"From the village of Madawaska on Highway 60 follow the Major Lake Road for 26 kilometres (crossing the Hydro transmission corridor) to the Access Point Office...
Andy Anderson had been having a run of bad luck. Without going into any great detail, suffice it to say that he felt a few days in the Algonquin Backcountry...
The following day was uneventful other than the fact that Andy left his hat behind at the Wenona Lake put-in and we were obliged to go back up the Lake to...
At the far end of Hogan Lake there is a narrow channel that leads to an oblong bay, which then empties back into the Little Madawaska River. As we worked our...
The end of the portage is about a kilometre from the mouth of the River at Radiant Lake. And Radiant Lake is just that - radiant, or so it seemed to me at...
Ron headed off downstream and we pushed up the Lake to the portage at the Portal Rapids into Bruntroot Lake where we found a sleeping bag on the ground. It...
Hi Folks; My wife Clare and I are enthusiasts and just learned of this site through Paul. Although we have an old Chestnut Prospector, our real enjoyment has...
It's not really my intention to make this group a site for me to post my canoeing stories, but since it's the off season and there's not much else going on,...
Great reading Paul! I wish I had kept such a good record of our trips. Mostly we only recorded technical details, not so good for reading. 90% of our trips...
Brian, Since you are interested in trains I thought you might enjoy this snip from chapter 5 of my book. Paul Kioshkokwi Lake is about eight kilometres long...
I don't know if this is really necessary, but I see that Pierre Girard has indicated in his story posts that they are copyrighted. Since mine are extracted...
Hi Paul; Have you ever read Bushwhacker Magazine? Boris Swiderski did a great job for a few years putting together this great little publication. A couple of...
Hi Brian, Here's the link to Bushwhacker: http://www.bushwhacker.ca/ Apparently the magazine is no longer produced in hard copy, but there are links to...
Wow! Looks like Ol' Boris is still flying!!!!!! Somewhere I have a mountain of the original magazines, they were the best and had some really terrific stuff. ...
Hi Everyone! Land O LakesRegion Sunshine and fresh snow last week was great for me. It gave me a opportunity to X-country ski the back forty and beyond. There...
Back in the 1870's a trapper named Jake Clancy had a camp on a long, narrow lake in McCraney Township that he named Rainy Lake, and in the early years of the...
I left my home in Welland, Ontario around 9 a.m. and headed for the Tim River access point on Algonquin's western boundary. Ten miles north of the Town of...
Thanks for the great reading on a lazy Sunday evening Paul. I've never been to Algonquin but I feel that I have been now. I just wish spring would hurry on in...
I reside in Kitchener and I presently have for sale a cedar strip canoe I built approximately 3 years ago. It is in excellent condition and has many extra...
Hi: I am a new member. A group of friends and myself are planning a canoe trip on the Drowning River near Nakina this summer in the middle of July. Has any...
I just want to let everyone know that "The Friends of the Mill Pond" are organizing to set a World Record * on the Mill Pond section of the Speed River in the...
You should post it at www.myccr.com, (canandian canoe routes). If you want I can do it for you. Jean-Luc (Shycanoe on CCR) plangan107 <plangan107@...>...
