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I'm looking for the specific location, not just the body of water.
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Good guess Martin - I see where you're coming from, but no, that's not the spot. However, it is in the same glacial drainage channel as the pic.
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is the picture taken from a campsite or official portage?
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Not a campsite, nor an official portage.
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Barron River upstream of Grand Lake Dam?
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I know the spot you're suggesting, and I agree the resemblance is striking. That's not the location, but you're definitely getting warmer.
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Another clue - it's part of an interesting glacial geological feature, and as far as I know, it is unique in Algonquin Park.
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I have no idea, but I love the geologic clues. My interest is piqued as to what feature it might be that is unique to Algonquin!?
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Unique in and unique to are probably not the same thing. I think he's just saying it's the only case of this particular geological feature within the Algonquin Park boundaries, not that it's a geological feature that only exists in Algonquin.
Either way it doesn't help me with a guess as I'm completely ignorant of the geologic highlights of APP!
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Agreed. Poor word choice on my part. The sandy bank does look like it could be part of that large spit at the lower end of Grand...but no idea where specifically it might be.
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Uppa is correct that 'in' and 'to' make a difference here. It is a geological feature that can be found elsewhere, but as far as I know it's the only one in Algonquin Park.
PaPaddler, it is not part of the sandy spit where the Barron River leaves Grand Lake. However, the photo was taken on a day trip out of Achray.
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Is it in the little offshoot of Lake Traverse in the southern section behind the long beach?
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Not Lake Traverse.
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From the clue I know it has something to do with the Fossmill Outlet but I can't quite pinpoint where within that area it would be, particularly when it's a daytrip out of Achray which rules out the portions of the Petawawa that I would like to guess.
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As the ice retreated, the glacial drainage through what is now northern Algonquin Park flowed close to White Partridge Lake and through the Bonnechere Valley; then Greenleaf Lake through Carcajou Lake, out Carcajou Bay and down Stratton Lake to the Barron and Indian Rivers; then broke through at Clemow Lake and went straight down Grand Lake, continuing into the Barron and the Indian; later probably down Forbes Creek and into the Barron; then finally broke through at the outlet of Lake Traverse and down the Petawawa River valley.
So....lots of glacial history available on a day trip from Achray.
Here's another photo from the same outing. The location the original photo was taken from is visible in the middle of this one.
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Urn Lake?
Edit: Also.. that is some bad-ass glacial history there Bob!
Edit 2: Sorry.. Diana! 
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