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SEPTEMBER 6-12, 2006
$698
Mary Coffin, Leader
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Tentative Itinerary
 Weather and water levels may modify itinerary. Daily Plan: 7:00 breakfast and break camp, 8:30 launch, 12-ish lunch break, 3:00 set up camp, 6:00 dinner followed by evening relaxation, reading, nature watching. Day 1-Wednesday, September 6, 2006 Arrive before 3:00pm at Whitney, ON. Meet group, set up camp at Rock Lake Campground within the park and pick up canoes and equipment. Dinner will be at the campsite. If there is time we will visit the Alqonquin Visitor Center nearby to give you an overall picture of the park. Rock Lake campground has showers and flush toilets. Whitney, just outside the park, is about 6 hours from Syracuse. Day 2-Thursday, September 7, 2006 After a quick breakfast we will break camp, load canoes and launch on our adventure right from the campground. We will enter Rock Lake after a short stretch of the Madawaska River. Points of interest are the remains of Barclay Estate (until 1953 owned by Judge George Barclay) on the east shore and on the west shore Native American (Ojibwa) pictographs. They have grown faint with age since their origin in the 1600's when the Chippewa (Ojibwa) helped the Algonquins chase the Iroquois out of the area. They resemble the red ochre pictographs found in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and Ontario's Quetico Park where the Ojibwa originated. After a very short portage we will enter Pen Lake and set up our first camp and cook dinner and hang our bear bag high before watching the sunset. Day 3-Friday, September 8, 2006 Today after breakfast and breaking camp, we start out on Pen Lake, portage along the shallow Galipo River into Welcome Lake, then paddle to Harry Lake and Rence Lake, where we will make our 2nd interior camp. These lakes are prime fishing areas for heritage brook trout. Hopefully we will see evidence of or sight wildlife such as turtles, loons, beaver, otter, mink, deer, wolf, moose, eagles, herons, mergansers and kingfisher. Day 4-Saturday, September 9, 2006 Our third day on the water we will make short portages to Frank and Florence Lakes then a longer one into beautiful Lake Louisa where we will explore its scenic shoreline looking for wildlife until we find our 3rd interior campsite. Let's hope to see the Northern Lights and hear wolves howling or loons calling as we drop off to sleep. Day 5-Sunday, September 10, 2006 After breakfast and packing up, we will continue our explorations/water safari of Lake Louisa and when we have had our fill, start the longest portage (1.7 mi.) of the trip and return to Rock Lake Campground. We will set up tents at the campground and enjoy the luxury of showers and flush toilets. We will eat dinner in camp and enjoy a campfire. Day 6-Monday, September 11, 2006 There are several options available near Rock Lake Campground: paddling up Whitefish Lake and beyond, hiking the old RR beds, hiking the Centennial Ridges Trail (5-6 mi.), excellent Visitor's Center and Logging Museum. We will return canoes and equipment. Our Farewell Dinner (included) will be held at a restaurant, a short drive into Whitney. Day 7- Tuesday, September 12, 2006 Today we bid good-bye and return home unless extending the trip on your own. Some may wish to return to the Visitor Center, Logging Museum or hike/canoe some of the trails/lakes in the park before leaving. Meals are on your own today. Return to Outing Description. |