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Snowbank Loop
by Turkish

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/26/2012
Entry & Exit Point: Snowbank Lake (EP 27)
Number of Days: 8
Group Size: 2
Day 4 of 8
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Travel to Ashigan

Woke up early and packed up camp after breakfast, then hit the water, paddling right thru Jitterbug and Adventure again.

Cattyman is the lake past Adventure. We could hear water rushing somewhere as soon as we were on Cattyman. The source of the noise was soon found as we portaged from Cattyman to Gibson. WaterfalltweenCattymanGibson_zpsbb148506 photo WaterfalltweenCattymanGibson_zpsbb148506.jpg

We would hear this waterfall for the next few days, as far away as Ensign lake. The mosquitos were thick on this portage, the only real bug nuisance we encountered on the whole trip.

Paddled thru Gibson and found a very nice campsite on Ashigan. After paddling and portaging all morning, relaxing around camp was in order.



ashigan camp site

Decided to do some fishing on Ashigan, and caught nice northerns and some smallmouth.