Another great map.

Another great map showing the maps to order for the Journey but it gives a better view of the lake system.
I would like to do the trip with as little detailed information as possible so that most of the Journey is a surprise and would be in the same vein as Samuel - he would be seeing everything for the first time.

 

 

 Maps of the day.

 

 

Great map of the French River area

 

 

Trusty Steed

Couldn't drive by and not pick this up for the Journey ahead.

Champlain's Route

Started the Journey at Campellford.

Samuel de Champlain travelled down the lakes of southern Ontario to present day Prince Edward County from Georgian Bay where he found : "Champlain came through Lake Nipissing and Georgian Bay to Huronia, and the war party travelled from Huronia, through Sturgeon Lake, Chemong Lake, the Otonabee River, Rice Lake, the Trent River and the Bay of Quinte into Lake Ontario. Historians believe that Champlain is writing about Prince Edward County when he recorded in his journal: "All this lovely area was uninhabited for it’s Indian population had abandoned it for fear of Iroquois raiders." This is evidence that Prince Edward County was occasionally populated by nomadic Iroquois."
Since I moved down to Brighton beside the county I thought it would be a great place to go exploring this area and beyond.

Starting at the Campellford Locks

Today's craft

 

Portaged to the falls

Venice of the North

 

 

 

Holding back the water

 

Nature around every corner

Progress?

 

Running some rapids

Reflections with a dead bird

Portaging is the only option.