Iain Leitch Photography

 I went on my second crown land camping trip this past weekend. I started off at the public boat launch on Ashby Lake, from their I paddled to the roughly 125 meter long portage that takes you into King Lake. After crossing King Lake I reached the portage to get into Barker Lake which was roughly 200ish meters long. Once on Barker Lake I found a campsite on an island and set up camp for the night. That day I had paddled 9km. The first four photos are from the first day.  The next day I woke up, packed up camp and set off back to the car. It was just the same trip as before but backwards. It was roughly 7.5km of paddling to get back to the car, as I didn't turn down the wrong bay this time. The remaining photos are from the second day. At each portage their was a good amount of cached boats that look as if they hadn't been used in years, and they probably haven't, just left to rot. Cooking/Fire area of the campsite Tent pad Pine Tree at the Point Canoe Pulled up for the nigh

 I recently had the chance to go to Algonquin Provincial Park for a day trip during the week. This meant slightly less crowds at the trail heads. I did two different trails, while at the park, Whiskey Rapids and Peck Lake. Each trail is roughly 2.5ish KM in length and moderate difficulty.  The Whiskey Rapids trail, starts off going downhill really fast, then follows the river for a good distance leading to the rapids the trail is named after, before heading back up to the trailhead in a much more reasonable ascent. On this trail I was able to take a photo of the White-throated Sparrow and the first two mushroom photos. The second trail, Peck Lake is a loop trail that goes around Peck Lake which is rather small and more of a good size pond compared to a lake. This trail had a little up and down but was fairly flat overall. The trail has multiple spots that you can use to go right down to the water and have a look around. The remaining photos are all from that trail.     White-throated S