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PaPaddler wrote:

Beautiful photos.  You could have used access A52 on Jeff's Map to skip all of the river turmoil...but that would have completely changed the character of the trip.

Thank you!

We thought about that...but I wasn't sure if it was ok to park back there. And yeah...we kind of wanted to along the river our first night in. Probably still could have...but everything worked out and it was a fun adventure regardless.

From May 15th thru May 19th we traveled to Travers Lake Access point and worked our way down to Lake Eustache for a couple of nights. The Petawawa River was REALLY high and angry and it probably wasn't the smartest thing for us to go upstream for this trip. But we managed it. We had to create a portage around one area of particularly strong current just east of the Devil's Cellar rapids. The portage from the campsite at the end of the rapids to the Eustache portage was completely flooded out. So we climbed the hill behind our campsite and took the railbed down to where it meets the Eustache  portage. That worked out pretty well. I expected the Eustache portage to be difficult, but while long, it was one of the nicer and easier portages that I've done in the park. We spent two nights on Eustache. What a cool lake! The weather was amazing for us. Not a drop of rain. The only downside was that the nighttime temps dropped down a bit below freezing a couple nights. That was rough...but we managed that too! We were surprised to find a nest of Peregrine Falcons and I was able to get a few photos of them. Disappointed to find the Jim Hudson plague missing (as mentioned in another thread) though. Here are some of the highlight photos from the trip:




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Hi All,

I just got back from a couple of nights at Lake Eustache (awesome trip - will share some photos in a separate post). I was wondering if anyone knows what happened to the Jim Hudson plaque that was mounted on the north-facing cliffs? We searched for quite a while to no avail this week. I thought for a bit that maybe the water was high and it was submerged, but no. We ended up finding where it is supposed to be mounted, complete with the anchors, but the plaque was gone. We searched the 4-foot deep water right there to see if maybe it fell off into the water, but were unable to find it. Does the park management take it down for the winter and it's just not back up yet? I'm just curious since it was odd to find it missing.




Thanks,

cj

ps...I wasn't sure where to post this topic, so please move it to a more appropriate section if need be.

In mid-may we made a trip up to the park. It was my first spring trip. The weather was, as I would have expected, schizophrenic! lol! We met up with some new friends at one of the cottages on Rock Lake for the first night, then headed over to the Baron Canyon/Grand Lake/Achray area for the next few days. The first couple of days were beautiful and then Mother Nature got angry. The wind on Grand Lake was insane, and the rain on the last day started to turn to snow. Still, though, a great trip was had and I can't wait to get back up there in July! Here are some photos from the trip!























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Hey Andy,

Thanks for the reply. 

To be honest, I'd be happy catching absolutely anything at this point! LOL! Ultimately catching some Brookies or Lakers would be fantastic, but I'm going to be picky!

Small world, man. I live in Pittsburgh, just outside the Liberty Tubes!

cj

awesome report. Looks and sounds like you had an awesome trip!

Thanks guys!

The water level question is an interesting one. I suspect it's a natural phenomenon, but I'm not sure. I know many parts of the park get to low water levels late in the summer. I have no idea if this is a result of that or some kind of manual intervention. Maybe some of the more experienced members here know the answer!

This is just a test post to get my 2nd posting in on the site so I can put up some photos!

Thanks!