River Trek
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July 7-19, 2003
Trippers:
Warren Fremeth
Kevin Harvey
Corey Padveen
Lisa Small
Cole Springate-Combs
Guides:
Jess
Rachael
Dave
Day 1:
Our shuttles dropped us off at Lac d'Originale. We camped the first
night at our drop-off point.
Day 2: Our adventure begins.
We headed out, but took a wrong turn and ended up heading upstream in
a South West Direction. When we came across a loggers building road
and some loggers who pointed out our error and we went on our way back
to Lac d'Originale. After debriefing the day with the group we set up
camp and settled in for our second night.
Day 3-4:
We headed out to the top of Lac Dumoine and set up camp. We were upset
to see that the campsite was very dirty! (full of garbage!)
Day 5:
Today we made our way down to the bottom of Lac Dumoine and had a good
day of paddling as we had major headwinds! We set up camp for the night
and enjoyed a well-earned rest.
Day 6:
Our goal for the day was to get to Alligator Point, however when we
arrived there, someone was already camped there so we continued on to
Lac Manitou………..and found someone camped there also!!!
So off we went again and camped on Skeeter Point, near an old cabin.
Despite the extra paddling, it was an enjoyable day on the river!
Day 7:
Today we headed off to Lac Benoit and managed to pin a boat on a whitewater
section! The canoe was not damaged and freed! We made it to our campsite
and enjoyed an evening at Lac Benoit.
Day 8:
Met "Rinks" in the morning, challenged us to beat them to
little steel and we did! Ha! Ha!
We had a great day of white water and camped at Little Steel.
Day 9:
We paddled the lower half of Little Steel Falls, and a camper boat went
over! No injuries except for a bruised bum and egos! We set up camp
for the evening and discovered that our campsite was not a very sheltered
one as we experienced very strong winds that evening!
Day 10:
The race to Red Pine. Today we had a "secret covert op". We
sent Rachael and Dave (guides) left our campsite at 5:30am to snag Red
Pine campsite and they were successful!!! Our team was very efficient
over the Grand Chute portage.
Day 11:
Duff Day. A fun day for swimming in the rapids and relaxing round the
campsite. A GREAT day!
Day 12:
The day started out wet! A camper boat swamped and they had an early
morning swim down Lower Red Pine Rapids! Once again only minor bumps
and bruises! The rest of the day went really well, with no more unexpected
swims!! We had planned to camp at the mouth of the river, however when
we got to the site and saw that it was not that nice, we decided to
paddle over to a campsite at Driftwood and enjoy our final evening on
the river.
Day 13:
Pick-up Day. The van arrived at 10am as planned, however Jess and Dave
are left as vagabonds with the canoes and gear. A fun afternoon of Riverboarding
and having lunch with the other trips was a great way to end our trip!
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