Wolf Lake Wednesday
It’s late but here’s my week’s contribution to Wolf Lake Wednesday. Friends of Temagami, Earthroots and no doubt a bunch of other organizations and individuals are trying to pressure the Ontario government to take Wolf Lake in the Chiniguchi waterway off the table for mining and logging.
Where’s the peak of Silver Peak
Someone posted a comment on my recent trip report wondering where indeed is the highest point in Silver Peak. Apparently there used to be a fire tower on top of it? And the tower footings mark the highest point. At the end of the Silver Peak trail section there are some concrete footings. I’m not sure they’re from a fire tower – they don’t seem far enough apart, compared to those still around at Maple Mountain and Ishpatina Ridge. But they’re for some kind of tower. One is visible in this photo.
Killarney Park: to Silver Peak and back via Three Narrows
I have posted my usual report on the canoe trip my friend Martin and I took last weekend. This year we went to Killarney Park. Martin had never been so I had to take him ’round to show him the sites. The trip did not disappoint. Read: Killarney Park: Carlyle, David, Killarney via Three Narrows
Back from Killarney
I’ll have a full report soon, but I wanted to say re-bonjour to the internet after my server also decided to take the weekend off. I’m looking into the causes and the solutions. Apologies to all whose websites I host and who missed my blog.
What have I forgotten?
Tomorrow is an early morning and a long drive to Killarney Provincial Park. The car’s packed. The boat is strapped onto the roof. Hope them foam blocks hold. Hope I haven’t forgotten anything. Hope the weather’s good. Hope the route is navigable.
Foam blocks? Check. Spatula? Check
Next weekend my friend Martin and I are off to Killarney Park. Our third annual fall canoe trip. I’m very excited. I was trolling the gear shops in the west end for bits and pieces of gear, including foam blocks to put the canoe on the roof of the rental.
As kid-focused and limited as it was
This weekend’s trip really did whet my appetite for this September’s canoe trip with my friend Martin. We’re going to Killarney Park this time. Something of a re-do of trips I’ve done before, but we’re going through some terrain I’ve never seen and Killarney is so beautiful I could go there a million times and not be bored of it.
Frontenac Park, Site cluster 5
We’re back from three nights and four days at Frontenac Park. We had a lovely time. Select photos below. Some random notes before I fade off to sleep.
Booking in Killarney was easier than I thought
I have booked me another canoe trip. My friend Martin and I are staking out the second or third weekend in September as our new traditional canoe trip weekend. In the last two years we’ve gone to Algonquin and Chiniguchi.
Carl Wilson Lake trip report
Narrative plus photos, maps, and what now posted here. A lovely trip although I clearly didn’t travel far enough and had too much time to write.
Packed and ready to go
Have I missed anything? Hope not. I’m mostly ready to go. Of course the last thing is computer related. I managed to wipe out the virtual machine I use to get route and map info on my (more or less) Windows-only GPS. And now I am trying to reinstall everything.
So I am planning a canoe trip for this fall
It isn’t even spring yet. Well, not really. But if I want to contemplate any of Ontario’s provincial parks, you have to go now because you must reserve five months in advance. It’ll likely be four days, two people. I’d like to visit at least one lake I’ve never been. My paddling partner’s pretty easy going about where we go, but the usual qualifications about scenery, non-suicidal exertion apply.
The hurricane season in Temagami West
I’ve posted a report of the trip my friend Martin and I took in Chiniguchi a few weeks ago. Weather wasn’t grand, but the scenery was lovely and the company was awesome. See Chiniguchi: Laura Creek Loop for the full story. Plus map and photos.
Joe Perry Lake, Bon Echo Provincial Park
It was our family’s first attempt to stuff all our stuff into a canoe and camp. Irene and I used to do this sort of thing all the time. But it’s different now with a four year old.
Algonquin Park trip report: how I spent my weekend away
It’s been two years since I’ve been in a canoe for any longer than an afternoon. But this September I spent four excellent days with my friend Martin paddling through the north-central part of Algonquin Park, starting at Brent. Read Cedar-Hogan-Catfish.
