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Camping on Beausoleil Island

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Notes for next time:

  • Don’t take 14′ boat through The Gap in high winds
  • Don’t camp near rattlesnakes
  • Find out if there is such a thing as “snake bells”
  • Don’t camp near poison ivy
  • Buy tall hiking socks
  • Don’t let Abbey jump onto the dock without a life jacket
  • Don’t haul Abbey out of the water by the leash when she is underwater, under the dock
  • Bring towels / blankies for the dogs
  • Get thicker sleeping pads
  • Get a solar charger
  • Get print charts (and laminate them)
  • Don’t wear black pants near mosquitoes
  • If {packing art supplies}, then {include sketchbook}
  • Remember to pack: watershoes, fleece pants, fleece jacket, gaiters
  • Grocery wish list: veggie dogs, tortillas & PB, cookies, additional beer
  • Definitely camp at the Chimney Bay or Oaks campground again!

View map of the island campsites here.

*Map updated August 2nd*

One day on the water

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I missed Opening Day because I couldn’t move my legs after 4 days of hiking in the woods. After a full weekend of A535, hot baths, ibuprofen, and extra sleep (also waiting for the sun to come out), I made it out for a half day by the west shore of Beausoleil.

Lion’s Head

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Sunday we drove to Red Bay to check out the nursery at Earthbound Gardens where I bought a cute little Dwarf Balsam Fir. Then we saw a bear sneaking out between the cottages. We kept driving. Eric sized up a few boat launches (Bass Season Countdown has begun). The girls heckled seagulls as we snacked at a roadside chip wagon. I bought ceramic tea paraphernelia at a community art gallery. Eventually, we made our way to a side trail at Lion’s Head Provincial Nature Reserve and had a gorgeous hike through lilacs, pine, hemlock, and cedar.

Two days of boating

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