>>2053386I camp on ontario crown land and drink from the lakes and rivers no problem.
My buddy and I have a platypus water filter we use to make it safe to drink, just try to collect from an area with little to no sediment and moving water if you can. You could always boil it afterwards if you were worried about it but I've never had a problem.
You can see our water filter hanging from the tree in this pic from McCrae Lake last september.