Photos: Canoe Trip, May 2002

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Large Huge Unloading canoes	Large Huge The end of the first long portage	Large Huge The waterfall near camp #1	Large Huge Bo burns another marshmallow
Large Huge The peanut gallery speaks	Large Huge Morning of day 2	Large Huge Brigham Chute	Large Huge Brigham Chute
Large Huge Brigham Chute	Large Huge Brigham Chute	Large Huge Moss-fall on the side of Barron Canyon	Large Huge Someone at the top of Barron Canyon, thinking of contesting for a Darwin Award
Large Huge Camp #2, John shows us what a pretty ballerina he is.	Large Huge Kris is yellow	Large Huge Sacrificial Jiffy Pop	Large Huge Jiffy Pop 1, Campers 0
Large Huge Day 3, after the last portage	Large Huge Everyone avoids paddling	Large Huge The Group: (from left to right) Shubho Biswas, Duncan Baird, Kristopher Cieplak, David Halliday, Stacey Sheldon, Christian Bourget, Doug Davis, John Folger, Richard Perrin

The Route:

The trip starts at the Acray Campground on Grand Lake, the entrance point is about 30min. from Petawawa. A 30m portage gets us into a easy paddle on Stratton Lake. Just off of Stratton Lake is High Falls, a natural "water park" fun for swimming in the summer. From Stratton Lake a 45m portage leads in St.Andrews Lake, a 550m portage leads to High Falls Lake. A small water fall pours into High Falls Lake and creates quite an excellent atmosphere for a good nights sleep. A 530m portage leads to Ooze lake, Yes that is Ooze Lake and the name was chosen for a reason. Another 640m portage leads to Opalescent Lake, from the last of the large portages at 740m leads around the Brigham chute (only one person have ever survived this set of rapids) into the start of the Barron River. The Barron river is likely the highlight of the trip 100m cliffs to the left and right of the river create a very scenic gorge.