Camping & Canoeing on an Isolated Lake in the Canadian Wilderness - Traditional Bushcraft

Marie and I go on a journey onto a lake isolated in the Canadian wilderness to do a traditional based camping and fishing trip.

Chapter One - Day One, Under the Open Sky:
Our arrival to the lake met us with strong winds and large waves. After a quick examination of the waters, we loaded my father's Chestnut canoe with our gear, and set off being left alone completely isolated in the wilderness of British Columbia. We battled the winds on the lake for hours in search of a suitable spot to camp. Our goal was to find a west facing beach, but seldom would you find any beaches on this lake. After finding the only beach on the entire lake, that fortunately met our wants, we landed the canoe and got to work. Since it was already late in the day, we started off by unloading the gear, clearing a camp-sight, gathering rocks for a fire ring, and setting our canvas and wool bedrolls down to be prepared for the coming night. After lighting a fire, enjoying the view, and also enjoying the company of two Mule deer, who had decided to stick around with us for the duration of our trip, we decided it was time to start dinner. Marie prepared and cooked some Canadian goose that was harvested last fall, along with some corn and peppers cooked straight on the coals. After dinner, we watched the sun set as the valley faded to darkness. We then crawled into our bedrolls, and called it a night, concluding our first day on the lake.

Chapter Two - Day Two, Sheltered from the Elements:
We awoke the next morning with strong winds which eventually left us leaving behind the cool winds in favor of bitter-dry heat. The heat met me with a harsh headache and fatigue, which was thought to be caused by hyperthermia, but as we found out a few weeks later, it was actually caused by a sickness. Well battling the heat, Marie and I cooked some food. This time she prepared oatmeal, and local farmer's sausages from back home. After breakfast, we began work on our shelter. Our shelter had been planned as two tripods, a ridge pole, and a waxed canvas tarp over the top, which when staked out at the corners, would form a large A-frame suitable to protect us from any weather that was thought to join us in the coming days. After around six hours of work, the shelter was up, and we were finally able to relax. To relax, we decided we'd try our luck at catching us some dinner. We fished for an hour or two in hopes of catching a rainbow trout, but unfortunately we had no luck. With darkness falling well on the waters, we arrived back at the camp in the dark. After stoking a fire, I began cooking dinner. I prepared Marie and I some pork-chops, along with some onions on the coals. After dinner, and it already being late in the night, we went to sleep in our shelter.

Chapter Three - Day Three, On the Wind-Blown Waters:
On our last day, we awoke to rain, but thankfully we were dry due to our previously built shelter. To start the morning off, I battled the wind for what seemed like ages, and managed to build a new fire from scratch, as the coals from the night before had been extinguished. Once the fire had burnt down to a nice ember bed, Marie once again began cooking breakfast. For our last meal on the lake, she made some cream of wheat, as well as some bacon. Later in the day we decided to get out on the lake and fish. Once again, after fishing for an hour or two, we had caught nothing, nor had a single bite to give us a chance to. We called the fishing to an end and got off the of lake due to the approaching weather from the west. A storm bringing distant thunder and some heavy rain passed us by, and by the time we could crawl out from under our shelter, it was time to tear down our camp and head home. I put out the fire and returned the beach to the state it was found in, and then Marie and I dismantled our shelter, and then packed the canoe to leave. We paddled away on the water, with the wind trying it's best to keep us there, feeling content with our trip on a remote lake in the Canadian wilderness; even if we didn't catch a fish or five in our three days there...

Enjoy the silent adventure!

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