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LESLIE M. FROST NATURAL RESOURCE CENTRE AREA
Route: Friday, May 20, 2005: Drive to Little Wren put-in (UTM 668,391E, 5,005,935N [Based on UTM Zone 17N, NAD83]) N on Black River P 85m around dam N then E through Raven Lake P 360m into Gun Lake P 60 around Brandy Falls P 170m into Ernest Lake N into Herb Lake N then E then S through Herb Lake P 65m around Proper Falls into Minis Pond P 40m into Knife Lake E through Knife Lake P 1020m into Jean Lake Camp on Campsite 82 on the north shore (UTM 675,882E 5,012,553N) Today's Portage Distance: 1800 m Total Portage Distance: 1800 m Today's Paddle Distance: 12.9 km Total Paddle Distance: 12.9 km Saturday, May 21, 2005: P 1195m into Mooney Lake Bushwhack 1145m into Moose Pond P 225m Hosiery Lake N into Powderhorn Lake Lunch on N shore of Powderhorn Lake S into Hosiery Lake P 225m into Moose Pond Bushwhack 1145m into Mooney Lake P 1195m into Jean Lake Camp on Campsite 82 on the north shore (UTM 675,882E 5,012,553N) Today's Portage Distance: 5130 m Total Portage Distance: 6930 m Today's Paddle Distance: 13.7 km Total Paddle Distance: 26.6 km Sunday, May 22, 2005: SW through Jean Lake P 1020m into Knife Lake P 40m into Minis Pond P 65m around Proper Falls into Herb Lake N then W then S into Ernest Lake P 430m into Ronald Lake P 455 into Nehemiah Lakes P/bushwhack 900m partially on road into Emerson Pond Bushwhack 1100m along Avery Creek into Little Avery Lake (rough!) P 365m into Sundew Pond P 105m into Sherborne Lake Came on island site on Sherborne Lake Today's Portage Distance: 4480 m Total Portage Distance: 11,410 m Today's Paddle Distance: 15.1 km Total Paddle Distance: 41.7 km Monday, May 23, 2005: W through Sherborne Lake P 1150m into Plastic Lake N through Plastic P 950m into Raven Lake NW then W then S through Raven Lake P 85m around Dam S down Black River Take out at Little Wren Parking Lot (UTM 668,391E, 5,005,935N) Today's Portage Distance: 2185 m Total Portage Distance: 13,595 m Today's Paddle Distance: 9.5 km Total Paddle Distance: 51.2 km Maps & Info:
Journal: Thursday, May 19, 2005: I packed gear all morning. In the afternoon, I went to town to buy the rest of the food and the GORP stuff. Had supper of chicken curry, then called Hil to come pick me up. She arrived at around 9:30pma nd we went back to the apartment. I packed up the rest of the food (sausages, etc.) that Matt had. I then watched some TV and read magazines till just after midnight, when I went to sleep. Friday, May 20, 2005: I got a bit of sleep on teh couch at Matt's. He worked until 2am, and arrived home at about 3 and had a shower. We loaded my stuff in the car and left Woodstock at about 4am for the Frost Centre. A large detour on the 401 caused us a half hour delay just west of Drumbo. We stopped at Mississauga Tim Horton's for coffee, cookies and a muffin. Back on the road until McDonalds in Barrie for a washroom break. I took over driving at this point so Matt could get some sleep. Drove to Gravenhurst for breakfast, arriving at 7ish. The Elegant Goose was out of business :( so we walked down the main street looking for something else. We ended up at Blondie's, which served us the worst breakfast either of us have ever had. Nasty, uncooked bacon and sausage, rubbery eggs and stale toast all for the low-low price of $15. Stay away from this place at all costs!
Saturday, May 21, 2005: I woke up this morning to something large walking around outside the tent and snorting loudly. I woke Matt up, and we listened as it walked behind the tent, and into the water in the bay. Matt saw it (a moose!) as it climbed up the shore on the other side. I thought that it had been a bear for sure, as it was sniffing around the food pack, which was hung ~100m from the tent. We got up and went outside for a look. There were moose tracks within 10 feet of the tent! He must have walked up, saw the tent and snorted before turning and walking behind the tent. We made some breakfast of oatmeal, freeze dried fruit and some of my dehydrated blueberries. It was good! We left everything set up, and got ready to head out with some lunch and miscellaneous gear in the green pack.
The end of the portage was a swamp with a nice clear path through it into Mooney. On Mooney, we stopped to check out the campsite on the north shore (Campsite 102) and it was totally overgrown--there was moss growing on the logs in the fire pit! There was virtually no sign of the site on the south side (Campsite 103) at all. There is a cabin on the north shore, just east of the campsite, where there were two ATVs and a motor boat. We said "Hello" on our way to the swamp on the end of the lake. We paddled up the swamp and lifted over a few beaver dams and bushwhacked into Moose Pond. However, I thought we were in Powderhorn, as we didn't do a portage on the way, and I thought we had travelled up the first channel.
Sunday, May 22, 2005: Woke up to the sound of a grouse behind the tent. Got up and had breakfast of oatmeal, and packed up to go. We paddled down Jean and portaged into Knife. On the portage around Proper Falls, Matt spotted a canoe pulled up on shore, locked to a tree at the top of the hill. We headed into Ronald, then Nehemiah. The campsites in Nehemiah were taken by fishermen. At the south end, we paddled up and asked if thre was a trail to the road from the campsite--there was, so we carried up onto the road and headed south. We followed the road until we met a stream across the road, which we followed into Emerson Pond, just north of the campsite (73A). We pumped some water, then decided to eat lunch on campsite 73 before continuing. We had stoners, cheese and jerky. We then began bushwhacking our way down Avery Creek, starting with four beaver dams in the first 30 metres. That was followed by a steep v-shaped channel filled with downed trees and rocks. IT was rough going, but we made it out to the swamp at the north end of Little Avery. Parts of the creek along the way were underground, as we could hear the stream gurgling through the rocks. We walked/waded a bit of the swamp until the lake opened up. The site on Little Avery looked really nice, but was taken. We walked over into Bruin Lake, but left the boat on Little Avery. We took a look to see if the site was taken. It was, so we made the decision to go meet up with Randy and Candace, who we knew were camping on Sherborne Lake. We portaged into the very pretty Sundew Pond, then across into Sherborne. We started checking campsites, looking for Randy and Candace. In about the middle of the lake, Matt spotted them paddling up to a site on the small island. We paddled up and stopped. They invited us to camp with them, so we did. We chatted with them for a while, then set up camp. We went for a quick, cold swim off the rock.
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