Three more canoeing parties arrive and lug their gear up from the river. They are separate groups, and all have paddled the Missinaibi, which is the most popular river up there. They all had a good time, and the scruffy folks talk of rapids and falls and sturgeons working through shallow rapids so their fins stick out of the water. But none report bald eagles nor bears. The canoes are loaded into one of the baggage cars.
Most passengers are natives and there are many children.
I'd hate having to walk across it. Later, we cross a river and there are forests. In Cochrane, the end of ride, we get off and unload our gear. Ed stays behind, while I hitch a ride to Smooth Rock Falls to retrieve the car. Getting a lift is easy, the car is where we left it and soon we are both on the road again, heading back to the city.