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Missinaibi-Area First Nations & Their Recent History
Update: While I have paddled through Dog Lake and into the Missinaibi River system a few times over the past 45 years, I only recently delved into the history of the Cree and Ojibwe people who live in the area. … Continue reading
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Canoe Tripping From East Pashkokogan Lake To the Palisade River and Kenoji Lake
Table of Contents Previous Post: The Savant River From Jutten To East Pashkokogan Route Overview Map and GPX file Day 8: From East Pashkokogan Lake To Greenbush Lake Day 9: From Greenbush Lake To Metig Lake Getting a Wabakimi Park … Continue reading
The Savant River From Jutten Lake To East Pashkokogan
Table of Contents: A Journey Worth Making Accessing Wabakimi Canoe Country Our West Side of Wabakimi Route Through The Caribou Forest Northern Canada Wildfires And Canoe Trip Planning Getting To The Put-In From Toronto VIA Rail – Washago To Savant … Continue reading
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Tappan Adney And His 1930 Visit To Missinaibi Lake’s Fairy Point
Who Was Tappan Adney? Edwin Tappan Adney (July 13, 1868 – October 10, 1950), commonly known as Tappan Adney, was an American-Canadian artist, writer, and photographer. (source) So begins the Wikipedia page providing a brief outline of Tappan Adney’s life … Continue reading
The Chiniguchi Lake & Matagamasi Lake Pictographs
Table of Contents: The Chiniguchi River System – Significance The Matagamasi Lake Pictograph Site The Most Well-Known Images Selwyn Dewdney’s Account The Cross Shape To The West of the Site More Pictographs To The East Back To The Main (West) … Continue reading
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NE Ontario’s Chiniguchi/Sturgeon Canoe Route
Table of Contents: Introduction – Off To The Chiniguchi Some Historical Background Trip Highlights Logistics; Maps: NRC Topos; David Crawshay’s iOS Topo Canada app; ATLOGIS Canada Topo Maps for Android OS; Toporama, Ottertooth; Hap Wilson; Chrismar Adventure Map; Jeff’s Temagami Map Parks and … Continue reading
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Skuggi Checks Out Riverdale’s Fading Fall Colours
It was an overcast morning in Toronto’s Riverdale neighbourhood, and the ground was still wet from the drizzle of Halloween night. Skuggi, our nine-month-old Icelandic Sheepdog, and I set off for our big walk of the day, a four to … Continue reading
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The High Passes of Everest Trek: Lukla to Namche – Days 1 – 3
Table of Contents: Previous Post: The High Passes of Everest: Planning The World’s #1 Trek The Flight From Kathmandu to Lukla Day 1 – From Lukla to Phakding Day 2 – Phakding to Namche Namche – the Khumbu capital Day … Continue reading
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The High Passes of Everest: Planning The World’s #1 Trek
Last revised on October 23, 2022. Table of Contents: The World’s Great Long-Distance Treks – A List of the Top 5 One Trek To Rule Them All: The High Passes of Everest Trek A Google Earth View of The High … Continue reading
Climbing Ishinca and Tocllaraju in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca
Table of Contents Our Five-Day Climbing Itinerary Day 1 – Getting To Ishinca Base Camp Refugio Ishinca and The Tenting Area Day 2 – Climbing Ishinca Days 3 and 4 – To The Top of Tocllaraju Back In Huaraz Some … Continue reading
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