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My 1st Backcountry Canoe Trip – Algonquin 2002 – Canoe Symposium Presentation Part 2 of 2

By Christina|2021-02-14T08:09:58-05:00February 20th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, Algonquin Park, Algonquin Provincial Park, animals, backcountry, backcountry camping, Bear Barrel, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, canoe, canoe camping, canoeing, disoriented, enthusiasm, Exploring, hiking trails, inspiration, kw canoe symposium, Mew Lake, Nature, navigating, navigation, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, portage, portaging, Provincial Park, Up north, water, waterways|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @explorersedge, @ontarionature, @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, #adventure, #algonquin, #algonquinpark, #algoqnuinpark, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canoe, #canoecamping, #canoeing, #canoetrip, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #highlandbackpackingtrail, #mew, #mewlake, #mewlakecampground, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, #trackandtower, #trip, #tripping, portage, portaging|

Part 2 of 2 To see Part 1, Click Here: Part one left us lost on the Track and Tower Trail new Mew Lake Campground! See what happens next!!! After about an hour of walking, in the humid hot sun, we put the canoe down and all our bags and sat at the side of the trail totally exhausted and really really upset. We were yelling at each other and it was definitely not a [...]

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My 1st backcountry Canoe Trip Algonquin 2002- Canoe Symposium Presentation Part 1 of 2

By Christina|2021-02-14T08:11:37-05:00February 13th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, Algonquin Park, Algonquin Provincial Park, animals, backcountry, backcountry camping, Bear Barrel, camp, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, canoe, canoe camping, canoeing, enthusiasm, Exploring, Hiking, inspiration, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Outdoor Adventure Show, Outdoors, paddling, portage, portaging, Presentation, Provincial Park, Up north|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @explorersedge, @ontarionature, @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, #adventure, #algonquin, #algonquinpark, #algoqnuinpark, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canoe, #canoecamping, #canoeing, #canoetrip, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #highlandbackpackingtrail, #mew, #mewlake, #mewlakecampground, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, #trackandtower, #trip, #tripping, portage, portaging|

When I was little, my family rented a cottage up north, and for one whole week every summer, I was in total heaven. It was awesome and I have some very fond memories of my time there, even though sadly, we never canoed or paddled. We did do a lot of really fun things… like looking for tadpoles and frogs, trying to catch minnows in our sand pails, roasting marshmallows beside a big huge [...]

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Killarney Days 3 & 4 – Magic Mountain to Silver Peak!

By Christina|2017-09-05T17:00:24-04:00September 5th, 2017|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, backcountry camping, Bear Barrel, camp, camping, Canada, canoe camping, canoeing, day trip, enthusiasm, Exploring, Fun, gear, girls, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, hikingtrails, inspiration, killarney, Killarney Provincial Park, morel, morels, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, portage, portaging, Provincial Park, swimming, women|Tags: @explorersedge, @keencanada, @killarneyPP, @NeOntario, @ontarionature, @ontarioparks, @ontariotrails, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, @paddlekillarney, #adventure, #backcountry, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canoe, #canoeing, #canoetrip, #canoetripping, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #hike, #hiking, #hikingtrail, #keen, #marmot, #mountains, #ontario, #paddleon, #silverpeak, #trail, #trails, camp, killarney, portage, portaging|

I had been waiting for this trip since last year and was so glad I was finally here. In the last post, Killarney Days 1 and 2, Rainy Plains to The Magical Mountains, I left off at the end of day 2. We are staying on an amazing campsite on David Lake where we have a view of Silver Peak and on Day 3, the plan is to hike to the top of it. I'd [...]

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Killarney Days 1 & 2 – The Rainy Plains to the Magical Mountains

By Christina|2017-08-29T16:52:31-04:00August 29th, 2017|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, backcountry camping, Bear Barrel, camp, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, canoe, canoe camping, canoeing, Climb, Climbing, enthusiasm, Exploring, fishing, girls, Hiking, hiking trails, killarney, Killarney Provincial Park, loons, Nature, navigating, navigation, Ontario, ontario parks, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, portage, portaging, Provincial Park, sunset|Tags: @explorersedge, @keencanada, @killarneyPP, @NeOntario, @ontarionature, @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, @paddlekillarney, #adventure, #backcountry, #bestcampsiteever, #camperchristina, #camping, #camppizza, #canada, #canoe, #canoecamping, #canoeing, #explore, #exploring, #funghi, #fungi, #getoutside, #keen, #marmot, #mushrooms, #ontario, #paddle, #paddleon, #paddling, #silverpeak, #stalkersam, #sunset, #swim, #trails, pizza, portage, swimming|

I had been to Killarney a few times and loved it there. The only issue I ever have with Killarney in the summer, is that you have to book a site 5 months in advance to get the sites on the lakes you want. This trip is actually the only one I reserved this entire year, 5 months in advance with Ontario Parks. That might help explain how important it was for me to [...]

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Opeongo Backcountry Camping by Water Taxi- w Maryann & Randy

By Christina|2017-07-18T19:03:00-04:00July 18th, 2017|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, Algonquin Park, Algonquin Provincial Park, backcountry camping, Bear Barrel, Bear vault, bearproof, camp, camping, camping tips, Canada, canoe, canoe camping, Exploring, glamping, kayak, kayak camping, Kayaking, loons, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, Provincial Park, scenic, swimming, tangii, tips, water taxi|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @algonquinpp, @explorersedge, @keencanada, @ontarionature, @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, @opeognooutfitters, #adventure, #algonquin, #algonquinpark, #backcountry, #backcountryglamping, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canoetrip, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #glamping, #kayak, #kayaking, #kayaktrip, #keen, #lakeopeongo, #marmot, #ontario, #opeongo, #paddle, #paddleon, #paddling, #watertaxi|

Since my Level 1 and Level 2 Sea Kayaking courses, I've been wanting to do a trip with my friends, Maryann and Randy, that I met through the courses at OSKC. This weekend was finally it and I was so excited to be camping with them after all this time! They had advised me of a cool way they sometimes camp in the backcountry, or should I say glamp? And that is to go by [...]

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Turkey Day at McCrae! -Cooking in my new Dutch Oven!

By Christina|2016-10-18T18:43:59-04:00October 18th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, backcountry camping, Bear Barrel, Bear vault, bearproof, camp, camping, camping tips, campsite, Canada, canoe camping, conservatationarea, Conservation areas, conservationarea, cooking, creek, creeks, Exploring, fall, fallcolours, falls, food, Food storage, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, hikingtrails, homemade, learning, leaves, Lookout, Nature, Ontario, Ontario Trails, outdoor products, outdoorproducts, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, portage, portaging, sunrise, sunset, tarps, tent, tentcamping, Trails, Uncategorized, water, waterfalls, waterways|Tags: @conont, @enohammocks, @mccraelake, @Onhighlands, @ontarionature, @ontariotrails, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, @outdoorsSFA, #aquaquest, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #basslakeroadhouse, #camping, #canoe, #canoecamping, #cleanupourparks, #crown, #crownland, #crownlandcamping, #crowsnest, #crowsnestlookout, #dehydrated, #dehydratedfood, #dutch, #dutchoven, #eno, #excalibur, #fish, #fishing, #fog, #freezingfog, #GeorgianBay, #hammock, #hotnalgene, #marmot, #mccrae, #minus4, #mushrooms, #nalgene, #ontarioconservationarea, #paddle, #paddling, #pancakes, #thanksgiving, #turkey, #turkeyroll, #woodlanding, camp, konigshauskanoe, portage, portaging, sunrise, sunset|

Since meeting my friend Jason last year, he has been going on about this place called McCrae Lake. I had never been there and according to him, it was a gorgeous place to spend a weekend camping, fishing and enjoying nature. The Thanksgiving long weekend was approaching and as I hadn't had any plans yet, I decided it would be a good weekend to check the place out. It was also the perfect weekend to [...]

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Camping in Killarney on Kakakise in a Konigshaus Kanoe

By Christina|2016-10-12T16:31:00-04:00October 12th, 2016|Categories: #canoe, #trip, #tripping, Algonquin, backcountry, backcountry camping, Barrel, Bear Barrel, Bear vault, bearproof, camp, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, canoe camping, Carlyle, Climb, Climbing, Exploring, fall, fallcolours, falls, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, homemade, Kakakise, killarney, Killarney Provincial Park, konigshaus, konigshauskanoe, leaves, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, Parks, portage, portaging, tarps, tent, tentcamping, Uncategorized, Up north, walking, walks, water, waterfalls, waterways|Tags: @enohammocks, @keencanada, @killarneyPP, @ontarionature, @ontarioparks, #canoe, #canoetrip, #canoetripping, #cedar, #cedarstrip, #chipmunk, #dehydrated, #eno, #explore, #exploring, #fall, #fallcolors, #fallcolour, #fish, #fishin, #funghi, #hike, #hiking, #hikingtrail, #homemadecanoe, #keen, #keens, #marmot, #MountainHardwear, #mushroom, #mushrooms, #paddle, #paddline, #rain, #rehydrating, #steak, #tarp, #tarping, #TheCrack, #trip, #tripping, crack, fallcolours, homemade, konigshauskanoe, portage, portaging|

I had been wanting to adventure in Killarney all summer but every time I had a free weekend, the park was booked up. When I checked a few weeks ago, I finally saw a few openings. They were all with portages but after carrying my lil kayak over 3km's in Algonquin each way a few weeks ago I figured a kilometer was totally doable and something I wouldn't have an issue with. Since booking my site on [...]

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Massasauga solo – Feeling ill in the backcountry

By Christina|2016-06-28T21:37:47-04:00June 28th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, beach, Bear Barrel, Bear vault, bearproof, brucetrail, camp, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, clean up our parks, Exploring, Food storage, gear, georgian bay, harmony, kayak, Kayaking, Massassauga, Muskoka, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddle canada, paddling, Parks, Provincial Park, sleeping bag, sleeping matt, sleeping pad, solo trip, sunrise, sunset, swimming, tent, Uncategorized, water, waterways, wind|Tags: @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, #allergies, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #bear, #bearvault, #beaver, #bites, #camping, #cleanupourparks, #fever, #ill, #kayak, #kayaking, #marmot, #Massasauga, #massasaugaprovincialpark, #paddle, #paddling, #perception, #perceptiontribute, #sick, #sickinthebackcountry, #solo, #solocamp, #solotrip, #swollen, #tent, #themassasauga, #thermarest, camp|

Last year I went on my first solo trip in the backcountry. It was at The Massasauga and it was awesome and I have been wanting to go back. I had every intention of spending last weekend at home. Well my new home in Port Carling, but on Friday around 1pm, I was advised I could go home early. So at 3pm, I decided to call it a day and packed up my camping gear. [...]

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Winter Glamping, Camping & Adventuring – Tips I’ve Learned & Your Input!!

By Christina|2016-01-26T07:46:28-05:00January 26th, 2016|Categories: Algonquin, Bear Barrel, Bear vault, bearproof, camping, camping tips, Canada, cold, cooking, Exploring, food, Food storage, glamping, gloves, homemade, hot tent, Mew Lake, Nature, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, Parks, pot set, pots, summer tent, tarps, teepee, tent, tentcamping, texting gloves, tipi, tips, Uncategorized, water, winter, winter camping tips, winterglamping, yurt|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @algonquinoutfit, @Hardwear, @ORgear, @outdoorsSFA, @woods_canada, #boots, #cook, #cooking, #fire, #footwear, #freezing, #fuel, #glamping, #glove, #gloves, #go-girl, #hat, #icebreaker, #Kombi, #mewlake, #mitten, #mittens, #mitts, #MountainHardwear, #precook, #snow, #socks, #tarp, #toque, #winter, #wintercamping, #wintercampingtips, #winterglamping, #yurt, tarps, tips|

Whether you are camping in a tent or glamping in a yurt, things are different in the winter, than they are in the warmer seasons. I am very new to the whole winter camping/glamping scene but I have learned a tonne of things already and wanted to share them with you, if you are thinking of embarking on a winter camping or glamping trip. Please feel free to comment and add your own tips at [...]

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Bearvault BV500 Bear Resistant Food Canister – From MEC

By Christina|2015-09-24T11:43:16-04:00September 24th, 2015|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, Barrel, bear, Bear Barrel, Bear vault, bearproof, camping, Canada, Exploring, Food storage, kayak, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddling|Tags: @BonEchoPP, @mec, @ontarioparks, @some_eventful, @taigaadventures|

Fourteen years ago, I completed my first backcountry trip in Algonquin Provincial Park. It was awesome and I was immediately hooked! Over the years, I have completed approximately 25 backcountry trips and have loved every single one of them. I have gear to both backpack into the backcountry, or paddle in to sites, however, I much prefer the latter as it is a lot less work! I love the solace of the backcountry but do not [...]

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