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9/23/2016 1:20 pm  #1


Petawawa River - Travers to McManus

Almost exactly 40 years prior to this trip, Diana and I travelled from Wendigo to McManus via the Petawawa River. The present trip from Travers to McManus was duplicating the last section of the 1976 trip. It was a great trip, but in truth it did a good job of knocking the stuffing out of us. It was just about the limit of what this pair of old farts are currently capable of. But then that's a component of a great trip - pushing your limits but not quite exceeding them.The first time down this section 40 years ago, we portaged everything. This time we tentatively planned to run Grillade, Schooner, Five Mile and the upper part of Crooked Chute (and miscellaneous small swifts), But it's been more than 25 years since we've run any sort of meaningful white water with a loaded canoe, so we were a little apprehensive - with good reason, it turns out.

There are some photos on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/mcelroys.bushlog

The complete trip report is found here: http://mcelroy.ca/bushlog/20160909.html
 

 

10/01/2016 10:09 pm  #2


Re: Petawawa River - Travers to McManus

Thanks for sharing your journey. I hope my abused body will still work well enough to do a trip like that in time.

 

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