I am back from the camping, canoeing and portaging trip into Galeairy Lake within Algonquin Park. On Saturday morning my dad arrived at about 7:00 and we quickly loaded up my car with our kit - me carefully removing items that he brought which I already had packed... except for the gin. Gin would do just fine. About 4 hours later we arrived at the outfitter, strapped a canoe to the roof, and were on our way. 42 km into the park access road, then 8 km south on a logging road we arrived at the parking lot by the river, and loaded up the canoe. Monty appeared slightly car sick, but perked up quickly upon reaching the river's edge.
Then we got into the canoe, pushed off and then we were on our way. It only took 2 hours to get to the site, the portage at the southeast of Rock Lake into Galeairy Lake was only 100 meters, and I traversed it 3 times, once with the canoe on my head. The canoe weighed only 55 pounds, so it was really easy to carry - Kevlar, 17 feet long. The portage went around a dam, and in no time we reached the island I had originally scouted out.