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Poplar Lake Loop 2013
by enreil

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/14/2013
Entry & Exit Point: Lizz and Swamp Lakes (EP 47)
Number of Days: 4
Group Size: 5
Day 3 of 4
Sunday, June 16, 2013: Kiskadinna Lake, Omega Lake, Henson Lake, Pillsbery Lake, Swallow Lake, Meeds Lake

We journeyed from Kiskadinna to Meeds today. The day dawned beautiful, which gave no indication of the weather to come! We made it to Meeds in the early afternoon and set up camp on the easternmost island.

NB: the F-13 map has the portage from Pillsbery into Swallow in the wrong location. You need to go through the narrow stretch of water where it looks like the portage and into small bay to the north, and you'll find the portage. It took us 30 min. to figure this out!

I think we would have appreciated this site more if it wouldn't have started raining 2 hours after we got there. We could see the thunderheads building all day, and got our tarp up just in time for the first storm, which came with very strong winds. The storm blew over quickly, but we spent the rest of the day and evening in the rain. We were able to get a fire going and made pizzas over it (delicious!) and retired early.