Old Growth White Pine Tours!

   We’ve heard that it is going to be a hotter than usual summer this year – wouldn’t you like to spend part of it swimming in clear, clean, cool Kukagami Lake? We have spaces available late July through Labour Day. There are three new excursions new this year.

   Last winter Allan and I took a tape measure with us to explore a dozen or so ancient white pines on the far shore. We found many with a circum-ference of 9 to 10 feet! We will be guiding weekly tours to this area for a 2-hour walk. We’ll travel by boat, canoes or kayaks to the site, then walk around the forest to hug the big pines. We’ll also teach you about the other trees in the forest, as well as the herbs and flowers of the season. There is no fee for this tour this summer, as we all explore this beautiful area.

   Last summer I spent three days on a solo canoe trip to the magical ‘north end’ of Kukagami Lake. I discovered quiet little bays and some pretty fantastic ancient white pines. This summer, we’re offering a north end boat tour to visit these areas. We’ll hike along some wilderness portage trails, walk in the woods, hug trees, swim, and in season, pick blueberries to accompany our shore lunch. We can even bring along a kayak or canoe if you would like to spend the afternoon on your own paddling the 12 km back to the lodge. There will be a fee for this tour.

   Halfway up the eastern shore of Kukagami, a half kilometre through the quiet forest, there is a long skinny lake. On this tour we’ll paddle on the little lake to visit a few huggable pines and cedars, swim in clear, cool water, and listen to the gently falling water of a tiny stream. This is the most physically demanding of the tours. You need to be proficient at getting into and out of a canoe at several places along the shore. There will be a fee for this tour.