July 11, 2009 "To Stony Portage"
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Hawk Junction to Mattice. Dan Sullivan, Mary Powell, Bob Dick, Jay Hanks, Emma Bailey and Richard Bailey
Friday, July 10: “Headed Up”. Met at Jay’s around 11 & packed & on the road by noon. Stopped and ate at the Voyager Inn just west of the Batachawana. Camped at Alona Bay. The lake was beautiful, but the black flies were thick.
Saturday, July 11: “To Stony Portage”. Breakfast in Wawa. Dropped the boats & gear at a landing on Hawk Lake, then parked the vehicles at the train station. Launched about 10:45 AM. Smooth sailing for a while, then the wind came up. Surfing big rollers and some breakers from behind. Pulled off about 1:30 to wait for it to calm down. Had coffee & scrambled around a bit. About 4:30 we thought it was calming down some, so we made a run for it. We had to cross to the far side to make the turn up the arm that leads to Stony portage. The wind came up big time while we were crossing. We were running cross swell through a wind tunnel towards the end, but we made it. The run up the last bay was much easier. We arrived at the falls and started to look for the campsite and portage trail, but it just didn’t look right. We finally found them 50 yards to the right. Set up camp, had dinner then bed.
22 files, last one added on Aug 01, 2009
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July 17 "The Greenhill Slog"
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Friday, July 17: “The Greenhill Slog”. Off down the river looking for moose, but we saw none. Swamp rapids looked big, but had several lines. Jay took the main left – right run. We wiggled through on the right at the top. At Allen Island there seems to be a new logjam forming 50 yards or so above the main jam and portage. We pushed over two logs to get through. That portage is ugly and rough. We had thought about camping at Wavy Rapid, but were concerned about the large group dropping in late so we chose to get Greenhill out of the way today. Wavy was big. It looked like the second wave would stop & swamp a loaded canoe. Jay & I were reminded of Cucumber Rapid of the runout from Swimmers Rapid on the Yough. We were able to run far right to just above the campsite, then a short portage. It rained some during the day. We were concerned about the water levels at Greenhill, so we opted for the portage. I don’t know which would have worse, but the portage was an experience. It was very wet and muddy. Carrying the packs wasn’t so bad, but the canoes were another thing entirely. We camped in the tight site at the end of the portage. It rained hard from 8 to 10 or so. Lots of wet gear, but the tents stayed dry.
18 files, last one added on Aug 01, 2009
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