For Future Paddlers: What about taking children?
Saturday, March 14th, 2009submitted by: Bob Evans
We often are asked by friends about taking children on their first canoe trip. On the first canoe trip my wife and I took together, we took our five-year-old daughter, Caroline (and our dog). That trip covered the Lake Agnes/S-Chain loop in Quetico. We endured significant rain for the first day and a half which I feared would end all future canoe trips. The sun came out as we entered the south end of Lake Agnes and we camped in the meadow at the base of Louisa Falls during our second night out. We dried clothes, fished some along the shores and had a great dinner. At that time the meadow was much more open than it is now, but it is still a great “hangout” campsite (more…)