Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-16
CANOEING IN ALGONQUIN NATION
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f'. NJ Tohin in the National Sportsman.
Drizzliug rain was ftlline. that August
aftc rnoon, as we left the train at each,
lake, tie gateway of 81 akc-land." on TIA,
'HnHda Atl9ntic railway, impatient to he
Gin our two weeks canoeing in Algonquin
National Park. Province or ontario.
We had nc"n iournoving westward from
ottawa sine" morning. Il delightful and
interesting run of l7o miles For II hun
drod mlc> we whirlcd through u splcndio
farming country literally srrinklcd with
occasional Outings Of thrifty Canadian
villages Back t'tN miles we lcft the last
settlement within Il little Indian villa 70
where 4 group Of log cabins marks the
last stand nf fragment Of Algonuuins
Then followed forests. lakes and rivers IN
endless panorama.
our party consisted of four my brother
and his son. Lyman. IL years my son,
Donald. Of thu same age, and myself. The
OUTFIT Of two Morris canoe, and camp Kit
had boon sent ahead from SWantcn. VT,
by freight and was awaiting lis the
grub bag. nllcl at one of tho big ottawa
stores, cam" with us.
q. ". lartl"tt. superintendent. of the
preserve. ana his chief ranger, Mr.
U'Lcary. me- us with the hcartirst kind
OF welcome. and We were god. ou dC-
CONT of tho rain. to defer our start until
next day. lut tim" WAS precious, our
route. as planned, long ono. ana th"n
hoirg ont for 'rougring it, little thir;
like rain could not stop us
stripping ia" burlans from our canoes
They were No'u N tho water and. assisted
by Mr.. bartlett and two RANGERS, our Kit
was slowed away and we started on our
explorations with AN excellent pocket man
ot tho park and small compass as our
only guides.
RiGht here il H. host to max" u CONF Sc
sion. oar out'it proved too elaborate and
bulky II consisted. besides the CanucS
au1 crun necessities of course. of two
small minors fonts with iointcl polls. /
wooden box with cooking KIT. four folding
cots. four E.uwood sleeping na"s. q fold
ing shoat iron stove duck fly Exit. fish
ing tackle and four kodaks We prid'd
ourselves ou our outing outfit. AlCnG tn"
shores of Lake Champlain where wc arc
wont to throw our stun into c,tnpcs and
paddle dir,,tl, to some good camping;
ground it IT, 20 model Of compact conNcn
icncc bat ~ the Lake Wil Is Of CanadH
where portdroS arc to be made over blaz"d
trans j, is lltOscthcr another proposition.
That box i'm particular mad" 4 Who'll" lot
Of trouble for the boys ON the portag"s. rs
it's corners w,rn sur. T. come in contact
with cvorV tree on the trail # "" take
the trim this yonr. as we hope to do, We
will cut out tho folding cots, the t1X and
~ lot of otHcr things.
II WI our plan ia push ON aud camp
tor tho nieht i'm White Lake. but tho late
H"ui "'.''' ~ ~ '"h' i''SS'S9'' VI az,
81" I'~ 'ii''N WIZ VIZ -" " lu' "
hiHf "I 'H, m''' "I lns M''"'N"Sh"
river h' nOt had "lrt moor one VIII
cow '"' ~ nth' r"nl. ms WIS HrIi'-
l"t'I Us IN" rum '"Il M torrents "HllnE
th MIGHT. Tie hnYs quickly stow" away
our traps and had the canoes bottom up.
S'f't'hlnS orr tent NY as lcan-to hi'k
"i IN" nut ana opening up the Sh"ct IRON
stove IN" NOT ana handy, an apr"tHlhg
'uup"r ~ hoil'd p0tAtooS, bacon toast ANA
core" was prepared. Ih'n IN" fold'nE
cots wor" spread IN the nut w" Slr"'d
M" Slcoplhg bags ana IN" ram hAd"
M rrN with ~" roof.
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