I WOULD PREFER  A 10-12 ft  ALUMIUM BOAT WHICH IS LIGHT ENOUGH TO PORTAGE MAJOR. WITH A BOAT YOU CAN AT LEAST FACE EACH OTHER WHEN YOU WISH TO TALK. ALSO A MUCH BETTER PLATFORM FOR FISHING FROM. ALUMIUM BOATS DON'T TAKE TO MUCH WATER BECAUSE THEY ARE A LITTLE WIDER AND MAY BE ABLE TO TRAVEL IN SWALLOWER WATER THAT THE CANOE. THEY WILL ALSO TAKE ROUGHER WATER THAT A CANOE.

OUR FAMILY USE TO CAMP IN ALGONQUIN IN THE MID 50'S AT A  CAMPING AREA CALLED TEA LAKE DAM. WE STARTED OUT WITH A KIDS PUP TENT AND A 53 CHEVY. OVER THE FOLLOWING YEARS THINGS IMPROVED UNTIL MY PARENTS FINALLY PURCHASED A COTTAGE ABOUT 75MILES FURTHER EAST ON THAT SAME MAIN ROAD THROUGH THE PARK THAT YOU TRAVELLED ON.

IF YOU WERE IN THE BACK BUSH HOW WERE THE WEE BEASTIES??

THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE MID 50'S OF MY SISTER AND A COUSIN FEEDING THE DEER THAT USE TO SHOW UP NIGHTLY DOWN BY WHERE THE MUSEUM IS NOW.

 

 

 

Pete

ever tried Kayaking? did some offshore a few years ago.

YES I DID HOBBS. WE COULD SIGN THEM OUT FROM THE MILITARY BASES REC CENTRE. YOU FIRST HAD TO TAKE A SHORT COURSE WHICH WE DID IN THE REC SWIMMING POOL. THERE YOU WOULD LEARN THINGS LIKE HOW TO RIGHT YOURSELF IF YOU TIPPED OVER ETC. I LIKED THEM ON QUIET STRETCHS OF WATER AND REALLY WASN'T INTO FAST MOVING STUFF OR RAPIDS. THEY TOO ARE HARD ON THE LEGS THOUGH.

Did mine in the Gulf and enjoyed it, thought about trying on the rivers around here. You're right about the legs though.

YOU WOULD ENJOY IT HOBBS BUT WITH ME GETTING A LITTLE OLDER IT'S TOO HARD ON THE LEGS AND BACK NOW.

YOU CAN BE VERY QUIET MOVING IN ONE AND THEY ARE GREAT TO SEE GAME FROM FOR THIS REASON.

I IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF RIVERS LIKE HERE.  A LOT OF COUPLE ARE NOW DOING IT FOR A DAY OUT TOGETHER.

Tincan ref #48

I think it was one of many times the Buffulo vice squad had to reel him in.

".....get him back here he's making us look bad"

Have to try it soon, possibly this summer.

Pete, no we saw no wildlife to loosen the bowels whilst on the portage, but we did come across a magnificent moose on the side of the road on the way back. We also came across a beaver dam, right on the edge of a 20ft waterfall, which I found amazing. How those creatures could build in such powerful waters I can't imagine.

JUST A FEW YEARS BACK MAJOR A YOUNG COUPLE WERE ON A CANOE TRIP IN THE PARK AND THEY DECIDED TO STOP ON A SMALL ISLAND WHICH OTHER CANOEISTS HAD USED TO SET UP CAMP ON BEFORE. THEY MANAGED TO LAND AND UNLOAD THEIR RUCK SACKS BEFORE A BLACK BEAR ATTACKED AND KILLED THEM BOTH. THE MILITARY BASE CAMP PETAWAWA BORDERS ON THE PARK. WHEN I WAS THERE A SGT FRIEND OF MINE  FROM MY UNIT WAS DOWN DOING SOME DESERT TRAINING IN THE STATES WITH A COUPLE OF RECCE  SECTIONS (TROOPS) HE GOT NEWS THAT HIS TWO BOYS AND THEIR FRIEND HADN'T RETURNED FROM A DAY FISHING TRIP. THEY WERE ONLY FISHING A SMALL STREAM FOR TROUT. THE WHOLE REGTIMENT WAS CALLED OUT BUT THE KIDS WERE NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. SCENT DOGS WERE BROUGHT IN AND THE REGTIMENT CONTINUED THE SEARCH. THE DOGS KEPT PICKING UP SOMETHING BUT THE HANDLER SAID THAT IT WAS SOMETHING WILD AND NOT THE KIDS. IT TURNS OUT THE DOGS WERE RIGHT AND A BEAR HAD KILLED THE THREE OF THEM AND HAD BURIED THE BODIES IN A SHALLOW BIT OF GROUND AND COVERED THEM WITH LEAVES. THE BEAR WOULDN'T LEAVE THE AREA OR THE BODIES EVEN AFTER BEING SURROUNDED BY OVER A HUNDRED GUYS. THE LANDS AND FOREST HAD TO BE CHOPPERED IN AS NO ONE WAS ARMED. HE SHOWS UP AND HAS TO SHOOT THE BEAR IN THE END BUT COULD NOT SHOOT IT IN THE HEAD OR STOMACH SO THAT IT CAN BE EXAMINED PROPERLY.

THE SGT WAS THERE WHEN THE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED. THE BODIES WERE IN BAD SHAPE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND FOR OVER AN HOUR HE TRIED HOLDING AND KISSING THEM AS IF THEY WOULD WAKE UP. HE FINALLY HAD TO BE ALMOST RESTRAINED SO THAT THE BODIES COULD BE PUT IN BAGS AND STRETCHERED OUT.

A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER I VIEWED A COLLECTION OF SLIDES TAKEN AT THE AUTOPSY. ONE KID EVEN HAD A TROUT IN HIS POCKET BUT IT WAS NEVER TOUCHED BY THE BEAR.

 

THE BEAVER ARE SOMETHING ELSE WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING. THEY FIRST TRY BREAKING HOLES IN THEIR DAMS AND WHEN THAT FAILS THEY SWITCH TO DYNOMITE. TWO WEEKS LATER THEY ARE BACK BLOWING THE SAME DAM. THEY ARE LIKE RATS AS THEIR TEETH DON'T STOP GROWING SO THEY MUST ALWAYS KEEP USEING THEM. HERES A FEMALE MOOSE IN THE PARK.

  

They're beautifully ugly, aren't they?

ALMOST TO THE EXTENT OF LOOKING LIKE A FREAK OF NATURE.

THEIR LEGS DON'T APPEAR STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEIR BODIES.

WHEN THEY WERE CARRYING OUT LOGGING IN THE PARK THE DEER WERE MUCH MORE PLENTYFUL. NOW THAT MOST OF THAT HAS STOPPED THE BUSH HAS GROWN BACK IN AND THIS IS WHAT THE MOOSE PREFER. THERE IS AN AVERAGE 0F 25-30 KILLED EACH YEAR IN THE PARK DUE TO MOOSE CAR/TRUCK ACCIDENTS.

THE LAST TIME I WAS THROUGH THE PARK A FEMALE WAS STANDING JUST OFF THE ROAD WITH TWO CALVES. THEY NORMAL ONLY HAVE ONE. THEY LOOK VERY PLACID UNTIL YOU UP-SET THEM. MOST HUNTERS SAY THAT THE FEMALES ARE MORE DANGEROUS DURING THE RUT THAT THE MALES.

That does seem strange, as there's nothing in nature as dangerous, or deceitful, as an amourous male of the species. I hear the males get very bold in the rut, and venture out onto the roads, where it's advisable not to honk your horn at them, in case they take you for a rival suitor and rearrange your bodywork.

Major, beautifully ugly???  See English women.

 

T-Dog

THEY WON'T TRY TO JUST TAKE ON CARS MAJOR BUT TRAINS ALSO.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER GOT TO SEE THE VIDEO CLIP OF ONE (EXTREME VIDEOS)THAT WAS HANGING OUT WITH IT'S CALF ON ONE OF THE UNIVERITIES HERE. A GENTLEMAN IN IS 60'S TRYED TO WALK IN A BUILDING ENTRANCE PASSED IT AND IT TURNED ON HIM. IT USED IT'S FRONT FEET ON HIM MUCH THE SAME IT WOULD TO A WOLF OR COYOTE. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT THE GUY COULD DO TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM IT.

HERE IS THAT MOOSE ATTACK FROM YOUTUBE.

JUST COPY AND PASTE IT INTO YOUR SEARCH.

 

 

Pete..... nasty eh? did he survive?

Tom... good advice, I'll try and see as many as possible.