Yup. The pass is for National Parks only, and even then not for camping.
Pukaskwa has a parking lot, a small campground, and a visitor hut where visitors are warned that they had better all be experienced ocean or open water paddlers, because the inland sea is deadly cold even in the heat of the summer, the wind and waves get truly vicious and will keep you windbound about half the time, there are a lot of bears (this is where Winnie ther Pooh was born), and there is nothing else but rocks, trees and water for the park’s 80 mile coast (and past that on Crown Land outside of the park still nothing but more rocks, trees and water for a further 60 miles until you come to a road and railhead near Wawa, following which you can keep on paddling along the coastline of Lake Superior Provincial Park which is nothing but rocks, trees and water for a further 75 miles).
For folks who like hiking, there is very rugged 40 mile trail (80 mile return) from the visitor hut trailhead along the coast, where there is nothing but rocks, trees, water, but more opportunities to meet Winnie’s cousins than are encountered by paddlers.
If what you are into is rocks, trees and water in true remote wilderness where you will come across more bears than people, and if you have the time and the skill set, then a a paddle along the Pukaskwa coast is what dreams are made of.
Thanks for the info – I did a little searching and found that the Mdaabii Miikna trail is a little less extreme (they have a 3 day / 2 night backpacking option)
I’m at best an intermediate kayaker: my lake Superior experiences have been stressful (I have had one calm day near Copper Harbor, but have also experienced wavy conditions in Marquette and Bette Gris) These were with experienced guides
As far as I can tell, the next nearest National park to me is Riding Mountain
Wow, I just discovered I hadn’t even checked into this thread or bookmarked it or anything. Bad Canadian. blame all the snow we Vancouverites got this year, it must have stunned me mentally or something. For most of December and January my front steps looked like the entry to Elsa’s Ice Palace. It snowed yesterday but resulted in no accumulation since it melted as soon as it hit people, the ground, my windshield… My son has said that 2017 is having a hard time breaking up with winter.
I read aboutthis with amusement. I honestly think it would be cute if the water was pink on anti bullying day, but without notice or explanation pink water would be horrifying.
Also I think it could be a funny conversation considering the town’s name is literally O NO WAY. (perhaps spoken differently.)
For International Women’s Day, our House of Commons was filled with 338 women – Daughters of the Vote, several of whom addressed the assembly. Among others, our one-time Prime Minister Kim Campbell, Leader of the Green Party Elizabeth May, Interim Leader of the Conservative party Rona Ambrose, NDP Leader Thom Mulcair, and Liberal Leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, also spoke.
Today our government also put its money where its mouth is, by targeting $650 million of the unallocated portion of it’s foreign aid budget toward promotion of sexual and reproductive heath and rights. (As you will recall, Trump and the Republicans are doing quite the opposite.)
During this sitting of guests in the House, University of Alberta Sociology and Political Science Student and Royal Canadian Army Cadets Instructor Srosh Hassan, and Prime Minister of Canada and White Water Rafting Guide Justin Trudeau, both gave powerful speeches about the serious problem we have in Canada of bigotry against Muslims.
I’m going to watch the premier of “Anne” of Green Gables tonight starting shortly.
I have limited TV acesss these days, and I know absolutely nothing about this Canadian icon. Nothing.
I hear she’s popular in Japan though…
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I can show you a traffic circle like that right in Montreal (actually Ville St. Laurent, which is now part of the city). Asinine!
During the year 1970-71, I lived in the Swiss town of Fribourg that had a circle right in the center of the town (Place de la gare) and, following the principle of priorite a la droite, gave the right of way to cars entering the circle. Utter chaos. When I was there 20 years, they had come to their senses and things worked smoothly.
I have been to every province and no territories, but lived only in Quebec.
RIP Betty Kennedy. One very classy lady; lots of memories of watching Front Page Challenge and her calm influence when Sinclair and Berton started getting agitated.
Team Canada (Homan) on to gold medal game at world finals in China after beating Russia this morning to remain unbeaten in the tournament.
My niece used to be the lead on this team before moving to Sweden, but her sister is now the fifth on the Homan rink. So, I have a vested interest still.
Team Canada wins gold at woman’s world curling championship going undefeated for the entire tournament. Well done Rachel and team.
Next stop, the Olympics!
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I don’t know how to edit in Tapatalk, but I’ve been trying to list this place for a year with struggles against my ex. Three weeks till next court date.
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