I spent 3 years night fishing those locks for walleye every fall, while attending Fleming College. I would have been up all night worried if I camped there. I have seen some very colourful people in that section of town. Great videos as always.
Yes I have seen the odd tent set up a few times years ago when I was there. I think you really should consider a canoe trip in Algonquin Park. It is a really beautiful place and would make for some great videos.
Your a brave man I live in Lindsay and would be terrified camping by the locks. You should have got poutine at the tasty shake across the street from Where you camped tho!
I'm very curious...what type of danger in particular? I could smell them cooking it from across the street and it smelled delicious. Having not had a single vegetable the entire day to that point, I was looking for something a bit healthier for my evening meal :P
If you ever do this location in the future, there's a park where you could have stayed overnight just before you got to the low side of the lock. You passed a few boats tied up there.
Hey, this leg of your trip I did at around the same time but by bicycle. I was inspired by some of your other videos and did a trip from Toronto, out to near Kingston and then up, around Kawartha and would have returned to Oshawa except the cottage traffic forced me off the road and wrecked my rear tire and I had to be rescued by a friend. Waterways look a bit friendlier than the roads around there were.
Wow that sounds like a nice trip (minus the rear tire damage). I mentioned towards the end of this video that all of the places that I've visited so far on the trip were places I'd never been before. One of the main reasons is that when I've looked into biking those areas I've found that to get to most destinations there's often only 1 choice of roads, and it tends to be a pretty busy one. On the water I saw lots of motor boats and jet skis, but the worst they did was make big waves. I'm glad you got to enjoy some of the same places as me this summer!
Thanks for continuing the canoe adventure. ...a little sketchy in Lindsay at night. Places to avoid Bagdad, Yemen and Lindsay (at night near the lock).
Great to see a new mode of exploration. I’m very impressed by how accessible all this is by water. I don’t believe we have a lot of this in the states.
Thanks. I believe the Erie Canal in New York State is actually very similar. It's possible for a person to paddle all the way from Buffalo to New York City!
@@cjhoyle I just biked the Erie Canal trail in August. I wish you really could paddle all the way! But, alas, from what I can see, there are long stretches of the canal that are derelict and overgrown with marsh grass and are closed to traffic. That being said, the open parts of the canal are lovely, but not quite as varied and pastoral as what you've shown of the Trent-Severn waterway.
@@hejiranyc there is the more modern New York State Barge Canal which replaced the Erie Canal for boating that you can paddle from Buffalo to Albany on and then take the Hudson to NYC.
Awesome adventure video, would you consider a pedal boot? I don't know much about them but some of them have a canopy. I see a few used ones for sale on Facebook market place I wonder if you continue to do these type of videos if you could ride longer and faster in one of these
In the past when I've contemplated buying a kayak, I've looked into ones that can be pedaled. I'd definitely be interested in trying something like that. All in all, I was quite happy with my choice of watercraft for this trip.
Thanks again CJ. Are the lock stations the only place to camp would you say? My only concern of this whole voyage would be the “sketchy” people. Look forward to day 4. Have a good one brother,
Thank you. I discussed this briefly in the introduction video that I made for this trip. Many of the lakes have private campgrounds, but in 2020 most of the ones I looked into had decided to stay closed for 2020, or were only allowing RV camping (no tents allowed). There's also a provincial park on Balsam Lake. Another option which I didn't explore was steal camping.
Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it! I brought two USB powerbanks with me on the trip and charged them as needed using the power outlets in the lock station buildings in the evenings.
In the future please check the video description (the text which appears below the video). I always include relevant links there. th-cam.com/video/jNoMXeY4y8s/w-d-xo.html
Thanks. Ya, maybe they know someone who works in commercial construction who saved them from demolition jobs? They aren't the type of signs that you can just walk into a store and buy.
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My family immigrated from England to Fenelon Falls in the mid 1800s. They were lock keepers and loggers. Such a beautiful canal system.
Awesome!
I spent 3 years night fishing those locks for walleye every fall, while attending Fleming College. I would have been up all night worried if I camped there. I have seen some very colourful people in that section of town. Great videos as always.
A few other people have made similar comments. It was the noisiest night of the trip for me. Have you ever seen anyone else camped there?
Yes I have seen the odd tent set up a few times years ago when I was there. I think you really should consider a canoe trip in Algonquin Park. It is a really beautiful place and would make for some great videos.
Your a brave man I live in Lindsay and would be terrified camping by the locks. You should have got poutine at the tasty shake across the street from
Where you camped tho!
I'm very curious...what type of danger in particular? I could smell them cooking it from across the street and it smelled delicious. Having not had a single vegetable the entire day to that point, I was looking for something a bit healthier for my evening meal :P
I don’t think any real danger but you get kids that might try and steal something or a junkie stumble into your tent 🤣
If you ever do this location in the future, there's a park where you could have stayed overnight just before you got to the low side of the lock. You passed a few boats tied up there.
Rivera Park offers camping? Or were you just suggesting that I could stealth camp in a municipal park?
@@cjhoyle I would imagine you could camp there. If you'd want to or not is another question.
Boats overnight there all the time.
@@paulbromell8018 Thank you for clarifying. (Stealth camping isn't for everyone).
Hey, this leg of your trip I did at around the same time but by bicycle. I was inspired by some of your other videos and did a trip from Toronto, out to near Kingston and then up, around Kawartha and would have returned to Oshawa except the cottage traffic forced me off the road and wrecked my rear tire and I had to be rescued by a friend. Waterways look a bit friendlier than the roads around there were.
Wow that sounds like a nice trip (minus the rear tire damage). I mentioned towards the end of this video that all of the places that I've visited so far on the trip were places I'd never been before. One of the main reasons is that when I've looked into biking those areas I've found that to get to most destinations there's often only 1 choice of roads, and it tends to be a pretty busy one. On the water I saw lots of motor boats and jet skis, but the worst they did was make big waves. I'm glad you got to enjoy some of the same places as me this summer!
Thanks for continuing the canoe adventure. ...a little sketchy in Lindsay at night. Places to avoid Bagdad, Yemen and Lindsay (at night near the lock).
haha, yes exactly.
Great to see a new mode of exploration. I’m very impressed by how accessible all this is by water. I don’t believe we have a lot of this in the states.
Thanks. I believe the Erie Canal in New York State is actually very similar. It's possible for a person to paddle all the way from Buffalo to New York City!
@@cjhoyle I just biked the Erie Canal trail in August. I wish you really could paddle all the way! But, alas, from what I can see, there are long stretches of the canal that are derelict and overgrown with marsh grass and are closed to traffic. That being said, the open parts of the canal are lovely, but not quite as varied and pastoral as what you've shown of the Trent-Severn waterway.
@@hejiranyc there is the more modern New York State Barge Canal which replaced the Erie Canal for boating that you can paddle from Buffalo to Albany on and then take the Hudson to NYC.
Awesome adventure video, would you consider a pedal boot? I don't know much about them but some of them have a canopy. I see a few used ones for sale on Facebook market place I wonder if you continue to do these type of videos if you could ride longer and faster in one of these
In the past when I've contemplated buying a kayak, I've looked into ones that can be pedaled. I'd definitely be interested in trying something like that. All in all, I was quite happy with my choice of watercraft for this trip.
You know you made the right decision when you arrive at your destination safe and sound. Better late than Never. Great Video.
For sure! Thanks.
Thanks again CJ. Are the lock stations the only place to camp would you say? My only concern of this whole voyage would be the “sketchy” people. Look forward to day 4. Have a good one brother,
Thank you. I discussed this briefly in the introduction video that I made for this trip. Many of the lakes have private campgrounds, but in 2020 most of the ones I looked into had decided to stay closed for 2020, or were only allowing RV camping (no tents allowed). There's also a provincial park on Balsam Lake. Another option which I didn't explore was steal camping.
I should have watched this video prior to me staying at this lock station. Or maybe it was good that I didn't? 😉
haha, now you can understand why I said I was especially interested in your stay in Lindsay :P Looking forward to that video!
Great videos. This trip is super inspiring. I want to do it myself. What did you use to charge and power your devices?
Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it! I brought two USB powerbanks with me on the trip and charged them as needed using the power outlets in the lock station buildings in the evenings.
I have yet to find your overnight oats recipe
In the future please check the video description (the text which appears below the video). I always include relevant links there. th-cam.com/video/jNoMXeY4y8s/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for this canoeing adventure. Interesting how that person got all those signs of KFC and such..
Thanks. Ya, maybe they know someone who works in commercial construction who saved them from demolition jobs? They aren't the type of signs that you can just walk into a store and buy.
are you on strava cj where we can see and be inspired to do your cycling routes?
Yes I am. If you check the video description of this video (as well as my bike touring videos) there's a link to my Strava activity.