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Down The Lower Wanapitei River From Secord Falls to Hartley Bay
Table of Contents: Why the lower Wanapitei River? Getting To The Put-In Day 1: Secord Falls To McVittie Dam Day 2: McVittie Dam To Hwy 634 Day 3: Hwy 634 To Sturgeon Chutes Day 4: Hwy 634 To Hartley Bay … Continue reading
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Up and Down The French River Delta’s Many Channels And Outlets
Table of Contents: Introduction The Route: Overview Map Day 1: From Toronto to Hartley Bay to A Pickerel River Campsite Day 2: Down The Pickerel & Up the Fox Route to Pickerel Bay Day 3: Pickerel Bay Campsite to Georgian … Continue reading
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Canoe Tripping From East Pashkokogan Lake To the Palisade River and Kenoji Lake
Table of Contents 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 Backcountry Camping Permit Day 10: From Metig Lake To Muskiga … 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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Robert Bell’s Lady Dufferin Lake: It’s Not Where The Map Says It Is!
I’ve paddled up the east branch of the Montreal River to its headwater lake, Smoothwater, a couple of times. Before you get to it, you go through another lake named Lady Dufferin. Each time, I’ve wondered what the Lady … Continue reading
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Temagami’s Lady Evelyn of the Lake – Who Was She?
Last revised on February 3, 3023. Lady Evelyn – such a genteel name! How did it become the name of a lake in the Temagami area of northern Ontario? Who was she, and whose idea was it to name the … Continue reading
Bushwhacking the Ogoki Headwaters: Days 3, 4, and 5
Table of Contents: Day 3: When You’ve Got Two Bad Choices! The Day’s Basic Data and Map A Dreamlike Start To the Day More Lack of Water Woes The Alternative: A 1440-meter Portage The Boreal Bushwhack Begins Second Thoughts Are … Continue reading
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Bushwhacking The Ogoki Headwaters: Days 1 and 2
Table of Contents: Why an Ogoki River Headwaters Put-in? Day One: By Beaver To Endogoki Lake – Basic Data, Map, and Pix Setting Up Our Endogoki Tentsite Day Two: Basic Data and Maps The Reality: Not Enough Water to Paddle … Continue reading
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Paddling Down The Little Jackfish River To Zigzag Lake – And On To Lake Nipigon
last revised on April 22, 2022. Table of Contents: Previous Post: Paddling The Ogoki Reservoir From Waboose Dam To South Summit Control Dam The Little Jackfish River: Upper and Lower The Little Jackfish Before the early 1940s Waboose Dam The … Continue reading
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Tagged canoe Little Jackfish, Little Jackfish Armstrong road, Little Jackfish camping, Little Jackfish portages, Little Jackfish rapids, Little Jackfish River, Little Jackfish River canoe trip, Little Jackfish River surface geology, Little Jackfish topo maps, Moule Lake, South Summit Dam outflow, South Summit Lake, Stork Lake, Zigzag Lake, Zigzag Lake rapids
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Paddling The Ogoki Reservoir From Waboose Dam To South Summit Dam
Table of Contents: The Day’s Basic Data and Map From The Waboose Dam To Mojikit Channel A Stop By The Wilderness North Lodge Lunch And An Outpost Visit Looking for A Mojikit Lake Camp Site The Orange Safety Boom At … Continue reading
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