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Total Days: 6 Total Kilometres: Approx. 48 kilometres Total Portages: 6 Total Length of Portages: 3.005 kilometres Longest Portage: 980 metres (David Lake to Clearsilver Lake) Average Daytime High: 25.7 Celsius Average Nighttime Low: N/A (but it was warm) Route: Carlyle Lake – Johnnie Lake – Bell Lake – Three Mile Lake – Balsam LakeContinue reading “Killarney Provincial Park: Balsam Lake Loop. July 7th – July 13th, 2012”

Total Days: 8 Total Kilometres: 105 kilometres Total Portages: 33 Total Length of Portages: 13.094 kilometres Longest Portage: 2.525 kilometres (Helen Lake to Nellie Lake) Average Daytime High: 22.6 Celsius Average Nighttime Low: 18.0 Celsius Route: Charlton Lake – Howry Creek – Murray Lake – Leech Lake – Hanwood Lake – Van Winkle Lake –Continue reading “Killarney Provincial Park: Great Mountain Loop. August 20th – August 27th, 2011”

Total Days: 5.5 days Total Kilometres: 95 kilometres Total Portages: 25 Total Length of Portages: 13.310 kilometres Longest Portage: 1.790 kilometress (Osler Lake to Nadine Lake) Average Daytime High: 9.5 Celsius Average Nighttime Low: 1 Celsius Route: Kioshkokwi Lake – Maple Creek – Maple Lake – Erables Lake – Skuce Lake – Little Nadine LakeContinue reading “Algonquin Provincial Park: Kiosk/Nipissing River Loop. October 9th – October 15th, 2010”

When we first started backcountry camping we barely owned any gear. Before our very first trip we bought a lot of stuff including items we regret purchasing. Since then we have made a lot of changes in what gets stuffed into our backpacks. Our number one goal is to bring as little as possible andContinue reading “Gear: What we Bring and What we now Don’t Bring Into the Backcountry”

Frontenac is a semi wilderness park located north of the city of Kingston in the province of Ontario. The park includes your typical features that make up the lower Canadian Shield such as white pine, birch, beaver dams and the ever present “trees and rocks and rocks and trees”. This was a spur of theContinue reading “Frontenac Provincial Park: April 1st – April 3rd, 2010”

Planned Route Total Days: 5.5 days Total Kilometres: 98 kilometres Total Portages: 25 Total Length of Portages: approx. 7.768 kilometres Longest Portage: 705 metres (Maria Lake to Jessie Lake) Route: Nym Lake – Batchewaung Lake – Little Batchewaung Bay – Maria Lake – Jesse Lake – Oriana Lake – Quetico Lake – Conk Lake –Continue reading “Quetico Provincial Park: Attempted Sturgeon Lake Loop. September 12th – September 16th, 2009”

Total Days: 6 days Total Kilometres: 46 Kilometres Total Portages: 11 Total Length of Portages: 8.270 kilometres Longest Portage: 3.160 kilometres (between Killarney and Threenarrows Lake) Average Daytime High: 15 Celsius Average Nighttime Low: 10.5 Celsius Route: George Lake – Freeland Lake – Killarney Lake – Three Narrows Lake – Artist Lake – Muriel LakeContinue reading “Killarney Provincial Park: Threenarrows Loop. September 9th – September 14th, 2007”