Bushwhacker's Jamboree, June 2010 (129 photos)
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Morning on bushwhack lake before moving on.
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Vicki, Dan and Michael host the bushwhacker's party at their campsite.
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Ed and Jim dig out the maps for Darrel and Eric.
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Bushwhackers gather at evening party. Ed and Jim dress formal with their birchbark ties.
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Ed and Jim arrive at Bushwhacker's Jamboree evening party. Dan and Michael eye the snacks.
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Good campsite locations are scarce on bushwhack lake.
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Finally emerging onto bushwhack destination lake.
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Maybe the biggest spider I've yet seen in canoe country.
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Pretty stream between pothole lake and bushwhack destination lake.
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Another newly worn path between pothole lake and bushwhack destination lake.
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Launching onto pothole lake between Magie Lake and bushwhack destination lake.
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Signs of other bushwhackers along newly worn path over ridge to next pothole lake.
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Looking back at north bay of Magie Lake along potential path over ridge to next pothole lake.
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Finding a place to land the canoe along north bay of Magie Lake.
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Magie Lake and finally some open paddling.
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Source of bushwhack stream is finally reached at Magie Lake.
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Overlooking third pond from top of rock wall at my chosen takeout point.
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Approaching little falls at opposite end of third pond.
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Emerging from wall of brush at third small pond along route to Magie Lake.
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Extra bushcrashing required where stream disappears into wall of deadfall and brush.
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Obstructions and deadfall increase after second pond.
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This segment of stream is more challenging to crash through.
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Bushwhack continues at other end of second pond.
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Lodge of the second pond's resident beaver.
