I was sure it was Club too. I mean lily pads, water, trees... how many places could it possibly be? ;)

My next guess is the far east end of Big Trout, looking North in the direction of Warblers. 

Great pics!

Your son is a total trooper. Portaging through snow, carrying a monster pack, catching dinner... when's his first solo? ;)

I didn't consider going on to Shah, mostly because I've camped there before. I have this thing about staying on lakes I've never before set up a tent on (and an Algonquin wall map covered in pins that reflects it), so I always try to jigger my routes to end up camping somewhere new. 

My kayak is 16 feet long. Your pic definitely looks like the creek is nice and narrow, but I imagine I'll make do. 

The closest thing I see on Jeff's map to a "turn" in the Mubwayaka to Rosebary portage is a logging road that juts out to the west maybe a kilometer into the route, but it seems like that would be a hard mistake to make. Is that the spot? Make sure to go right?

I've gone in through this access point exactly once, and then only to spend a single night on Little Eagle. I've never been on Ralph Bice, if you can believe it. So I'm thinking about taking a trip through here this summer, but... the reason I've basically never gone in here is that the surrounding lakes are just too easy to get to. I assume it's busy territory in the summer, and that's not really my thing. I want peace and solitude, and Ralph Bice on July 4th isn't going to be that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly confident I'm not wrong.

However, I'm running out of places to go in Algonquin I haven't been to before, so sooner or later I'm going to have to break this seal. Looking for information on:

David and Mubwayaka Lakes: Anyone stayed on these lakes? Are the campsites on these lakes any good? 

Mubwayaka to Rosebary: Jeff's map warns that the first kilometer of David creek may turn into a portage in low water levels. That creek leads to a 3480m low maintenance port. Anyone been through this route? Any idea of the portage conditions? Are the campsites on Long Bow worth considering, or is Rosebary the place to be?

Rosebary to Queer via the Tim River: Jeff's map warns of beaver dam issues. Considering I'd be going downstream, any particular concerns there? 
I'll then probably go from Queer to Misty, then paddle up the Petawawa to Daisy and then out. Any concerns in early July?

This is sort of the super-tentative plan:

Thanks! And yeah, when I read on your part two that you'd portaged out a logging road I was actually laughing. It was just that kind of weekend.

Two cameras went on this trip. The majority of the filming was with a Panasonic Lumix TS5. It's the waterproof camera I have attached with a suction cup mount to my kayak. I'm quite happy with it, although after last summer's inaugural trip with it, I don't entirely trust its "waterproof" claim. The two times I actually put it under the water, a short time later the lens was so fogged up (on the inside mind you) it was practically useless until I gave it time to dry out in the sun. It's more 'water resistant', but a complete dunking won't destroy it. 

The other camera (not waterproof) on this trip was a Sony DSC-RX100 III. It was my experiment with replacing an SLR with a much smaller and lighter camera. I liked it, and it's going to keep coming instead of my SLR, primarily for weight and bulk reasons. 

The video editing software I use is CyberLink PowerDirector 15. I was using something else last year and it had some flaws that were driving me nuts, so I bought PowerDirector on a boxing day sale, and I have to say I'm very happy with it. It seems to go on deep sale regularly, so don't pay its (ridiculous) full price if you're in the market. 

Peek that is an awesome story. 

I have no exciting repair stories of my own. I've cracked my kayak three separate times now on camping trips (all three happened while portaging, not while paddling - I may have a balance problem), but in each case the fix was 'slap on a piece of tenacious tape', and carry on with my day. 

But yeah, if you don't have tenacious tape in your emerg kit, you should. The stuff is amazing.

Thanks Peek!

Yeah, I think the biggest takeaway for me is to stop stressing over the forecast leading up to a trip. I genuinely enjoyed myself despite the conditions being miserable, and it's not likely I'll ever encounter much worse than that in Algonquin. 

Although I also have a piece of your advice to thank for my trip enjoyment. I'm paraphrasing here, but it went something like "bring lots of alcohol". I had no shortage of whiskey to help pass my tentbound time!

There are quite a few really nice sites on Big Trout. One of my favorites is the southward-facing point site on the east side because it has a huge chunk of Canadian shield. However, you won't get a sunset there. 



On Big Crow, I'm partial to the northern-most site on the east side of the lake.