I highly recommend renting a kayak for the day in Parry Sound and doing this trip. There are several places to start off this journey but I decided to leave from Nobel Beach. I had heard about potential climbing at "Hole in the Wall" so I wanted to check it out. From Nobel beach it's …
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Josée and I's annual camping trip this year was going to be in Temagami but due to forest fires it would have been potentially too dangerous. A week in advance we planned a 6 day trip to circumnavigate Phillip Edward Island. Philip Edward Island is located just south of Killarney Provincial Park. The parking is …
I was looking around Google Earth and somehow happened upon this place, Sansawaju Mountain. It is located just off of Grassy Lake Road, a road I am familiar from tree-planting in the area. I headed up Friday night and spent the night at the old Shinning Tree camp located at 47.499838, -81.312946. The old campsite. September 16th, …
While circumnavigating Franklin Island during the Franklin challenge, I noticed some Islands that seemed really close and I would have loved to have paddle to them. Once I got home, I looked them up and found out they're called the Mink Islands and they're 5 km of open water away. Even further than the Minks …
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Katie on the Georgian bay. In the distance: Elizabeth Island. May 23rd 2017 - Paddle on the bay One day after work Josée and I decided to go for a paddle on the Georgian Bay. We went to my co-workers Katie's place and from there we did a short paddle along Huckleberry Island. Our goal …
At work, Rob told me about the Franklin Challenge; a 20 km paddle around Franklin Island. It was a fundraiser for Treetops Community Forest, a piece of land that will be developed as a wilderness park. I woke up at 5:50 am to a few texts and a missed call from Rob. I called him …
On my way to work at Crofters Organic on Oastler Park drive, I drive by the Boyne River. Also, walking along the Rose Point Trail a small section of it crosses the Boyne River. This inspired me to paddle it. I knew I had to do it in high water, so I tried to tackle …
It was 10 degrees, sunny and very little wind so perfect weather for a kayak. I was supposed to go climbing that day but the wall we were going to was just to wet. I borrowed my friend Rob's kayak strapped, it on my car and drove about 10 minutes to Mill Lake. The water …
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