Trip Reports

Back-country canoe trips that I've completed in the pursuit of solitutde and lake trout

Dunlop - Flack Lake Loop

  1. Region: Elliot Lake, Ontario
  2. Date: August, 2022
  3. Duration: 5 days (1 rest day included)
  4. Difficulty: 2 broken paddles / 5 (Nothing to difficult with minor back country experience)
  5. Remoteness: 3 singing loons / 5 (You'll see people going in, going out, and maybe a party at one of the 2 to 3 hunt camps
  6. Distance: 100km (rough estimate, unmeasured)
  7. Target Species: Splake, Speckled and Lake Trout

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Island on a lake Red canoe on clear lake Sceniec lookout of a lake from a cliff hand holding a splake trout Red canoe in front of a fallen branch of red maple leaves

Quetico

  1. Region: Atikokan, Ontario
  2. Date: July, 2022
  3. Duration: 14 days (3 rest day included)
  4. Difficulty: 2.5 broken paddles / 5 (Just a couple of rougher portages on this route)
  5. Remoteness: 2.5 singing loons / 5 (Expect to see a party every day or two)
  6. Distance: 250km (rough estimate, unmeasured)
  7. Target Species: Walleye, Lake Trout, Pike and Smallmouth

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Moose Skull in front of a camp fire Lake trout pulled out of the water River of blue water Handfull of blueberries Up close to a short, wide waterfall

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