Been trying to contact Swede now for 6 months or so 

now my messages to Swede get “ Unfortunately, this user is not accepting private messages.“ 

what happening ?
 

Ingress and Egress would be via the cart trail .
I’ve biked it before and that’s an option
If the road is passable and assuming I can figure
out a better ncanoe bike trailer 😁
But was also thinking  about the option of Ingress via horse and wagon .

Has anybody done the cart trail to WP recently ?

Last I heard the road was blocked from fallen trees after
a huge storm  and was  impassable but that was many many
years ago and I have been  focused  more  on  Big Trout 
or Welcome Lakes for  my go to fishing lakes the last
10 years.

Also wondering if any body knows if  a Wagon Ride option
into this lake is still allowed and if there are still  any known
persons doing such horse drawn wagon transport?

Contact info would  be appreciated  if you know of any
person doing these Wagon Rides still.

Anyways
Thinking that as my tripping days wind down … there are a few lakes
that I would really like  to visit again and White Partridge ( plus North
Branch and Little Dickson as day trips plus maybe even WP creek to
the forks) are part of my bucket list. Big Trout is planned for 2023
as is   the Pen-> Welcome/Harry/Rence loop 

Also
Has anybody  done the WP creek to the forks recently ?
How  are the alders , last time ( decades ago ) they were starting to
really over grow  the creek and likely now that means the creek is
impassable without a lot of impromptu portages ?

Tia for any answers to my questions
RAC🙂🙂N

Ooh-Key Doh-Key , seems Pen lake is a reasonable  location for  an opener trip.

Hoping to cross bows with fellow AAers 
this May/Summer but until then for those 
heading in early,here’s wishing you all great
weather ,cool nights for sleeping and high
teen/low 20’s daytime tripping temps plus
dry portages. However I fear boots
might be handy for a few of them 🤔.

Ladtly , hoping the ingress wind is at our  backs and as well at our back on the egress 🤔

Lastly tight lines if fishing and clear sky’s if star gazing
and hoping the early  trippers  do pitch a  tarp because
camping  without a campfire ( even in the rain)  is just
not right somehow,
Please go  prepared for night time warmth and maybe
Campfire camaraderie  where campfire  tall tales  get
taller the later in the night they are repeated 😁

Planning is the boring part, the actual tripping is the fun part 🙂

Later trips ( likely Aug or Sept) I hope to do one final trip to a Big T likely starting from a Canoe L  as a nostalgic trip redo of  my very first Algonquin  interior trip .

Seems my brother has hung up his portaging days a while back
and seeing I am not much younger , each year will likely be a challenge for me  knowing  eventually my tripping days too will be done .. But still  hoping that quite a few more paddle strokes and portages in my remaking years or months of tripping are achieved 🤔

Thank you to all who gave me advice on this matter

I ended up going to a Grand Lake on a solo trip and was able to fish Carcajou Bay , Upper and Lower Spectacle on my first day and Rowan on my second day .. sadly caught nothing , one possible bite on Rowan
and oddles of Bugs swarming but not really biting but quite the nuisance unless you like bug protein in your porridge

No really a fan of cell service when tripping  but does anybody know if
cell service is likely to work on the Paddle In sites on the Cannisby Bay paddle in sites

Just a contingency as my partner has a in-law relative that  has been admitted to  the SunnyBrook hospital in Toronto ( Palative care)  with
Restricted visiting to immediate sons and daughters
Therefore being able to be contacted by phone in case things turn worse is one thing we are looking at to possibly savage a spring fishing  trip and do a Cannisby Bay Paddle in site plus do some day trips to stocked lakes along  highway 60

So, has anybody used cell service on the interior sites on Cannisby Bay

Alternatively , what about cell service on Sunday Lake if Cannisby Bay paddle in sites are too far off the Hwy60 corridor for cell service

Thanks
Randy

Is the road in fully open again .
Considering a bike in trip or are there other options beside “portaging or wheeling”in  a canoe over the 14km or so of access roads


common screen resolutions

Yes sir, Jimmy is quite the individual.
One thing for sure he is always on time for a water taxi pickup 
and should you arrive a tad early you might find him resting 
at the portage :-) 

Pic#2 is correct (Allan) but your guess of Waterclear for Pic#1 is incorrect

MNR says : Species in that lake depicted in Pic#1 are
( Or so says Paddle Planner)
Brook Trout
Lake Trout
Brook Stickleback
Finescale Dace
Northern Redbelly Dace

Not Aura Lee Lake

We entered this lake from the east but could of easily come in from the west