Eric Praetzel - 2013 Algonquin Park

Algonquin Park

The Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario is a well known destination for canoeing as well as day hiking, backpacking and mountain biking.

Movies

These are nothing special - low quality.

Grey overcast paddling down a narrow place
Big Trout Lake after portage just before we head south to White Trout Lake
Grassy Lake - view from a beaver lodge
McIntosh lake - view from our campsite
Joe Lake - view from a campsite

Food and Comments

Paddling

This trip was a total of 96km of which 9.90km was portaging.

We used a "super light" canoe as it made it easy to portage everything in one go. One of us took two packs which other took the canoe or at times I would take the lighter pack and the canoe.

Food

For this trip, after the Killarney trail hike last year - we packed much lighter as far as food goes. We made stews and then put them into the dehydrator and so we could prepare supper quickly and easily.

Breakfast is 5c of old fashioned rolled oats with 1.5L of water with raisins, dates and dried fruits.

B>Lunch was still mostly traditional - flat breads with instant hummus or jam/honey and dried fruit.

Supper was the very quick stews with the first night being even faster pre-cooked Indian lentil food packets and instant rice. Basically heat around 1L of water and Indian food to a boil and throw in rice - let sit. The other nights was just a matter of bring water to a high temperature and adding the dehydrated stew and possibly throwing in instant rice if we felt we needed more calories.

Hardwood Lookout Trail

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Day 1

Paddle from 9:00am to 2:10pm. Total: 20km of which 930m was portaging.
Canoe lk - Little Joe - Baby Joe - Joe - Burnt Island Lk

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Day 2

Paddle from 8:52am to 2:22pm. Total 23km of which 2.53km was portaging.
Little Otter Slide - Otter Slide - Big Trout - White Trout - Grassy Lk

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Day 3

Paddling 7:38am to 2:21pm. Total 20km of which 2.75km was portaging.
Petawawa River - Misty Lk - Pocket Lk - Tiberwolf Lk - McIntosh Lk

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Day 4

Paddling 7:48am to about 1:55pm. Total 20km paddling of which 3.355km was portaging.
InkLk - Tom Thomson - Fawn - Pepee - Little Joe - Baby Joe - Joe - Burnt Island

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Evening Paddle

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Day 5

Paddling from 7:36am to 10:59am. Total 13km of which 930m was portaging.
Joe - Baby Joe - Little Joe - Canoe Lk

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day 1 9:oo 2:10pm  6780 0- 6794  20km 930m
Canoe lk - Little Joe - Baby Joe - Joe - Burnt Island Lk

day 2 8:52 2:22pm 6801-6843  23km 2.53km 
Little Otter Slide - Otter Slide - Big Trout - White Trout - Grassy Lk

day 3 7:38am -2:21pm 6874-6904  20kml / 2.75km
Petawawa River - Misty Lk - Pocket Lk - Tiberwolf Lk - McIntosh Lk

day 4 7:48 - ~1:55pm 6913-6931 20km 3.355km
InkLk - Tom Thomson - Fawn - Pepee - Little Joe - Baby Joe - Joe - Burnt Island

day 5 7:36-10:59 6949-6951 13km 930m 
Joe - Baby Joe - Little Joe - Canoe Lk

Animals beaver, moose, wolf, turkey, snapper turtle, frogs, loon,
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