Wednesday 4 August 2010

Canoeing was on the agenda again today, so we rented a canoe and after a short paddle across Lake Nipigon, we entered a sheltered creek and another world! It was peaceful and wild with not another soul around. The water was so calm that you could not tell where the trees ended and water began. The reflections of the thick forest in the water were majestic and nothing stirred as our paddles cut through the glassy surface. We spoke in whispers as this seemed fitting and paddled slowly, savouring the peace of nature and hoping not disturb a possible beaver or moose.

We did spot the endangered Peregrine Falcon and other birds, but no beaver or moose. We paddled for about 5 hours and had a lovely picnic in some tall grass and it was a wonderful day out in the Canadian wilderness.

We stayed up late into the night and got up several times as the Northern Lights had been spotted by the cabin owners the night before, but we were unsuccessful in seeing them. We continued to chase them for the rest of the week, but they remained elusive!