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FAVOURITE PADDLING TRIPS
| Algoma’s Ranger Lake Loop
He're a short video clip of one of my all-time favourite canoe routes - the Ranger Lake Loop. It's written up in my book A Paddler's Guide to Ontario's Lost Canoe Routes, is approx. 7 days in length, starts at either Ranger or Gong Lake, goes up the Wet Aubinadong River to Megisan Lake and then down river on the Nushatogaini River. It was the first place I paddled a canoe at the age of twelve and what started my life as a paddler. In the 1930s and 1940s it was one of the most popular canoe routes in the province of Ontario - now, no one seems to paddle it. The reason - half is up river. Check out the video and you'll see why it's a tough go. David Hadfield, singer and songwriter http://www.hadfield.ca/ wrote the song to go with the short clip - it will definitely make you laugh.
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Quetico’s McKewen Creek
A couple of years ago my regular canoe mate, Andy Baxter, and I paddled Quetico Provincial Park for the entire month of June. There were plenty of highlights on the trip, but one particular spot I’d go back to in a heartbeat is McKewen Creek. It’s an isolated part of the park, a tranquil waterway that’s situated in the southeast end.
Here’s our McKewen Creek journey written up, from Basswood to Kawnipi Lake.
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Chiniguichi, Ontario
The Chiniguichi River system is Killarney without the crowds. Killarney
Provincial Park, set in Ontario’s La Cloche mountain range, is a well-known
destination southwest of Sudbury. With turquoise lakes and shimmering
quartzite hills that have attracted thousands of outdoor enthusiasts; it’s a
splendid park but can be almost impossible to make a reservation for at
times. That’s when the Chiniguichi comes in handy. It’s a newly proposed
provincial park, made through the 1999 Living Legacy program, and has a
landscape pretty much identical to that of Killarney.
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