Archived News & Updates - Jan. 16th, 2004 to March 27th, 2004

Looking west up the Nipissing River from our first campsite. Monday, March 27th, 2004 . . . . .

Al LeBlanc's Cedar Lake Loop - May 22, 2003 trip-log tells about his 4-day canoe trip from Cedar Lake, up the Nipissing River .. to Burntroot Lake .. and back down the Petawawa River.

.. "I've seen my share of bears and this guy was HUGE! The bear was walking along the shore towards our P1285 pull-out to Burntroot Lake ... threatening our advance. And we were running late! This was the last thing we needed."




Ken, Randy and Robert, by Ken's mighty woodpile. Wednesday, March 10th, 2004 . . . . .

Randy Born's Sunday Lake - Pinetree Lake May 2003 trip-log recounts his group's 7-day explorations around these two lakes and their surrounding areas.

.. "The side of the canoe had been obviously stressed by a previous user, as the Kevlar was gouged and cracked in the mid section. The leak was slow but steady, so we unloaded the canoe and pondered the situation."




On the North River .. photo by Rob Hardy Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004 . . . . .

An official welcome to Robert Hardy and his new website the "Tuna Can Express".

Rob's website records the Algonquin canoe trips of Moe, Ted, Brandon and himself. Starting in 2001, they've headed out on yearly canoe trips into the park.

Rob's photos do a fine job of illustrating their first forays into the wilds.




Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004 . . . . .

An addition has been made to Resources / Poetry. It's Chad Little's fishing poem Memories of Big Crow Lake .. a true celebration of filling your own fry-pan!




Thursday, February 26th, 2004 . . . . .

As a result of suggestions by Ken Born and Bill Lennips, it's been decided that Algonquin Adventures will host a special Algonquin Poetry subsection within its Resources section. Submissions should either celebrate the Algonquin experience or the northland camping experience in general. Each poem must be the original creation of the person submitting it and must be "signed" with the poet's name and email address. Each poem remains the copyrighted property of its author.




Friday, February 20th, 2004 . . . . .

Bill and Betty Lennips have been regular contributors to Algonquin Adventures, sending in camp recipes and photos. Now, they have their own website "Life In The Boondocks" at www.mooserack.ca.

As well as containing a trip-log of a 2003 trip from Kiosk to Cedar Lake (a link to which is being added to the inventory), their website contains great content covering a wide range of a topics .. When to go camping .. Portaging .. Choosing a Campsite .. Camping equipment .. Building a Campfire .. Comforts of Home .. Menus .. Campfire Baking .. Curing meats .. Snacks .. Fishing.

My favourite section is Betty's Algonquin Poems .. a wonderful blend of poetry and Algonquin photos.





Wednesday, February 18th, 2004 . . . . .

Doug Vance of Frik Outdoors just sent two light-hearted reminders of how severe "cabin fever" can be in the middle of February. They're set to alternate in 7 second intervals. To restart their sequencing, just click on your browser's "refresh" button.

And, don't forget, around the end of March we'll be hooking into Debbie and Jeff's "2004 Canoe Lake Ice Out" contest over at the Electric Penquin website, where your can still see how their 2003 contest transpired.




Monday, February 9th, 2004 . . . . .

Randy Born's Barron River - High Falls September 2002 trip-log tells about his 3-day weekend trip through the Barron Canyon to St Andrews Lake and the surrounding area.

.. " We decided that with the nice weather we didn't need to set up the tent. Instead we'd sleep out under the stars to save some time" ... "The stars were bright and the weather was great when we turned in."




Sunday, February 8th, 2004 . . . . .

Al LeBlanc's Barron River, May 2002 Algonquin Trip documents his first interior canoe-camping trip.

.. " We saw 3 charges and retreats like this and all this time we were paddling closer to the action. Then the bear saw us and headed into the bush with a thundering crashing noise." ..




Thursday, February 5th, 2004 . . . . .

Another trip-log by Bill and Janice Stauttener has been located online. It's their 8 day August 2000 Trip to Big Trout Lake.

.. "Many of the portages we took today had fresh moose tracks along them. Grassy Bay is very vast and over grown and can be quite confusing. The wind was at our back and we made good time into White Trout L." ..




Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004 . . . . .

Ken Born has submitted another trip-log. This time it recounts his 1985 May Fishing Trip from Tim Lake, down the Tim River and on to Burntroot Lake .. returning by White Trout, Misty and Daisy Lakes .. and leaving by Magnetawan Lake.

... "I was shocked to see a knife in the ground where we wished to erect our tent. This knife was about 8 inches long with a bear head on the handle. There was no rust on it ... "




Thursday, January 16th, 2004 . . . . .

Just a quick note that a couple of photos have just been added to Ken Born's May 1980 White Partridge Lake or Bust triplog.

Ken also sent along an interesting photo from a 1993 May fishing trip to White Partridge Lake. A small version appears to the right .. Ken, brothers and friends, with cousin Stewart at the reins of Nipper and Foxy. Ken wants us to note that there are no boats or motors on the wagon! For a larger version, click here.





Barry Bridgeford (Site-editor)