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Woodland Caribou
by Kiporby

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 05/26/2010
Entry & Exit Point: Other
Number of Days: 9
Group Size: 4
Day 2 of 9
Thursday, May 27, 2010

We woke up around 6am, loaded up the truck, stopped at the marina for a life vest for Jan (he forgot his!), and left town by 7am headed down the long and narrow gravel road towards Leano Lake. The drive was very scenic and we saw 2 bears along the road. The local bears seemed to prefer conducting bathroom duty right in the middle of the road! We arrive at the Leano Lake parking lot about 9:30am.

Leano Lake is a short portage from the road, so after gathering up our gear and getting the truck situated for the week, we were on the water and paddling by 10:00am.

We observed several eagles flying above on Leano Lake and saw a bear swim right behind Greg's canoe on Bunny Lake. We had lunch on an unnamed lake and made it to Lunch Lake for the night by 6:00pm. The portages today were fairly short, easy and flat. Most of them were like walking on carpet as the forest flow is covered in moss. Very cool! Our camp for the night was on an island with great views all around. The tent pads were satisfactory and the site had several fire pits. It rained softly on and off all night as we enjoyed dinner and good conversation around a nice fire.

Lakes Traveled: Leano, Bunny, East Lunch, Lunch

7 Portages: 60m, 300m, 15m, 150m, 80m, 70m, 150m