Thursday for a 3 night getaway. A canoe is required to access any camp sites but there are at least 20 of them and most have a rain barrel as a toilet, no walls. I accessed the park from the north end getting off at South Gibson Lake Road, parking near the Gibson River on Iroquois Road. Although the last time I looked there a lot of no parking signs appeared.
The Gibson river requires two easy portages the first right under the hwy underpass before the river opens up. There are 3 large camp sites along the river. This access point is not often used so if you arrive late odds are pretty good that a site is still open. If you paddle around into the main park area and end up at general parking area, your car will be a 5km walk up on the 400 hwy. A bit doggy as the highway clearly says no walkers allowed. I'm not going to go into much detail here as there is lots of information online for this free camping location as its likely the most popular location nearest to Toronto.
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