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Any remaining reservations I had about our campsite were dispelled when I woke the next morning. The sky was clear and a thick mist was rising off the water. The slanting rays of the early sun cast a golden glow on the mist as it climbed into the tall hills visible in both directions from …
The guidebooks advised that the trip from Great Mountain Lake to Threenarrows Lake could take all day so we tried to get an early start by eating GORP for breakfast and breaking camp as soon as we got up. It was still 9:40 before we were on the water, but that’s an early start for …
Our third day was to be a break day to enjoy Great Mountain Lake, so I planned to do some ridge running to get a view of the area around us. From our campsite on the island in the east bay Great Mountain Lake wasn’t that impressive. While it is pretty I had hoped for …
We changed our travel plans on our second day. Originally we were going to visit some of the northern lakes before heading south to Fish Lake, but we were advised water levels had made travel through Goose Lake difficult so we decided to head south sooner and then east along Howry Lake. Our ultimate destination …
When I booked my trip to Killarney this year I had no idea that I’d be knee deep in preparing my home for sale by the time it was scheduled to start. I made the reservations in late March, and by the time August rolled around my life was in turmoil. I almost cancelled the …
So is the boundary loop the “essence” of Killarney as promised by Kevin Callan? When we finished the trip it felt like we’d achieved something. It was a personal achievement however, not something you talk about to the uninitiated. Most people don’t even know what backcountry camping is, which makes it hard to appreciate the …
Our last day was grey and cloudy but the sun peeked out occasionally from between the clouds. I was reluctant to leave, and we had more than enough food to stay another few days, but our booking was done, and the responsibilities of the world beckoned. We were still pretty slow in packing up our …
Our second last day of the trip was a break day on O.S.A Lake. We watched a large flotilla of canoes paddle away at noon as the weekenders left. After that we had the entire lake to ourselves. It was nice not having to pack up and rush off immediately, but I was a bit …
As much as the scenery in McGregor Bay and Baie Fine is spectacular I was looking forward to returning to the interior of the park where we wouldn’t see any motor boats and there would be far fewer people. The return to the park was to be our last hard day of the trip, but …
After a cold night we had a cool morning, but it was bright and sunny, with not a cloud in the sky. It made for an excellent backdrop to paddle through the scenic rocks of the bay. We were lucky again and there were relatively few power boats out and about that morning. Rather than …