Dave and Lexi's Adventures

Algonquin Provincial Park
July 6-18, 2008

Linnaea's Summer

Algonquin Provincial Park
Route map (pdf)
Our Red Canoe

Packing up at the Portage Store

Ready to head out from Canoe Lake

Canoe Lake

Lexi ready for the first portage, 295m

Fancy cribbing at the portage between Joe Lake and Burnt Island Lake

Delivering cream cheese on Manghi's raisin bread

Cool froggy!

Hello froggy

Yellow daddy sign

Otterslide Creek

Self! ...with bag of pretzels

A very gooey landing (imagine carrying canoe)

About to enter Big Trout Lake

Tortellini for dinner

Dave ready to pick up the canoe

Linnaea napping in the "canoe house" across Burntroot Lake

Yes, that is the trail across 75 feet of beaver dam

Setting up on Robinson Lake

Eating blueberries

Breakfast on the water (to avoid bugs)

The Nipissing River

A really big turtle

One of the rapids we portaged around on the Nipissing

Inside breakfast on a tyvek tablecloth. Note non-trivial mosquito population on netting.

Donning the bug battle armor

Ready for our second day on the Nipissing

Holding down the green pack as we set up camp on Cedar Lake

The fine locality of Brent

The Brent Store

Looking out over Cedar Lake as we wait for the wind to calm

The mouth of the Petawawa River

Ready for the portage, just add canoe

A very good reason for a portage

Smooth cruising on the Petawawa

Yup, this is the longest portage

The canoe taking a break during its long walk

Getting settled in the canoe house at the eastern end of Narrowbag Lake

Tortellini at our camp on Catfish Lake

Paddling up the Petawawa River

Hello mommy moose

Waiting for naptime to end at the western end of Perley Lake

Happy digging on Burntroot Lake

Linnaea is master of the tent poles

Daddy finds wild strawberries... dadooos!

Storytime with Alligators All Around (the portable version)

Ready for a nice morning's paddle on Big Trout Lake

Otterslide Creek

Upstream can be harder than downstream. Linnaea is ready for 'bumpy'

Ready for the canoe on Otterslide Lake

Wading in Burnt Island Lake

A stroll in Littledoe Lake

Our last portage, the 295m back to Canoe Lake