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In our opinion, Pinery Provincial Park may be the only park in extreme southwestern Ontario that’s worth over night camping. Wheatley and Rondeau Provincial Park are great for a walk, and both are excellent for birding, but the Pinery just seems to offer better sites to camp. Maybe we are just camping snobs? Pinery ProvincialContinue reading “Pinery Provincial Park: October 18th – October 20th, 2019”

Route Total Days: 10.5 days Total Kilometres: 206 kilometres Total Portage Length: 14.74 kilometres Longest Portage: 1.23 kilometres (Kahshahpiwi Lake to Yum Yum Lake) Average Daytime High: 20.8 Celsius Average Nighttime Low: 13.4 Celsius Route: Nym Lake – Batchewaung Lake – Little Batchewaung Bay – Batchewaung Bay – Marian Lake – Jesse Lake – ElizabethContinue reading “Quetico Provincial Park: Agnes Lake Loop. September 9th – September 19th, 2018”

Christmas and Boxing Day fell on a Monday and a Tuesday which gave us an extra long weekend to spend the holidays up in Algonquin Provincial Park. We booked a yurt back in July at the Mew Lake campground which is along the main highway 60 corridor. On December 22nd we packed up the carContinue reading “Algonquin Provincial Park: Christmas in a yurt at the Mew Lake Campground. December 23rd – December 26th, 2017”

Winter in Algonquin Provincial Park is a lot of fun! Many of the trails off the highway 60 corridor are still open, the Mew Lake campground is open for camping, and the whole park is under a blanket of snow, ice, and cold fresh air that rejuvenates the senses. We always wanted to spend aContinue reading “Christmas in a yurt at the Mew Lake Campground in Algonquin Provincial Park. December 25th – 27th, 2014”

Total Days: 8.5 Total Kilometres: Approximately 140 kilometres Total Portage Length: 21.690 kilometres Longest Portage: 3.75 kilometres (Big Crow Lake to Hogan Lake) Average Daytime High: 24.25 Celsius Average Nighttime Low: 13.67 Celsius Route: Canoe Lake – Joe Lake – Little Joe Lake – Baby Joe Lake – Burnt Island Lake – Little Otterslide LakeContinue reading “Algonquin Provincial Park: Hogan Lake Loop from Canoe Lake. September 11th – September 19th, 2017”

Total Kilometres: Approx. 115 kilometres (this does not include two side trips) Total Portages: 32 Total Portage Length: 21.501 kilometres Longest Portage: 2.945 kilometres (David Lake to Great Mountain Lake) Average Daytime High: 22.25 Celsius Average Nighttime Low: 16.08 Celsius Route: George Lake – Freeland Lake – Kakakise Lake – Carlyle Lake – Johnnie LakeContinue reading “Killarney Provincial Park: The Big Loop. September 10th – September 21st, 2016”

Planned Route Total Days: 4.5 days Total Kilometres: 150 kilometres Number of Portages: 14 Portage Length: 7.120 kilometres Longest Portage Length: 2.370 kilometres (Ink Lake to Tom Thomson Lake) Route: Canoe Lake – Joe Lake – Little Joe Lake – Baby Joe Lake – Burnt Island Lake – Little Otterslide Lake – Otterslide Lake –Continue reading “Algonquin Provincial Park: Attempted Big Trout Lake Loop. September 29th – October 3rd, 2015”

Total Days: 10 1/2 Total Kilometres: approx. 240 kilometres Total Portages: 36 Total Portage Length: approx. 11.00 kilometres Longest Portage: 1.680 kilometres (Upper Basswood Falls) Average Daytime High: 15.5 Celsius Average Nighttime Low: 8.7 Celsius Route: Lac La Croix – Bottle Lake – Iron Lake – Crooked Lake – Basswood River – Basswood Lake –Continue reading “Quetico Provincial Park: Hunter Island Loop. September 7th – September 17th, 2014”

Total Days: 6 1/2 Total Kilometres: 90 kilometres Total Portages: 20 Total Portage Length: 15.460 kilometres Longest Portage: 3.570 kilometres (along the Little Madawaska River between Philip Lake and Radiant Lake) Average Daytime High: 16.9 degrees Celsius Average Nighttime Low: 4.1 degrees Celsius Route: Cedar Lake – Petawawa River – Narrowbag River – Catfish LakeContinue reading “Algonquin Provincial Park: Hogan Lake Loop. September 21st – September 27th, 2013”

Planned Route Total Days: 5 Total Kilometres: 74 kilometres Total Portages: 14 Total Portage Length: 3.220 kilometres Longest Portage: 1 kilometre (Donald Lake to Kukagami Lake) Route: Kukagami Lake – Outlet Bay – Carafel Creek – Carafel Lake – Maskinonge Lake – Rice Lake – Lower Matagamasi Lake – Edna Lake – Karl Lake –Continue reading “Temagami: Attempted Chiniguchi/Donald Lake Loop. June 8th – 10th, 2013”