Algonquin Adventures / Algonquin Misadventure

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**Posted by petey** 11/27/2023 9:17 am

Go on, this is getting interesting. The fact that you're posting means that things didn't go totally sideways.

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**Posted by rgcmce** 11/27/2023 8:06 pm

Well, so far you've got to see parts of Algonquin that most people (excepting Peek) will never see. So there's that.

**Posted by Jdbonney** 11/27/2023 10:39 pm

I had google attempt to send me on this route before and I did not take it.

**Posted by yellowcanoe** 11/28/2023 12:50 pm

I've seen a few years ago that Google Maps would show driving up highway 17 to the Bisset Creek road and then via interior logging roads to get from Ottawa to Lake Travers. Aside from the fact that it involved travel on roads not open to the public, it would have been a much longer drive than just using the road you are supposed to use to get there!

**Posted by danmanwick** 11/28/2023 3:16 pm

Yikes! Interesting story, can't wait to read the rest, you are a good story teller. How is the coffee doing now??

I was at White Partridge for my early spring trip this year. Displeased that there was a truck parked at the campsites at the end of the horse trail... blaring music all night...so if you made it that far it should have been good. But not like you could have made it that far! The part of the portage to the creek where the road overlaps... is like an ATV trail lol.

Keep it coming!

**Posted by yellowcanoe** 11/28/2023 5:21 pm

danmanwick wrote:
I was at White Partridge for my early spring trip this year. Displeased that there was a truck parked at the campsites at the end of the horse trail... blaring music all night...

The only time I've been to White Partridge would have been at least 25 years ago. There was a sizable encampment at the end of the horse trail including camper trailers and a good number of motorboats on the lake or at the encampment. My understanding is that it was an indigenous group camped there. My buddy Glenn and I visited Craig Macdonald, the park manager in charge of interior maintenance, later that year. and mentioned what we had seen. His response was that the park didn't think anyone could get there because of a washout in the road.

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**Posted by MooseWhizzer Dave** 11/29/2023 1:35 pm

Yeah, you're not doing a three-point turn there.

Looking forward to the rest of the story, and appreciate your sharing it with us. During just about any of my canoe trips I'll do something less than brilliant, and I always highlight those things in my trip reports. I don't feel too smart about those moments, but generally speaking, I feel like it helps "the next guy" to avoid my lapses (no shortage of those), so I swallow my pride and include them, plus, in my case, if I didn't write about those moments there'd be nothing to write about.

Anyway, I appreciate you sharing this. Seems like you came out of it ok or we wouldn't be reading this, obviously glad to hear that, but any reminder that things can go wrong is a good reminder.

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**Posted by scratchypants** 11/29/2023 6:16 pm

“An adventure is never an adventure when it happens. An adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility.” - Tim Cahill

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