We spent two full days hanging around Matagamasi before moving on to Donald Lake and I have to say that the idea of "hanging around" took a bit of getting used to for me. So many of my trips before Kyla was born were made up of traveling from A to B as fast as possible, mostly...
When the issue of the the Navigable Waterway Act came out a while back I really thought things would sort themselves out by now. I even told some major media sources who had contacted me about it that I truely believed that the government would never let such a silly thing ...
Day 4
It wasn't easy leaving our perfect site on Maskinonge. We even considered at one point camping the entire week there. But we also new there were even better places to camp further to the north. So, we left our little oasis, making sure to leave early that morning to...
Day 2
Our second day out was much easier then the first. After a leisurely morning of flap-jacks and bacon, we drifted up to the northeast corner of Carafel Lake and took the marshy creek out to Maskinonge Lake. The only obstructions along the way were two beaver dams, one...
Now I'm really confused about this plastic drinking bottle thing. Read what the Toronto Star had to say about it today:
"Bisphenol tied to lower brain function Plastic-bottle chemical may alter neurological links required for learning and memory, study finds"
Noor Javed,...
Last week I had the privilege to take my cousin from Scotland on a canoe trip. It was on her hit list while visiting |Canada, and according to Jan it was exactly what she thought a canoe trip in Canada would be all about. We had loons calling, wolves howling, birds chirping,...
When my daughter was two my wife, Alana, and I took her on an extended 12 day canoe trip through the Chiniguichi area near Sudbury. The trip was so perfect we decided to head back there this season, making only two slight changes: we reduced the trip to eight days and altered...
I'm thrilled to announce that my new book is out, titled "Wilderness Pleasures: A Practical Guide to Camping Bliss". It's my 12th. book, and I can honestly say that's its my most "unique" book to date. The publisher asked me to write a second Happy Camper "how-to" book since it...
It all started this spring when I paddled Nova Crafts plaid canoe in Algonquin and posted how I really liked the unique look; followed by asking them to build the Canadian flag canoe for the Canoe Museum's National Canoe Day celebration (that thing got on more tv morning shows...
"Canada's largest remaining Old Growth Red Pine forest may be open to logging"
Written By Mike McIntosh
Chair, Friends of Chiniguchi
Sounds unlikely right? Think again. As many are aware, the Wolf Lake area, located in the Southwest corner of Temagami, along the Chiniguchi...
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