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Moose River North to Iron
by Wables

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/13/2012
Entry & Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 6
Day 4 of 5
Saturday, June 16, 2012

We got up early and were paddling by 7:00 with our sites set on Oyster Lake. We explored Tiger Bay, and made the 2 short portages into Agnes. Tiger Bay was packed, with one group bushwacked on an island. They were still there at about 9:00 sitting on shore with their canoes turned over on shore. I was looking forward to a swim in the hot June morning at the beach in front of the Agnes-Oyster River portage, but there were 4 feet of Mayfly shells floating on the shore, so we pressed on and were on Oyster by 11:00. We stayed at the site just north of the portage which was excellent.

After setting up tents, two of us went out to catch trout for dinner, and we were quickly blown off the lake. The temp went from 80 to 50 in about an hour, and we had wicked thunder storms from 2:00 to 7:00. We ate gorp and candy bars for dinner, and bannock for a snack after the rain let up. We got camp cleaned up before bed so we could fish and dry out in the morning.