Wow! That is pretty brutal.... I just hope this doesn't continue to get worse every year. It seems like more and more people are getting into the backcountry every season!

Hey everyone!
I was just reading posts on the Campsite Pirates thread and it reminded me of an odd campsite situation on Head Lake my friends and I had this Spring. Thought I'd share and ask if anything like this has ever happened to anyone else?
We got to this site after passing by the waterfall site which was occupied, only to find the firepit smoking quite a bit. With no canoes, tents, packs or people in sight, we thought that the previous campers may have left without properly putting out the fire. After a looking around the site to make sure we weren't intruding on other campers we ended up finding a full bag of Doritos, a 3/4 full bottle of Jack Daniels, some Vodka and here is the really weird find that stuck with me, about 8 chicken breasts ditched some 20 feet behind the site..... Our initial thoughts were that a group of campers were coming back, or that a group of campers had an emergency and had to get out as fast as they could...... OR this is what we went with - A bunch of drunk idiots that have no business camping in the backcountry camped here and left within the hour of us arriving.
It was a pretty odd situation and we really did not know what to make of it. We ended up burning the chicken breasts, eating the Doritos, emptying the booze and bringing back the bottles (it was our 2nd to last night, our food barrel had room and was getting pretty light).
Anyways... Hope everyone is having a great summer so far! Heading back to the park the last week of July!

Hey, everyone!

This Spring our first trip of the year will be the latest it's ever been after Ice Out.
We head out early morning on May 12th. We've never had any issues with black flies or mosquitoes in the past for our spring trips, but we`ve also never been out this late after Ice Out.

I was hoping to get some feedback and thoughts on what to expect? Heading South of the 60 this time around.

Thank you!
 

Thank you very much for all the advice everyone! We are really looking forward to it. Now all we need to hope for is lots of rain right before our trip!

Hey!
I'm planning our (our being 3 couples in 2 canoes) yearly 4 night/5day trip to Algonquin Park and I would love to get some feedback and/or suggestions on this well known route. 

End of July. We depart from Montreal at about 3AM to get to the Opeongo access point by around 7:30-8h00.
We'd rent our boats from Algonquin Outfitters and hop on the Water Taxi.

From what I've read, I really think everyone would absolutely enjoy staying on Lavieille for 2 nights. That being said, where should we stay the other 2 nights? We can not extend this trip, and I know some of the people in our goup are not keen on paddling everyday (hence the chill day on Lavieille). Is this loop too long? We do single carries on portages which helps our cause.... I'm just uncertain of where to plan on spending night 1 and night 4... Water Taxi back of course.

What do you think!? Thanks!

Great thanks!

Looks like the ice out flight is coming to a close.... Guess we'll be getting the news any moment now?

71 wrote:

Gidday

I just listened to a voice mail telling me that my Reservation for May 4th is not valid as it is not opening until May 6th. I wonder if it is because I was supposed to be heading in at cedar and beyond?  I just saw a picture of the Brent Rd....still snow covered!

71

Yeah it's because of Cedar... They just put up an update. The other backcountry access points are still the same Tentative dates...
http://www.algonquinpark.on.ca/news/2016/2016-04-13_delayed_spring_opening.php
Cross your fingers!!