Triplogs / Triplog#64-Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
Cache Lake - Tanamakoon Lake - Sheriff Pond - Little Island Lake
Day 3 - Little Island Lake to Cache Lake
Another beautiful morning in late October in Algonquin Park
It was another sunny and misty start to the day. Our tent had full exposure to the sun, so once the tent heated up, it was easy to crawl out of the sleeping bag. Just about everyone cooked up their favorite breakfast, and started to pack up. Dave Harmen was the first to go, having a long drive ahead of him. Next came Stainless and then Dave & Jeanine. We departed with the trio of Jeff, Jeffrey and Andrew following shortly behind us. Swede stayed behind...staying one more night, solo...lucky fellow!
Dave Harman departs
"Stainless" departs
The campsites on Little Island Lake had the appearance of being heavily used. I'm not too sure if the local children's camps use the sites on Little Island Lake or not, but there did seem to be more than the usual amount of candy wrappers and junk food packaging and an abundance of hygienic trash in the bush surrounding our campsite. Whether it is camps or merely weekend'ers, like ourselves, we all have a responsibility to clean up our trash. So please pack out your trash! Joan & I gave the once over to our area. I was also hoping to find a sock of mine that had disappeared in the night. I had laid out my wool socks on the rocks at the fire-pit to dry them off.
The logjam on Little Island Lake, where the creek empties into Sheriff Pond
Over the years, I have spotted countless socks in Algonquin Park. Many people have given different opinions as to why this is so. I have always thought it was irresponsible kids(still could be). Now, I think it was a fox, at least in my case. Either my sock had fallen into the fire(the other one did not, and I was able to retrieve it the next morning), or something that Stainless recalled hearing during the night as passing by his tent and knocking over a pot, scooped my sock. I searched for a few minutes but to no avail. I have heard many stories of wolf encounters, particularly where a person was sleeping in their sleeping bag, and wolves not attacking people but merely interested in there clothing..stealing gloves, hats & scarves and such. I suspect this is what happened, but more likely with a smaller mammal like a fox. I'll never know, but from now on, will remember to pack away my socks before bed!
The flooded landing on Sheriff Pond - at the portage to Little Island Lake
An information display along the new Cache Lake historical trail
Overall it was a fantastic weekend, the weather and winds cooperated nicely. It was great to meet up again with people of like-minded appreciation & concern of Algonquin Park. The paddle out was un-eventful, and after we had packed up, we did the new Cache Lake historical trail. It is located next to the parking lot at the access point(where we launched from). It is a very short trail giving an overview of the old railway station, the hotel and Park Headquarters that were once stationed there. I would like to visit this lake again during trout season, and also to try out the swimming there(summer months), as the water looked fantastic.