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Talking Falls

Posted in General by ben on the July 28th, 2005

I had last week-end off so I decided to go on a mini solo canoe trip to Talking Falls. I got caught up with some admin type stuff at the camp so I didn’t hit the water until 4 PM Saturday. My plan was to hang out at the falls for the night and head back in the morning.

solo canoe trip to talking falls

I was paddling against the current and into the wind with a white water canoe so I didn’t make as much progress as I wanted to. By the time 6:30 rolled around I was only at the top of Pinaemodi Lake (the X on the map) and the wind had picked up a bit.

Talking Falls Map

It was at this point I realised that I wasn’t going to make it to Talking Falls that evening and with the prospect of setting up my tent on some random chunk of the river bank, I decided to turn around. Paddling with the current and wind put me back at the highway an hour later. I was a little dissappointed that I couldn’t spend the night out in the woods, but I still enjoyed the paddle. I think that I’ll give it a whirl again later this summer, but next time I’ll leave earlier.

one month into it

Posted in General by ben on the July 17th, 2005

I’ve been at the Ranger Camp for about a month now and it’s totally nice to be back. The only thing that really annoys me is the internet situation. Bell Canada decided to drop their one-way satellite service a few months ago which leaves me with a pile of useless electronics and a super low speed dial-up connection - don’t mess around 19.2 Kbps. The reason it’s so low is because the nearest service provider is 120 kms away. Ignace has a “wireless DSL” service, but it’s line-of-sight and there’s a big hill between the tower and the camp - I was really disappointed when technician told me the bad news. Hopefully they will upgrade the tower in the next couple of years to get better range. Anyway, enough techno-talk, here’s a picture of the camp.

Sandbar Ranger Camp

The Rangers arrived about 2 weeks ago and I’ve been super busy organizing the schedule and dealing with a few issues that seem to accompany the arrival 0f 23 - 17 year old boys. Good times I tell ya :D.


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