Trips

This page is a catalogue of wilderness canoe, backpacking and day trips I have completed since 2010.

The links below (organized alphabetically) include route details, journal entries, photographs and planning maps.

CANOEING AND BACKPACKING – IN ONTARIO

Algonquin Provincial Park – Barron Canyon
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Four Days / Distance: 24km / Difficulty: Novice

Algonquin Provincial Park – Canoe Lake to Teepee Lake
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 8km / Difficulty: Novice

Algonquin Provincial Park – Kingscote to Scorch Lake
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 22km / Difficulty: Novice

Algonquin Provincial Park – Opeongo-Lavieille Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Five Days / Distance: 85km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Algonquin Provincial Park – Provoking Lake
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 10km / Difficulty: Novice

Algonquin Provincial Park – Petawawa – Little Trout – Ralph Bice Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 28km / Difficulty: Novice

Beaver River – Kimberley to Clarksburg
Type: Canoe / Region: Southwestern / Duration: One Day / Distance: ~20km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Black River at Washago
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: 1 Day / Distance: 4km / Difficulty: Novice

Bloodvein River, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (Ontario) and Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park (Manitoba)
Type: Canoe / Region: Northwestern / Duration: 13 Days / Distance: 230km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Bon Echo Provincial Park
Type: Canoe / Region: Eastern / Duration: One Day / Distance: 3km / Difficulty: Novice

Bronte Creek – Lowville Park to Lake Ontario
Type: Canoe / Region: Greater Toronto Area / Duration: One Day / Distance: 20km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Bruce Peninsula National Park
Type: Hiking / Region: Southwestern / Duration: One Day / Distance: Various / Difficulty: Novice

Catchacoma Forest
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Southeastern / Duration: Two Days / Distance: ~6km / Difficulty: Novice

Chapleau Crown Game Preserve – Missinaibi Headwaters
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Six Days / Distance: 85km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Charleston Lake Provincial Park
Type: Canoe / Region: Eastern / Duration: One Day / Distance: 6km / Difficulty: Novice

Credit River (Lower) – Streetsville to Lake Ontario
Type: Canoe / Region: Greater Toronto Area / Duration: One Day / Distance: 15km / Difficulty: Novice

Credit River (Upper) – Inglewood to Glen Williams
Type: Canoe / Region: Greater Toronto Area / Duration: One Day / Distance: 18km / Difficulty: Novice

Elora Gorge Conservation Area (Grand River)
Type: Canoe / Region: Southwestern / Duration: One Day / Distance: 5km / Difficulty: Novice

Eramosa River – Rockwood Conservation Area to Stone Road
Type: Canoe / Region: Southwestern / Duration: One Day / Distance: 13km / Difficulty: Novice

French River Provincial Park – 18-mile Island
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 74km / Difficulty: Intermediate

French River Provincial Park – Figure 8 Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 35km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Frontenac Provincial Park – Big Salmon to Birch Lake
Type: Backpacking / Region: Eastern / Duration: Four Days / Distance: 25km / Difficulty: Novice

Frontenac Provincial Park – Lynch Lake Loop
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Eastern / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 12km / Difficulty: Novice

Gibson River Provincial Park – Lone Lake Trail
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 9km / Difficulty: Novice

Gibson River Provincial Park – Long Falls Trail
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 10km / Difficulty: Novice

Grand River – Cambridge to Paris
Type: Canoe / Region: Southwestern / Duration: One Day / Distance: 20km / Difficulty: Novice

Haliburton Highlands Water Trails – Big East Lake
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 8km / Difficulty: Novice

Haliburton Highlands Water Trails – Herb and Gun Lakes
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 12km / Difficulty: Novice

Haliburton Highlands Water Trails – McEwen Lake
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 7km / Difficulty: Novice

Haliburton Highlands Water Trails – Nunikani Lake Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 20km / Difficulty: Novice

Haliburton Highlands Water Trails – Poker Lake Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 10km / Difficulty: Novice

Island Lake Forest and Barrens Conservation Reserve
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 24km / Difficulty: Novice

Jevins and Silver Lake Conservation Reserve – Three Mile Lake Trail
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 6km / Difficulty: Novice

Kahshe Lake Barrens Conservation Reserve – Cooper’s Lake Trail
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 7km / Difficulty: Novice

Kawartha Highlands – Eels Creek
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 5km / Difficulty: Novice

Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park – Mississagua River
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 21km / Difficulty: Novice

Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park – Little Turtle Lake
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 5km / Difficulty: Novice

Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park – Serpentine Lake Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 21km / Difficulty: Novice

Killarney Provincial Park – George Lake to OSA and the Crack
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 28km / Difficulty: Novice

Killarney Provincial Park – Kakakise Lake
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 4km / Difficulty: Novice

Killarney Provincial Park – La Cloche Silhouette Trail
Type: Backpacking / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Seven Days / Distance: 85km / Difficulty: Advanced

Killarney Provincial Park – Nellie Lake Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Four Days / Distance: 30km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Lake Ontario – Sixteen Mile Creek to Port Credit
Type: Canoe / Region: Greater Toronto Area / Duration: One Day / Distance: 14km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Madawaska River (Lower) – Palmer Rapids
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 4km / Difficulty: Novice

Madawaska River Provincial Park (Lower) – Aumond’s Bay to Buck Bay
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 20km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Magnetawan River Provincial Park – South Branch Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Four Days / Distance: 75km / Difficulty: Intermediate

The Massasauga Provincial Park – Conger Lake
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 7km / Difficulty: Novice

The Massasauga Provincial Park – Spider Bay Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 30km / Difficulty: Novice

Mattawa River Provincial Park
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 46km / Difficulty: Novice

McCrae Lake Conservation Reserve
Type: Winter Backpacking & Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 5km / Difficulty: Novice

Minesing Wetlands Conservation Area (Nottawasaga River)
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: One Day / Distance: 10km / Difficulty: Novice

Missinaibi River (Lower) and Moose River
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Eight Days / Distance: 341km / Difficulty: Advanced

Mississagi River Provincial Park
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: 11 Days / Distance: 143km / Difficulty: Intermediate/Advanced

Moira River – Chisholm Mill to Latta & the Lost Channel
Type: Canoe / Region: Eastern / Duration: One Day / Distance: 8km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Moon River Conservation Reserve – Hwy 400 to Arnold’s Bay
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 14km / Difficulty: Novice

Muskoka River (South Branch)
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 13km / Difficulty: Novice

Nith River – Canning to Paris
Type: Canoe / Region: Southwestern / Duration: One Day / Distance: 15km / Difficulty: Novice

Noganosh Lake Provincial Park
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 25km / Difficulty: Novice

Pukaskwa National Park – Coastal Trail
Type: Backpacking / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Six Days / Distance: 60km / Difficulty: Advanced

Puzzle Lake Provincial Park
Type: Canoe / Region: Eastern / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 6km / Difficulty: Novice

Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park – Black River
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 33km / Difficulty: Novice

Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park – Highpoint Winter Hike
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 12km / Difficulty: Novice

Rouge River – Old Finch Road to Lake Ontario
Type: Canoe / Region: Greater Toronto Area / Duration: One Day / Distance: 11km / Difficulty: Novice

Salmon River (Upper) – Gull Creek to Beaver Lake
Type: Canoe / Region: Eastern / Duration: One Day / Distance: 10km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Saugeen River – Walkerton to Southampton
Type: Canoe / Region: Southwestern / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 105km / Difficulty: Novice

Sixteen Mile Creek – Highway 407 to Lake Ontario
Type: Canoe / Region: Greater Toronto Area / Duration: One Day / Distance: 18km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Sleeping Giant Provincial Park – Top of the Giant Trail
Type: Backpacking / Region: Northwestern / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 22km / Difficulty: Novice

Spanish River Provincial Park – East Branch
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Six Days / Distance: 145km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Steel River Provincial Park
Type: Canoe / Region: Northwestern / Duration: Nine Days / Distance: 160km / Difficulty: Advanced

Temagami – Chiniguchi-Sturgeon River Loop
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Seven Days / Distance: 125km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Temagami – Wasaksina Lake
Type: Canoe / Region: Northeastern / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 24km / Difficulty: Novice

Thames River – Springbank Park to Delaware
Type: Canoe / Region: Southwestern / Duration: One Day / Distance: 20km / Difficulty: Novice

Torrance Barrens Conservation Reserve
Type: Winter Backpacking / Region: Central / Duration: Two Days / Distance: 3km / Difficulty: Novice

Wabakimi Provincial Park – Allanwater – Whitewater – Caribou
Type: Canoe / Region: Northwestern / Duration: 11 Days / Distance: 252km / Difficulty: Advanced

Wabakimi Provincial Park – Kopka River
Type: Canoe / Region: Northwestern / Duration: Seven Days / Distance: 145km / Difficulty: Advanced

Wolf Island Provincial Park
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 9km / Difficulty: Novice

York River
Type: Canoe / Region: Central / Duration: Three Days / Distance: 72km / Difficulty: Novice

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE – BEYOND ONTARIO

Bloodvein River, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (Ontario) and Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park (Manitoba)
Type: Canoe / Region: Northwestern / Duration: 13 Days / Distance: 230km / Difficulty: Intermediate

Juan De Fuca Trail (British Columbia)
Type: Backpacking / Region: Vancouver Island, British Columbia / Duration: Four Days / Distance: 47km / Difficulty: Advanced

Nahanni National Park Reserve – Virginia Falls to Nahanni Butte (Northwest Territories)
Type: Canoe / Region: Northwest Territories / Duration: 10 Days / Distance: 216km / Difficulty: Advanced

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE – ROAD TRIPS

Hawaii – Maui & Kauai
Type: Hiking / Region: Maui & Kauai / Duration: Fourteen Days / Distance: N/A / Difficulty: Various

Cross Canada Road Trip
Type: Camping, Hiking, Road Trip / Region: Nine Provinces / Duration: Seventeen Days / Distance: 9,000km / Difficulty: Various

Southwest United States
Type: Hiking / Region: Arizona and Utah / Duration: Fourteen Days / Distance: N/A / Difficulty: Various