You are not logged in. Would you like to login or register?

3/03/2022 5:27 pm  #18


Re: WIA 558

Carl Wilson to Ironwood?

 

3/03/2022 6:44 pm  #19


Re: WIA 558

Not Carl Wilson to Ironwood.

This portage must have been traversed for the claims of the video to be true.
 

     Thread Starter
 

3/04/2022 6:59 am  #20


Re: WIA 558

The song was actually written by an Aussie with Australian towns a few years before Hank Snow hit the charts with it.  Never knew the history of that one...but always loved Johnny Cash's version!
=13pxhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Been_Everywhere 

 

3/04/2022 8:50 am  #21


Re: WIA 558

... is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go North, young man, go North and grow up with the country.

     Thread Starter
 

3/04/2022 5:28 pm  #22


Re: WIA 558

Potter?

 

3/04/2022 6:16 pm  #23


Re: WIA 558

Not Potter.  Go north young man, go north.

We all know that Peek has been everywhere.  But we can be especially sure that Peek has been across this portage and onto the pictured lake because ... ruins!

edit: oops. I misspelled Peek.
 

Last edited by rgcmce (3/04/2022 6:18 pm)

     Thread Starter
 

3/05/2022 12:13 am  #24


Re: WIA 558

Aura Lee to Laurel?

 

3/05/2022 6:46 am  #25


Re: WIA 558

Not Aura Lee to Laurel but we're closing in on it.  Not north enough.

     Thread Starter
 

3/07/2022 12:42 pm  #26


Re: WIA 558

Not sure what I can add to move this along.
There are only a small number of lakes (and thus associated portages) that are more northerly than Aura Lee.
Of those, I can think of two lakes -- although there may be more -- that host ruins.
Of those two, one is more beginner friendly than the other.
 

     Thread Starter
 

3/07/2022 2:10 pm  #27


Re: WIA 558

west corbeau? shot in the dark..

 

3/07/2022 2:12 pm  #28


Re: WIA 558

ha, Evan took my guess.  

I will go with Little Cauchon to Laurel

Last edited by Stapes (3/07/2022 2:13 pm)

 

3/07/2022 5:01 pm  #29


Re: WIA 558

I am getting desperate to come up with clues other than just giving the answer; how about this (it's carefully worded):

"Unless there are ruins on Big Bissett Lake of which I am unaware, the ruins on the pictured lake are the most northerly ruins within Algonquin Park on any formally recognized canoe route."

note that "formally recognized" does not include Jeffrey's unofficial routes.  Also on many maps of Algonquin Park, the top is not exactly north.
 

Last edited by rgcmce (3/07/2022 5:02 pm)

     Thread Starter
 

3/07/2022 5:45 pm  #30


Re: WIA 558

Lauder (no I haven't been there )

 

3/07/2022 7:23 pm  #31


Re: WIA 558

Yep.  Lauder to Kioshkokwi

     Thread Starter
 

3/07/2022 8:23 pm  #32


Re: WIA 558

Looks like a beautiful place.

 

3/07/2022 9:20 pm  #33


Re: WIA 558

Checked in too late... Geez, I don't know how I missed that - we were there in September 2020 and even retraced Peek's steps to discover the ruins. A truly beautiful lake!

Last edited by hiker72 (3/07/2022 9:21 pm)

 

Board footera

LNT Canada is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships.