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![]() Canoe Trip ReportsJoe LakeDay 1
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As usual, we wanted the chance to explore an area that was new to us, to do a bit of fishing, enjoy a campfire or 2 and spend some quality father-daughter time together. However, if that was all that we were after, then there were still plenty of other, much quieter By starting our trip from Canoe Lake, we would have the chance to visit the memorial erected in Tom Thomson's memory. This memorial was built by his friends on Canoe Lake the year that he died. With a bit of research we also hoped to visit some specific sites where Tom had painted, with perhaps the easiest location being just downstream from the Tea Lake Dam. As a final piece of our Tom Thomson pilgrimage we would be day tripping In planning this trip, we gave a lot of thought to making it a loop trip for change. It certainly is possible to travel a loop from Canoe Lake up through Tom Thomson Lake and Sunbeam Lake to Burnt Island Lake and then back through the Joe lakes (Joe Lake, Little Joe Lake, Baby Joe Lake and Lost Joe Lake) but in the end we decided to stick with a base camp on Joe Lake. This would let us spend less time packing, unpacking and portaging and give us more time to explore, relax and just enjoy. In order to make the trip a little quieter, even though we were going in the middle of August, we chose a Tuesday to Friday schedule hoping
Canoe Lake is located just north of Highway 60 just over 14km from the west park Boundary. The access road to Canoe Lake is literally directly across the highway from teh access road to Smoke Lake where we started our Ragged Lake canoe trip from last year. If you are driving from Toronto, you will
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