Stewart Lake Canoe Trip 2021
Following the success of our canoe trips on
the Stewart Lake Loop in 2017,
in Nopiming Park in 2018,
and in Eagle-Dogtooth Park in 2020,
Sophie, Celeste and I
enjoyed another wonderful annual father-daughter canoe trip with Aaron and Geneviève.
This year we returned to Upper Stewart Lake and Winnage Lake in Winnage Provincial Park, between
Kenora and Vermillion Bay,
where the five of us paddled in 2017.
It was hot (we slept on top of our sleeping bags and we were still too warm)! There were no bugs and we again enjoyed staying at such amazing campsites. We roasted marshmallows at moonrise over a camp stove due to a fire ban! We left a day early to avoid imminent heavy rain (and a tornado warning) and spent our last night at Aaron and Geneviève's cabin near Kenora, where the girls got to go tubing!
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Our departure on Day 1 after a short portage from the parking lot, over the railroad, and down to the
dock on Upper Stewart Lake.
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a short break after a portage on Day 1
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This beautiful beachfront campsite on Winnage Lake is always a hit.
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Relaxing in the sun!
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a sunset swim at our campsite on Winnage Lake
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paddling on Winnage Lake, seeking an island campsite for our second night (as requested by the kids)
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a boulder on our island campsite on Day 2 (still on Winnage Lake)
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swimming to beat the heat at our campsite on Day 2
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The kids paddled from the island to the mainland in the afternoon.
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roasting marshmallows in the moonlight over the camp stove (no campfires due to a fire ban)
