I just bought Bill Newman's paddling guide to lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario today, and devoured it as soon as I got home, despite all the millennium babble on the TV. Good job, Bill! My only complaint is that I wished you had included a couple of Lake Erie south shore trips. ;) Anyway, I'm taking a hard look at Georgian Bay and the North Channel for next summers big trip. I've taken a look at a couple of pretty good websites about sailing up there (check out http://www.continuouswave.com ) but haven't been able to find out much about kayaking up there. The big question I have in my mind is how do you find out where camping is permitted, and where it isn't. Anyone got any ideas? -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Anyway, I'm taking a hard look at Georgian Bay and the North Channel for > next summers big trip. I've taken a look at a couple of pretty good > websites about sailing up there (check out http://www.continuouswave.com ) > but haven't been able to find out much about kayaking up there. The big > question I have in my mind is how do you find out where camping is > permitted, and where it isn't. Anyone got any ideas? > > - -- Wes Finding a place to camp shouldn't be a problem. I've been going up to the Whitefish Falls/Killarney Park area for the past few years and most of the land bordering the North Channel is owned by the "Crown" and is open to camping. There are scattered private parcels of course, but even then most landowners won't object to the occasional campsite if you're quiet and unobtrusive. But be aware that most of the coastline, be it islands or adjacent mainland, are very rocky and may require considerable reconnoitering before a suitable campsite can be found. And be prepared to share the water with many large cabin cruisers, especially in the Baie Fine area, which has attracted the high-priced powerboat crowd since the 1930's. Jim Bielecki *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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