Iain Leitch Photography

 My last backcountry canoe trip of the year was to Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. This was my first time in the park. I started the trip on October 4–7. The trip comprised 43.51 km total, of which 13.6 km was portaging. I double-carried each portage, which meant I ended up walking each one three times. Day 1. I left Ottawa around 7 a.m. and drove to Madoc, where I charged my car for about 20 minutes. I got to the access point around 10:45 a.m. After unpacking the car and parking, I got on the water around 11 a.m. Long Lake is a very pretty lake and sure lives up to its name. You essentially go straight for a long time until you hit Loucks Lake. It would be impossible for anyone to get lost on Long Lake as it’s super narrow. Loucks Lake has a bunch more cottages than Long Lake did, which made finding the first portage a bit of a challenge. It ended up being right beside someone’s cottage which, as someone used to Algonquin, I found a bit odd. However, before I got to my first ...

A couple of days ago I looked up into the sky and found this beautiful looking Waking Cresent Moon shining bright in the evening light. There was a light dusting of clouds at evening, but I feel as if they just made the photo better and added more depth. You can also check this photo out on my Instagram @iainwf Today I decide to go down to St Mary's just for something to do rather than just play around on my computer all day. St Mary's is known to have a great old rail-trail with a huge bridge. The first photo here is looking over the bridge at the start of the trail. On both ends of the bridge, there are thick tree canopies that add to a tunnel-like sense at both ends. This bridge use to run trains between Toronto and Sarnia up until 1988 when CN abandoned it.  The rail-trail bridge crosses the Northern branch of the Thames River which flows through the town. Here the river does a large bend as it flows into town, which is what this photo captured. On the left of this photo is...