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First Solo Overnight Trip — Canoeing Around Franklin Island

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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

Crown Land Camping near Franklin Island on Georgian Bay

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The “plan” Ear­ly in March, Lily and I decid­ed to get a head start on the camp­ing sea­son by book­ing a few camp­sites ear­li­er than usu­al. We reserved a back­coun­try site on Tom Thom­son Lake in Algo­nquin Park for late May and a spot at the Hon­ey­moon Bay camp­ground in Geor­gian Bay Islands Nation­al Park … Read more