Canoeing Canada's Mississippi River - Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- The Happy Camper and his canoe buddy, Andy Baxter, head out for a canoe trip of a life time - the full length (200 km & 8 days) of the Mississippi River in Southeastern Ontario, Canada. Part one has them starting at Bon Echo Provincial Park on Mazinaw Lake and ending on Kashwakamak in the North Frontenac Parklands. Water levels are lower than expected, and mosquitoes are out in full force.
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I did that exact Mississippi River trip from Mazinaw to Arnprior in 1974. Good to see others still giving it a go.
Excellent. How was the trip?
Great canoe trip. I did this in the mid 1970's as a member of Camp Opemikon leaders in training. Very memorable. Thanks
I hope you had more water then we did. LOL I have the trip written up in a series of blog for Explore Magazine www.explore-mag.com/The-Happy-Camper-Canoeing-Canadas-Mississippi-River-Part-1
Romper Room! She said my name once. It was very exciting 😂
Mazinaw Rock is one of my favourite sights in Ontario. The pictographs are so interesting and the rock is awe inspiring.
Such an incredible place!
This is clearly destined to be a modern classic! 😎👍 A great combination of educational and entertaining - just like all of Kevin’s work! 😁
Thanks so much. It was a great journey.
Romper Room! Andy's tune much like theme from "The Friendly Giant"
Glad to find out that them little rugged Coleman stove have made a come-back. Yay.
This is awesome! I am just planning a trip from Kashwakamak down the Mississippi to Crotch and then back through Big Gull. My family has a cottage on the Mississippi (maybe I'll see it in part 2) but I have never canoed it. Me and my Dad always go to Algonquin but we are finally going to do this trip. We were just at the cottage two weeks ago just before the fire ban, must have just missed you. Its such an under rated, beautiful area, cant wait to see the rest of the trip!
It will be an awesome trip. My part 2 - out soon - will show the section between Kush and Crotch. It's all doable.
The show you're thinking of where they say everyone's name is Romper Room.
Love the Romper Room reference, they never said my name either!
Really enjoyed this. Love hearing about the history and glad you brought up the "crossing dispute" and private property. We ran across that on the Moon River. We met the owner near the end of a 1.7km portage all of it his property. He actually partially maintained the portage but also had a fence along the one side (closest to his house) he was super cool and a canoeist as well and told us similar stories about having to cross private property whose owners weren't so friendly. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
Great trip! Don't feel bad, Kevin. No one ever called my name on television either! (Mohsin)
This is a side of Canada I have never seen.loving the history! And done by 2 awesome guys,thank you!
Thanks. I'll have a write up out soon on the Explore Mag on line
Kevin, when I saw you and Andy walking the river it made me think of something, I just can't quite put my finger on it.😂 Deja vu.
LOL
At 16:56, Andy mentions "Live For Today." There is a great song by the English Rock group, The Sweet, with that song title.
Monty python 💗💗💗always look on the bright side of life 🤣🤣🤣 seems like this is Andy’s theme tune!
Very much so...
The Coleman duel fuel is pretty good, but on my stove the O rings on the fuel lever failed. Great job guys!
Great outdoors and humor!!😅
Great start to the trip! Can't wait to see how it turns out.
The show you were talking about was called "Romper Room" lol Thanks for sharing
Love it , first time watching your videos wonderful Times good Friends Awesome
Thanks so much!
Looks like a great start to a fun adventure!
Fun times with Kevin & Andy. Sounds like a great trip on a river I didn’t even know was in Ontario. It’s the creepy crawly things, right Kevin?😊
Yep, not a fan of millipeds but they are not dangerous and good for environment.
I gotta make my way to Bon Echo. I was at Charleston Lake last year and those Ontario Parks provincial park crests are addictive (to collect), by the way I swear, this is what guys do, we think we mature as we age but no, in nature or alone we act like kids - I absolutely love it.
They are addictive. I've got lots
@@TheHappyCamper I appreciate your book as well (complete guide to winter camping) you haven't aged a bit, sir.
Fantastic fellas.
It's been 40 years since I've canoed in bon echo park. Thanks for bringing back some nice memories. Cheers!
The two of you are a joy to watch and hilarious,,great video
Thanks so much.
Be fun to see a comparison to the pictographs near Rock Lake in Algonquin, and the ones north of Agawa Bay in LSPP.
Wow that water is soo low compared to 2022 when I went down there solo! I cruised through marble rapids without even having to step out of the canoe!
Love this - you two make a tough day seem fun! Going full turtle on a lining section doesn't sound like fun, but you brush it off like it's nothing. The intrepid adventurers snoring contest is something we hope to skip out on, though. Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks. We generally laugh off all the discomforts. It seems to help get us through LOL
Oh, gawd. I haven't heard a Romper Room joke in this century. I'm old.
Me too.
Yes another happy camper canoe trip. and with Andy too
Ontario's Mississippi River is a fabulous canoe route. I canoed a substantial portion of it from Lake Mazinaw. Water levels were substantially higher when we did this trip.
I think it's time Ontario implemented a Right to Roam Act like in British Columbia and in most European countries. We need more than the Beds of Navigable Waters Act. I stress that to be fair to land owners and to make this possible, we MUST respect land owners and leave no traces other than footprints. Land owners also need to respect that as our province's population keeps growing in leaps and bounds that people do need access to wilderness and nature for our physical and mental health. In many cases property taxes are not high enough and this is one way land owners can give back to the people of Ontario without higher taxes.
Good point brought up. I have tripped a lot in Scotland and as long as the users are not abusing it seems to work.
Mentioning the whip-poor-wills reminds me of a time on the Jack's Fork River in Missouri when there was a WPW that called all through the night. I had a dream that the ring tone on my phone was changed to a WPW call and it was ringing. It kept ringing after I answered the phone, it kept ringing even when I took the battery out of the phone. Then I woke up and realized the WPW had invaded my dream. Hope you got a good night's sleep.
Good point. They can call all night it seems
Regarding the private property in Canada there is a reserved set back from any lake or river and one doesn't own the 66 feet (1 chain) back from the high water mark. No one in Canada owns property right down to the water's edge. So if anyone tells you to leave and you are within that distance from water they are wrong.
I feel you guys creating some return jokes for home when you both come together..
Yep. LOL
Great video, cannot wait for the rest of the series
I was on Romper Room here in Ontario. And then, my TV career was over !!!! Those cliffs were amazing. Have to look this area up. I have no idea where this is. My takeaway… “Too many legs.” Will be a scream following you two on this trip !!!
Ya gotta go there. Lanark county area in southeastern Ontario
You’re so speedy with the posts Kevin. Phoebe and I will have to give this run a shot someday!
I STILL HAVE MY FATHER'S WHITE GAS COLEMAN (1960), WORKS GREAT....THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
My father a stationery engineer always worried about the Coleman stove's white gas exploding. Propane is much safer. He used a propane stove when we went car camping,but he always knew it could be dangerous. We rented a cottage at Morrow's for years, decades, I can hardly wait till the happy campers get that far, if they do. I'm too old for cottaging let alone canoeing through mosquitoes, black flies and deer flies.
Beautiful adventure off the get go, You two are so halariouse , loved the cliffs, rocky shores and pictographs so cool , meal Andy cooked looked so deliciouse the history was interesting, This will be one epic series which I look forward to.
Hi Kevin! Interesting info in this video. One of these days I need to drive to the real Mississippi headwaters. It is only a few hours drive from where I live (Atikokan, ON). The Mississippi River here is literally about 10 feet across, it's a tiny little creek in Minnesota.
Cool!
@TheHappyCamper well I guess shouldn't say the real Mississippi River, they are both real. I'll change that to the famous one 😉
Just got back from a weekend outing on Crotch Lake with cubs and scouts. North Frontenac really is a gem, worth considering as an option to Algonquin for a weekend.
It's a great place
At the confluence of The Mazinaw and Kashwakamak, there is an inn/hotel/motel/lodge called the Whip-Or-Will. I have paddled the Mississippi from Mazinaw downriver to ???? I can't remember where we pulled out. . . but we didn't go the full length. That was 40 yrs ago, or more.
It seems most paddlers did the river back in the 70s. I'm wondering why they don't now?
@@TheHappyCamper I'm too old for that stuff now.
@@TheHappyCamper Canadians have gotten soft. Plus all this booking of campsites probably puts people off. The fire ban this year doesn't help, right? I can't take the bugs at all. You guys are very brave and I guess not allergic to bug bites. My husband isn't allergic either, but he just spent 10 days in the hospital after a tick bit him and gave him anaplasmosis.
It was called Romper Room
Hey this should be enjoyable !! 👊😎👍
I would love for you to do the Bonnecherre waterway... from the park to the Ottawa.. a ton of history to tell 🍻
I agree. I've dome sections but have always wanted to paddle the full length. I have the book on the river and love it.
Awesome
Thanks for sharing Kevin. Just wanted to let you know the Mazinaw is 150 meters deep not feet. I heard you on Paddling Adventures radio last month and have been anticipating some cool adventures like this. Thanks again
Thanks for the info. Darn, I should have checked that first. That's a lot deeper.
Great video as always. So much fun watching you two carry on. Romper room never said my name either. :( Would love to hear more about the "problems" with the one burner coleman stove. I just inherited one, and it's been working well for me, so I'd love to know what to watch out for.
The gas would leak from under the burner and ignite - hence the holy hand grenade label. It's still a good stove though.
@@TheHappyCamper Thanks for the tip! I'll consulte the Book of Armaments, Chapter 2, verses 9-21.
I was told that you should drive down the centre line of the highway of life and let everyone else decide which way to go. 😁
I feel for you two having to deal with low water and bugs but I certainly enjoyed the video anyway.
Thanks. It was still a hoot.
Romper Room.
Rompers Room woman never said Scott either. Millipedes bites in Pacifc Islands will take a limb.
Yikes!
Romper Room
whish that was the case In NY USA
Other TH-camrs say that native Canadians feel insulted by showing these rock paintings…I’m not sure why but is this a real thing?
Great comment. It depends who you talk to. I've been told it's like others filming my church. Good point. I connected with an Algonquin Elder and asked her before the trip. I'll have a full interview of my visit and chat with her later in the series. According to her, we did it proper.
romper room
i think around 19:00 the doobie kicked in lol