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Canoeing the Bloodvein Day 7 – Artery Lake to “Moosebone” Rapids

Table of Contents: Artery Lake – Both The End And The Beginning The Day’s Basic Data and Map Checking Out A Minor Pictograph Site Paddling By Other Possible Picto Sites The Marine Rail Portage Into Lower Artery Crossing the Ontario-Manitoba … Continue reading

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Bloodvein Headwaters Day 6: Barclay Lake to Artery Lake

Contents: The Day’s Basic Data and Map The Impact of the 2021 Fire On the Day’s Route Deciding To Pass On Two Picto Sites The Day’s One Portage – W08 The Bloodvien’s Major Pictograph Site Checking Out Another Reported Picto … Continue reading

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Bloodvein Headwaters Day 5: Larus Lake to Barclay Lake

Contents: The Day’s Basic Data and Map Some Pre-Dawn Wind-Free Paddling Rapids At the West End of Larus Lake A Coming Storm Has Us Change Plans Previous Post: Day 4: Murdock Lake to Larus Lake Bloodvein Headwaters Day 4: Murdock … Continue reading

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Bloodvein Headwaters Day 4: Murdock Lake to Larus Lake

last revised May 5, 2024. Table of Contents: The Day’s Basic Data and Maps Putting In Some Pre-Breakfast Kilometers Paddling Past Now Growth Three Years After The 2011 Wildfire  A History of Wildfires Along The Bloodvein The Murdock-Larus Pictograph Site … Continue reading

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Anishinaabe Pictographs On The Bloodvein: the Murdock – Larus Site

Last update: June 18, 2018. Selwyn Dewdney As Our Guide A  highlight of the six days we spent on the headwaters of the Bloodvein River system was the chance to see several Anishinaabe (that is, Ojibwe or Chippewa) pictograph sites. … Continue reading

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Bloodvein Headwaters Day 3: Knox Lake Portage to Murdock Lake

Contents The Day’s Basic Data and Map The Impact of the 2021 Wildfire On The Day’s Route Our Taking-Down Camp/Breakfast Routine A Messy Start To the Portage Into Knox W01 – W02- W03 Portages Into Murdock Lake Making Use of … Continue reading

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