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 …
La Cloche Silhouette Trail
This trail has been on my bucket list for two years. Both years I've looked at it the weather just never seemed right and the time off was hard to get. The Canada day long weekends Friday was a short shift and with 3 days off I figured I could do the trail in 4 …
Killarney Provincial Park: Winter 2018 (Cranberry Bog trail, Granite Ridge trail, Tar Vat trail)
First day selfie. In 2016 Josée and I were looking to go yurt camping in a provincial park. Unfortunately by the time we were interested everything was all booked up. November 13th 2017 we were able to book the last of six yurts in Killarney Provincial Park for the nights of March 3rd and 4th. …
Killarney Provincial Park: Whiskeyjack Lake
Whiskeyjack Lake and Limestone Islands Provincial Park are the coolest places I visited this year. La Cloche Silhouette trail is a 80 km hike around Killarney Provincial Park. The most popular section of it being "The Crack" hiking trail. This is a 4 km section of it (8 km round trip). Top of "The Crack". …
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Killarney Provincial Park: Peak 489
Two weeks before Jo and I set off on our five day trip in Killarney, I checked out its topographical map. I noticed a peak − Peak 489 − that seemed to tower over all the other peaks, safe for Silver Peak. Peak 489 overlooks O.S.A. Lake and potentially Georgian Bay. Saturday morning, I woke …
Killarney Provincial Park : Nellie Lake loop
Josée and I go on an annual canoe trip. Our trip to Killarney last year was a little too cold and buggy, so this year, we pushed our trip back a week – to the second week of July. We also wanted to change up our food. So the day before our trip, we dehydrated …
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Killarney Provincial Park : David Lake and Silver Peak
I've heard about the beautiful Killarney Provincial Park for years, so I decided to plan a short, 4 day trip to Killarney. Day 1: Josée and I drove up on clear, sunny day. We loaded up the canoe and started out on Bell Lake. We had picked up some Subway on the drive there and …
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