June 23rd 2017 For a while I've looking for a place to throw in this short hike. After work one day I drove up to the Recolette Falls Trail in the French River Provincial Park. There is a short 3.2 km (round trip) trail. At the end of it there is a nice set of …
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. …
Hardy Lake Provincial Park is considered a non-operating park. There is no camping here, no visitor centre, but there is parking that is maintained in the winter. There are three trails here maintained by Muskoka Trails Council. We finally got a good dumping of snow! So in good fashion I suited up for a snowshoe …
This is my first adventure of 2018. So far this winter the weather had been terrible for snowshoeing. There hasn't been a lot of snow and it has been really cold. This has made really icy conditions. I brought my snowshoes but after walking for just a hundred meters I decided to leave them in …
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Every year I try to visit a Provincial Park while it's closed. The advantages to this is it's free and you don't have to worry about others. This year, I visited Grundy Lake Provincial Park. The park usually opens early May and closes shortly after thanksgiving weekend. There are over 400 campsites , three hiking …
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I had four goals this summer: 1)Â Check out the islands at Limestone Islands Provincial Park 2) Hike La Cloche Silhouette trail 3)Â Hike the Lake Superior Provincial Park coastal trail 4)Â Hike the Highland Backpacking Trail in one day. One, two and three were multi-day trips that were super weather dependent. However, the one day trip was …
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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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I was looking for trails closer to home and came across the Limberlost Forest and Wildlife Reserve. They have over 70 kilometers of hiking trails with five main loop trails that I was able to piece together with their trail map. August 13th 2017 Solitaire Lake loop:Â This trail is a 6.3 km loop trail around …
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