BarryB wrote:

Crotch to Shirley .. Crotch Lake landing, looking south back to Crotch Lake.

 
That's the place!

ATVenture wrote:

Oh yes, I dont know why Mama lake slipped my mind.
Nope not there, but like I said the lake pictured has a similar sound when pronounced. ;-)

I suppose it must be Nahma Lake then? From the 90m portage?

I've yet to be led astray by the advice received on this forum so here I am again asking for your recommendations on where to go camping. This September (14-16) I am going to be taking a small group of youth into the Park for the weekend. There will only be 4 youth between 16-18 years of age. Although this will be the first canoe tripping experience for all but 1 of them they are all in great shape and I have no doubt that they will all be able to cover good distance if needed. My regular canoe tripping partner will also be coming with us for a total of 6 people.

They've left things pretty open for me to plan with little to no preferences on what they want to experience. I think the two most important things they would want is relative isolation/privacy and a good swimming area. We will need to rent 2 canoes for the trip, so access points where that is possible is a must. We are driving up from Orillia so access points on the east side of the Park won't work. We will be leaving the fishing rods at home so we don't need to be concerned about that. Here is what I've considered so far:

1) Kiosk - Mouse - Maple 
I've been to this area before and think that it would be a good option, particularly if we got the beach site on Mouse. We would launch from Kiosk and travel to Mouse on Friday. On Saturday we would make our way to either Maple or Erables and camp there (which lake has better sites)? On Sunday we would travel up Maple Creek and out.

2) Magnetawan Access to Misty
I went to Misty last year and thought it was a nice lake with lots of day trip options. We would launch from the Magnetawan access point and travel through the Petawawa to Misty on our first day. We would stay on the same site for the two nights and consider doing some day tripping on the Saturday. Return to the access point the way we came.

3) McGarvey Lake
I've never been there but hear it is beautiful. Is getting there doable on this trip? Which access point would be best to enter from? Is this l

Bugs on Sunday Lake this past weekend weren't bad. Once the sun set the mosquitoes definitely came out, but they were almost non existent during the day. There was quite a few horse flies out all day long, but nothing too bad. Overall it was significantly better than I has anticipated.

Any mid-July updates?

Our trip to Sunday Lake is quickly coming up. We're considering renting a couple of canoes but I'm not sure which company would be best to rent from for that area. Any recommendations? So far I've considered the Portage Store for proximity, or just picking them up at Algonquin Outfitters in Huntsville on the way up.

I'm assuming that no company would deliver to access point A43 with it being a logging road?

Thanks for sharing! There is a good chance I will be picking up the Guide Tarp Kit. 

Does anyone have any experience with these tarps? I've never heard of the brand but I like that they are made in Canada (and on sale).

Uppa wrote:

What do you like to see more of in longer trip vids?

The longer videos definitely require the right content. If someone is just having a lazy day around camp then it is probably best for the video to be shorter.

I'm always interested in both watching and hearing about the route taken. I've only been to the park a handful of times, so I love getting to see new lakes through other's videos and planning my own future trips around that. It's also great to see the route planned out on the map (which you already do). 

Animal sightings or interesting events are also interesting to hear about. Even if you didn't capture it on camera that is the stuff that is still interesting to have a person talk through.

I'm also a bit of a gear junkie, so I always love seeing what gear people are using. In your last video you had a scene where you tore down your tent. I like scenes like that because even though you didn't make any comments about it I can go and do my own google search. (I always have a bookmarked folder of potential future gear purchases). From some of the comments it sounds like you took a Ursack out for the first time. I've been thinking about buying one of those so I would have loved to see how you used it, whether you liked it, and how it compared to your regular food storage method. Whenever a new peace of gear goes into the bush I don't think it would be a bad idea to make a comment towards it.

Campfires and loons are never amiss either.