cmkl: Temagami: Turner Lake Loop

Another year, another canoe trip. This year Martin and I went to Temagami, starting on Anima Nipissing Lake and looping down to Red Squirrel, across Ferguson Bay, up Whitefish Bay, through Aston and into Turner Lakes, returning via Eagle, Little Eagle and Whitewater. If you don’t know the area none

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cmkl: Temagami, here we come

The canoe is on the car roof. The car is packed full of stuff. Tomorrow at 5am it’s up and out of here for four days. This year Martin and I are going to Temagami. More specifically, Anima Nipissing Lake. We’re doing Hap Wilson Number 9, the Turner Lake Loop,

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cmkl: How far can you go in a day

Another canoe tripping question. Trip planning is fun but there’s too many variables, I tell you. And if you’re travelling in one of Ontario’s managed parks, it matters how far you can go every day because you have to book into a particular lake for each night of the trip.

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cmkl: Wolf Lake Wednesday

It’s late but here’s my week’s contribution to Wolf Lake Wednesday. Friends of Temagami, Earthroots and no doubt a bunch of other organizations and individuals are trying to pressure the Ontario government to take Wolf Lake in the Chiniguchi waterway off the table for mining and logging.

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