4 Day Solo Canoe trip - Ontario

[Murat V]

Newbie hanger here posting about a recent solo canoe trip onto some Crown land in Southern Ontario - basically free camping for us lucky Canadians. It was short (only 4 days) but covered lots of different types of terrain - river, marshland, lakes. Didn't see another person as the area is pretty inaccessible unless you're willing to wade through rocky shallows and take the 5 portages to get in and out of the interior lakes.


River Portion


Marshy Areas


Hammock set up for mild weather


View from the Hammock


Sunset first night


Start of a 450 meter all uphill Portage


Prevailing Winds bent this pine (and I hade to paddle upwind...)


Flooded Forrest from a huge beaverdam


Rocky Shoreline looked like a beach from the distance


Gear at the end of the trip

I learned a lot about ideas for setup etc by lurking on these forums for while. So thanks to all for their innovative ideas and creative input.

[TheWild]

Awesome photos!! Looks like a really great trip!

(You need to upload the photos in higher quality, so the rest of us can use them as wallpapers on the computer )

[Barefoot Child]

Murat V,
absolutely great 1st post mister!

Congratulations on your delurking process.

I like the trip report, the pictures,and especially your canoe!!!!!

I almost broke down into tears when I saw those paddles.

Hey Canoebie...make sure this guy stays around for a long time...we can use his type for sure.

[Barefoot Child]

Murat V,
very very nice paddles guy.
I went to your blog spot and I am sure a whole lot of other water types will too.

Boys and girls check out Murat V's paddle making skills.

Thanks for the link and "Welcome to the forums"!

[Veto 65]

(You need to upload the photos in higher quality, so the rest of us can use them as wallpapers on the computer )

Hey I thought I was the only one who did that.

Great photos, thanks for sharing. It looked like you had a great time.

I looked on your blog site and wow you make some beautiful paddles.

[TheWild]

Hey I thought I was the only one who did that..

It's impossible not to set some of them as wallpapers.... HF is gifted with some very good photographers

/Wild

[Peg-Leg]

Nice photos and nice canoe. You guys north of the border are very lucky to have so much water access.

Thanks for sharing.

[Barefoot Child]

Yes, I have already used one of Murat's pictures as my desktop background.

I hope you don't mind MuratV.

I'll bet you can't guess which one!

Murat V, these are great pictures you have taken of your canoe trip.

[Bradley]

Thanks for sharing . . .

Back in '74 I had a similar canoe . . . well sort of . . .

it was a 12' canvas covered cedar canoe with a Sears sticker on it.

It was a sweat, sweat, thang.

Your photos make me want to visit out east.

[Brian in so cal]

Great photos!!