BLUE LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK
CANOE TRIP

July 17

What Happened	A fun day of paddling and portaging which took us through nine lakes...Cobble, Augite, Lift, Balmain, Gordon, Little Gordon, S Lake, unnamed lake and Daniels. There were eight portages, the longest was a little more than a quarter mile. Our route deviated from the one on the park map. It showed going south in S Lake to Daniels Creek. However, information found on the Internet indicated that you had to go through a lot of swamp. The northern route through S Lake and portages 8 and 9 was good. There were a couple campsites in the narrows of Daniels Lake, but we chose to head further north. Canoes: Jim and Dick, Terry and Steve, Bill and Don
Portage length and trail head coordinates. Campsite: 15 U 440638 5530842 #3 160 yds. 15 U 449902 5523841   #4 55 yds. 15 U 447192 5523443   #5 40 yds. 15 U 446432 5524127 #6 176 yds. 15 U 448083 5525046   #7 528 yds. 15 U 446660 5526712   #8 96 yds. 15 U 443962 5527057 #9 159 yds. 15 U 442780 5527127   #10 352 yds. 15 U 441933 5527272
Jim's Journal	We are camped on Daniels Lake on an island with lots of rock shore. The morning started with no wind and milky clear skies. We were on the water at 8:30 a.m. Today I was with Dick in his canoe paddling the stern. We did 8 portages and 15 miles again. There just aren’t a lot of campsites. As Don said, “We go either 7 miles or 15 miles.” We met a group of girls (in their 20’s) going the same way as us: campsites could be an issue. We ate lunch on a rock island at a campsite. There was an eagle’s nest not far away with 1 eaglet in it. I took a picture or two but only at 3x power. It gets dark at 9:17 p.m. tonight. That is usually when the mosquitoes start. It is 9:00 p.m. and so far so good. Terry had spaghetti tonight all from stuff he had dried and vacuum-packed.
On the portage Lunch time Lunchtime observer (photo by Terry)