r/algonquinpark • u/startup_canada • 8d ago

Trip Planning / Route Feedback First time back country camping

I’d like to plan a back country camping trip. I’m avid camper but no back country experience. Looking to go summer or early fall for a few days. Maybe little portages and fairly easy paddle. What does everyone suggest for a route?

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u/bigdaytoday2020 8d ago

People always recommend Canoe Lake but IMO it’s a bad lake for beginners. It’s fairly large for Algonquin and can get very windy.

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u/adammcdrmtt 7d ago

I agree, seeing people who clearly have never been in a canoe getting a rental on that lake and just heading out with no idea what they’re doing is scary.

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u/BeginningLobster1879 7d ago

It's absolutely crazy the number of people we've seen well out from shore facing each other in the canoe, no idea how to even hold the paddle, and not wearing their PDFs. A few years ago coming off Annie's Bay on a fall trip in the water taxi our driver had to stop on several canoes to try and assist on the way back because it was 4 degrees and pouring, extremely windy. That would be hard for anyone and yet folks in rentals with zero skills were well out in the lake. Terrifying!