Canisbay Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park - Solo Canoe Trip

First solo canoe trip We are on Canis Bay Lake just left from the launch site We got Silas in the boat ready to go my bag sit and The lake so pretty quiet today, which is weird because it's the weekend. So I don't know what's going on beautiful day Yeah, we'll see we're gonna paddle out where's my map here So we're right here in this little green area and I'm thinking about aiming for this side of the lake. It looks like there's a river or something which might be nice, but I'm not sure I feel comfortable crossing the lake These sites would be easier. But these sites it looks like they're also shared with the Backpacking trails so they might be busier because there's probably a lot of hikers on it I feel like this side of the lake might be a little bit quieter but we'll get out in there and then I'll see how I feel about crossing and Keep you posted So there's a site right there looks like it is occupied or there's some kind of flag But it's a little too close to the access point so It doesn't look too far To paddle across and I can see what it looks like a camp sign over there So I think I'm gonna lie down try to cross the lake at this point and see what? What we can do It's actually quite a nice sight I Just it's the first one I've landed on But I'm not a huge fan of is a lot of up and down But just makes getting water and stuff difficult. There's a nice table here We'll keep it in mind. I think we're gonna move on And Check out the sites a little further So it looks like those ones over there Looks like it's a site a little bit flatter More of a a nice sort of beach entryway and it looks like that those might be the ones that have the river, so Yeah, I think we're gonna paddle out that way and see what we can find the winds pick it up a little bit, but The weather I think max of like 15 kilometer winds and this is a really small lake. I don't think we're gonna get anything to inclement here And it's so small that worst-case scenario If we do have a lot of wind, I can just hug the shore Pretty much all the way back Because it's such a small lake Okay, finally finished setting up the tent so I've got the two-person elixir from MSR Which is a great size for me and Silas, but if you have Two people I feel like it is a little bit tight So I generally will get like a three-person tent if I'm sharing with somebody I'm gonna leave the fly off For now because it's brand new MSR actually sent me a free A free fly because mine sort of malfunctioned after a couple of years What do you call it like reseam it and put some of the Nick wax stuff on it It still continued to leak. So I don't know if it was defective, but thank you MSR for sending me a brand new Fly, I'm not gonna put it on because they don't want it to sit out in the Sun So we're just gonna leave it in the shade for now and I'll put it on a little bit later tonight It doesn't look like we have any risk of rain We'll give you a quick tour Inside the tent. There's my setup over there. And then this is Silas with his little PJs For bedtime. Sometimes he's a little bit wet after Swimming, so I'll put his little sweater on just to make sure that I stay dry when we're sleeping So, yeah, that's our that's our setup I Think right now. I'm gonna give Silas some Playtime in the water because he's starting to bark at me. He wants to play. He's not very good at playing by himself So I need to throw the stick for him so that he swims in the water And then yeah, we'll see if I get hungry. I might make lunch. It's 1230 right now I'm not feeling super hungry, but I've got craft dinner and hot dogs For today. Here he is All right, so you ready to go play You ready? Go in the water. Go get it The bugs aren't too bad, which is great. I feel like the wind is kind of Keeping them at bay. So I haven't even had to put bug spray on which is amazing So hopefully we get to enjoy most of the day bug-free. I think once the Sun goes down and things cool off We'll probably get some bugs tonight But I've got my bug spray and I've got my little thermos cell Thing which is magic Definitely some kind of chemicals Okay, bud, let's go to water He's so happy Come on, sir. You can do it. I Could not have asked for better weather and a better campsite for my first canoe trip Definitely lucked out on this one. So no regrets Turning on my Dragonfly stove I got some hot dogs and some craft dinner Because when you're out in the woods, you gotta let your inner child come out Right, so drain the water We're gonna throw it back on to make it All right final product got some craft dinner hot dogs some hot dogs on the side in Controversial but ketchup. I love craft dinner with ketchup. We're gonna set up the bear hang. There's not a lot of great options A little close to the site This is the other option I found a bit farther still close to the tent but There's not really any other great options here. And also because I'm alone. I don't want to be traveling far Once it gets dark, so I think this will be sufficient so we're gonna try to throw our Rope up top and see if we can Get our bear hang ready for tonight Pretty high off the ground and then it's you know a foot or two away from the tree trunk So we'll use that later tonight Good morning so it is Almost 7 you gotta put about 6 a.m. Just before 6 Silas woke me up because he wanted to come and play of course Can ever sleep in when we're camping? So I got up and I actually heard a moose down in the back there We're it's kind of like like the river area where all the water lilies were and I tried to grab my camera quickly and he obviously heard us coming and Walked away, but I was able to catch You know the final glimpse of him it was massive probably one of the bigger moose I've ever seen We're just getting our bush coffee going. I was able to start a fire, which is awesome I always love a good fire in the morning. And yeah, we'll have a quick coffee cliff bar Pack it up. And then I think we'll Canoe out the lake looks very calm There's a lot of birds here it was actually quite loud In the morning, like if I wanted to go back to sleep, I don't even think I could a lot of birds and then a lot of like bullfrogs in The back in that sort of river area. So yeah, it's been it's been a great trip so far Get a take take the tent down pack up and and head out All right, it is 8 11 We're all packed up Ready to go Site looks just like we found it. I still have to put the fire out and We're just letting Silas swim and play around a little bit so he doesn't get restless in the boat. Okay, buddy You're gonna drop it Guess not. Can you drop it, please? Si, good boy. Okay It's perfect morning As soon as I landed I got so warmed by mosquitoes getting eaten alive here, so we're gonna move quick That was about a 25 minute paddle. That was pretty quick And that's a wrap