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Day 8: Tidewater Provincial Park to Home I wanted to sleep in. We had no significant mileage to paddle today—just a quick jump across the river to catch the train. Despite my best efforts to stay in my tent, a week of early rising combined with the turf war a couple crows were having next [...]
Day 6: Missinaibi/Moose Junction to the Otakwahegan River (49 km) We awoke excited. Today, after four years, we would paddle the last bit of the Missinaibi River. In a mere 20 km, the Missinaibi would join the Mattagami to form the Moose River which would take us the final 90 km to Moosonee. The weather [...]
Day 4: The Pivabiskau River to the Opasatika River (50 km) There’s nothing quite like waking up on a gravel spit in the middle of nowhere to a breakfast of pancakes and coffee (courtesy of Brian). As we ate and packed up our gear we watched the mist lift off the river as the sun [...]
Day 3: Thunderhouse Falls to the Pivabiskau River (44 km) We woke up to windy overcast skies with the smell of rain on the air. No one likes breaking camp in the rain, so we packed our gear and ate breakfast quickly. Fortunately, the clouds only spit a little. A quick jaunt (~ 300m) brought [...]
Four years ago we had a great plan. My friend Brian Lachine, my brother-in-law Nathan and I decided to paddle the entire length of the Missinaibi River from Lake Missinaibi to the Moose River into Moosonee. We were well on our way until, 50 km up river of Highway 11, Brian slipped on a portage [...]
Chuck over at Terrible Minds threw down a challenge. Write a sub-500 word short story inspired by a randomly selected song title. Here’s my 481 word entry entitled, “Nothing (Without You)”. … I watch the drops of water arc perfectly off the tip of my ashen paddle as I swing the blade forward for another [...]
I just found out that filmmaker Peter Olsen is working on a documentary of one of my two paddling heroes: Sigurd F. Olson (the other being Bill Mason, of course). Here’s a little preview of a man who lived life outside. Updates on the film can be found at his website, www.SingingWilderness.net .
[singlepic=18,450,400] (There’s gallery of pictures at the end of the post.) I’ve hiked the LaCloche loop through Killarney twice now. The second time ’round, my friends and I had the energy to climb Silver Peak. After returning home and looking at the map, I realized that Silver Peak would make a good weekend trip. This [...]
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