One Night on Fork Lake - 2010
by - Stephen Molson
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One of a few wildflowers species (Yellow Hawkweed?) growing in the shallow soil.
Paddled out to each of the portages and walked both with the dog. This the portage landing on Fork Lake to Rose Lake.
Left Fork Lake about 4 pm. The Algonquin Park Visitors Center can be seen up on the ridge.
On the channel back to Norway Lake, I spotted this Blue Heron hunting for minnows or a frog meal atop the beaver dam.
One of two huge snappers that I saw on the trip. Both were doing their best at imitating rocks. This one on Norway Lake was
sunning itself atop an emergent boulder. She was in the process of making her watery escape from my turtle-eating canoe.
Once on Norway Lake, I spotted this young cow moose feeding on water lilies.
Norway Lake is very shallow and is rimmed with many aquatic emergent plants – perfect feeding environment for moose.
Mutt checking out a 2nd young female moose browsing the shrubs along Sunday Creek. Note the deerfly on her muzzle, poor girl.
The moose, well hidden amongst the floating maps of vegetation, looked up for a second, watching us before resuming her browsing.
The air was quite still as the sun neared the horizon.
After leaving, I had an hour before sunset. So I drove to the Logging Museum and did a tour there walking with the dog. It’s a great place to visit and although the shop was closed, the walking trail was still open. It’s a wonderful collection of historical objects, including full dwellings and transportation methods complete with billboard descriptions.
The staff did an amazing job putting this together, a great testament to the park’s logging history.