We put in from Lakeland Lodge parking lot, seems like a good spot to start.
Our first camping spot was on Silvester Lake, after paddling the expanse of Matagamasi Lake/ North arm.
Second day we continued on Wolf Lake,Dewdney and Chiniguchi Lake. We camped on the site next to The Elephant. I didn't feel like climbing it, so we stayed put.
On the third day we looked for "the alligator" in Telfer Bay. We saw remains on the shore but not much underwater.
This was planned as a short day so by 11 am we got to McConnell Bay, all 3 campsites for ourselves. The beach was nice but the place is in dire need for thunder boxes. TP flowers everywhere once you go a bit inside the forest. Not a pleasant look.
4th day we continued South on a series of small unnamed lakes, Marjorie Lake,Rathwell Lake.
The most exciting moment of the trip came when looking for a passage out of Rathwell Lake. The map shows a 30m portage but it looked like we can navigate through.
And then I saw him. On the other side of the pond I spotted a big black bear who was starring at us.
Not sure of his intentions I couldn't take my eyes off him. My friend says "get the camera" and then I scrambled to get the camera out of the waterproof bag.
By the time I am ready to shoot he is moving away.
The whole episode didn't last more than 2 minutes, but it felt much longer...
Now we had to take the portage into Laundry Lake, the bear took a left path , ours was on the right side of a creek. No issues whatsoever and we continued on our journey.
After paddling Laundry Lake we took the long portage instead of splitting it in 2 shorter ones. Given the low water levels I think we took the right decision.
We spent the night on Wolf Lake, on a nice campsite with sunset views.
Last day after battling head winds most of the time, we reached our car finishing another beautiful trip.
Happy trails!
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