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7:30 we were paddling to the WWII POW camp north of White Otter Castle. This
was one of many such camps in Ontario. We walked through the area seeing old
rusted equipment piece of many different types in what appeared to be an old
logging camp. It was then a relatively short paddle to the White Otter - Nora
portage.
The portage was wet, rocky, muddy, slippery, up hill...Needless to say that we were glad to be back on
the water after multiple passes over that terrain. An eleven o'clock coffee
break was especially welcome today. From there it was a little over two miles
to our next portage.
The portage from Nora to an unnamed lake was about a half mile long but of
course, we got more hiking than that with everyone making at least two
passes. The portage started with a few muddy spots and a considerable up-hill
climb. There was also, a very muddy spot at the east end that required a
short detour. However, the portage was not that bad. A short paddle across
the unnamed lake brought us to a shorter portage to Halfmoon
Lake/Turtle River. It was the easiest of the three we did today. Lunch
awaited us at the end.
The narrows at the end of Halfmoon Lake provided
some fun. We scouted the rapids formed by the drop. There was a curve in the
middle, but there was a well-defined path. We all enjoyed the successful ran
the rapids. It was then on to our campsite on the Turtle River at Sucker Bay
for the competition of our longest day of the trip. We arrived about four.
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Jim's
Journal
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3rd camp was at the north end of Anne Bay (White Otter Lake) or the south end
of Sucker Bay/Turtle River -- large, flat site, plenty of tent room and
sitting logs around the fire pit -- next day we spoke to the husband &
wife at the camp south of us (about 4 miles away) and they had a bear in
their camp, no damage
What we saw/did: stopped at a WWII POW camp ruins; apparently they did
logging, not much left so we have no idea of the size of the camp -- ran the
rapids at narrows in Halfmoon Lake
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