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Balsam Lake – Oct.2020

Balsam Lake – A Reluctant Dog and A Tiny Tent

Park #1 done! What a learning experience!~First time solo camping with my dog.~First time trying out a good amount of my equipment in the field.~First time sleeping in a “2-person” tent. The past two nights I holed up in a tiny tent in -2°C weather with a less than impressed dog. We stayed warm enoughContinue reading “Balsam Lake – A Reluctant Dog and A Tiny Tent”

Ontario: The Scope

Canada is big. Covering 9.98 million square kilometres and sharing coasts with 3 oceans, calling it ‘big’ may actually be an understatement. Of those 9.98 million square kilometres, Ontario takes up 1 million (415,000 square miles).It’s a landscape carved by the Canadian Shield – billion year old exposed Precambrian rock that’s one of the largestContinue reading “Ontario: The Scope”

Project Provincial

The Goal: Camp my way through the Ontario Provincial parks The Logistics:– 100+ parks advertised on ontarioparks.com (86 of which are currently active)– over 70 current active parks offer car-camping sites– 14 parks offer back-country/walk-in sites (varying difficulty)– 11 parks offer winterized/yurt sites– 20 parks offer paddle-in sites (varying difficulty)– most parks run seasonally fromContinue reading “Project Provincial”