Meanest Link – Opeongo to Oxtongue

Would you travel around Algonquin Park covering about 420 km just to get your name on a wall? I know I would. So when my friend Peter messaged me about completing a section of a trip called the “Meanest Link” I was all in. The section we would attempt to complete was a total distance of 102.2 km that went from Lake Opeongo to Oxtongue Lake connecting the two Algonquin Outfitter stores at each location.

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A Badger Paddle and it’s Many Uses

Winner Winner!

As part of this years Paddle in the Park Contest, there are prizes to be won outside the normal paddles hidden in the park and the prizes at the end of the season.  Just to backtrack a little, this is my first time hearing and participating in this contest.  I caught a little glimpse over the winter about this contest and started to look into it more.

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Canada 150 – Mine Was Memorable, Was Yours?

 

Saturday, July 1st, 2017
We had no real plans.  I figured we would have the usual, “What do you want to do?” conversation this weekend. I was watching other people plan camping and canoeing trips, but we had opted to stay close to home.  There are quite a few Canada Day celebration activities planned in this area so off we went Saturday morning.  

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