This is a photo album for some hiking and canoeing trips I've taken. Click on the thumbnails for larger images, and click on the titles for each section for details on the individual trips and the routes taken.

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    Algonquin Park is located about a five hour drive north of Toronto, Ontario, and contains some amazing canoeing and allegedly lots of moose, although I haven't seen any. The terrain is highly varied over the park, varying from marshland to hills and big lakes to rivers and small lakes. Early to mid autumn is a great time for trips in the park. The fall colours are amazing, the tourists have cleared out for the most part, and the blackflies and mosquitos are dead.

    The West End

    This was a one week loop in the west end of the park: Butt Lake to Tim River to Big Trout Lake and up the Petawawa to Misty Lake and Daisy Lake. I've got details of the trip for those who are interested. It covered a nice range of terrain, starting out with lake to lake hopping, moving to marshy river paddling, and then to some big lake paddling before heading back.

    Canoeing on Blue Lake  Blue Lake: Like Canoeing on glass.

    Fall Colours  Algonquin park at the peak of fall colours.

    Petawawa River  Canoing on the Petawawa River.

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    The North East

    This was a two week trip in the North East of the park - Grand Lake to to Greentree Lake to Barron Lake to Loonskin Lake to North Branch to May Lake to White Partridge Lake to Little Dickson Lake to Dickson Lake to Lake Lavielle to Crow River to the Petawawa River to McNanus Lake. ( Details here). This route is also referred to as the "Walk About the Park", due to the high level of portaging. We made it eleven days without seeing anyone else.

    Nach Rapids  Cliffs on the Nach Rapids: The Petawawa River

    Hardy Bay   Sunset on Hardy Bay.

    The Algonquin Radio Telescope   Lunch at the Algonquin Radio Telescope.

    Sunrise  Sunrise.

    The Algonqin Stealth Moose  The Algonquin Stealth Moose.

    Killarney Park

    Killarney is a relatively new park about half an hour from Sudbury, in the southern Canadian Shield. The La Cloche Silhouette Trail is a 100 km trail around the park. The southern parts of the trail (near the trailhead) consist of marshland, mixed forests and pink granite. When you get to the north of the trail, the terrain switches to startlingly white quartzite ridges poking out from pine forests, with birch and maple forests in the valleys and lakes nestled between the trees. We did the trail over 7 1/2 days in early October.

    The La Cloche Silhouette Trail

    Frost Covered Leaves  Frost covered leaves - yes it was cold.

    View from the ridges  The view from the ridges.

    A Lake  A nice view over a (probably) dead lake.

    White Quartzite  White quartzite.

    Marshy Land  Marshy land in the southern part of the trail.

    The Ridges  A brief rest on the ridges.

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