Camping

Last August, eight days after I com­plet­ed my first solo overnight canoe trip to Franklin Island, Lily, Porthos, and I drove up to Kil­lar­ney for a canoe trip around Philip Edward Island. I had only heard about the island a month before head­ing out. There was a brief peri­od last sum­mer when I binged on … Read more

Last August, I returned to the arch­i­pel­ago around Franklin Island on Geor­gian Bay. I’ve now vis­it­ed this loca­tion three times in as many years, and plan to con­tin­ue the tra­di­tion in 2026 and onwards — the region is sim­ply too beau­ti­ful, and too close to home, not to revis­it peri­od­i­cal­ly. This trip dif­fered from our … Read more