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 …
Park to Park Part 2: Woods to Algonquin Park
Read part 1 @ https://ontarioadventurer.ca/2017/03/26/park-to-park-trail-part-1-killbear-provincial-park-to-walls/ Sunset at my campsite @45.346651, -79.163688 (Day 12) Day 12 Walls to Huntsville April 1st 2017 31km I parked my car in Woods near the Seguin trail and started on a two day trip. My goal after the two days was to get to Huntsville or maybe a little further. …
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Parry Sound: Mill Lake
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 …
Park to Park Trail Part 1: Killbear Provincial Park to Walls
After checking out the abandoned steam boiler off the Seguin Trail I looked up how long the Seguin Trail was and found an even larger trail network called the Park to Park Trail. I decided that over the course of the winter I would attempt to hike the entire thing. The start of an adventure. …
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Parry Sound: Rose Point Trail with the Lab
About once a month the lab gets together and does some kind of activity. More often than not we play board games. However, this time we decided to go on a hike. I parked at Crofters on Oastler Lake Road. Rob drove us to the start of the trail. There we hung out with Stella …
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Big Sound Shoreline off Nobel Beach
Josee and I's friend Emma came up for the weekend. We had promised her a snowshoe trip. It was a beautiful sunny day not a cloud in the sky. The trail itself wasn't so much as a trail than a path along the shoreline. We could have walked along the ice judging by the recent …
Parry Sound: Ice Caves on Boy Lake
The Cliff from Boy Lake This was a super short little hike I did over on Boy lake. Parking is located at 45.433176, -79.998894 just off of Butter Cup road. This is a public boat launch and parking is permitted. The caves are located at 45.430876, -79.994106. You can see them from the parking lot. …
Parry Sound: Old Baldy
This is not a public access trail. The easiest way to reach Old Baldy using crown land would be to park on Farley's road and follow the snowmobile trail which would be a 10 km round trip. If you bushwack and cross Grassy Bay you could do this trip in 7.5 km. I had measured …