Phillip Edward Island

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Photographs by Gerry Felsky

Phillip Edward Island is a large island on the coast of Georgian Bay just east of Killarney. Arend de Boer and Tom Bruin organized a group of seven GLSKA members for a five day trip to Phillip Edward Island out of Chikanishing Creek, the access point for the islands out of Killarney Provincial Park. The plan was to set up a base camp and explore Islands, including the Foxes, in Georgian Bay. The group gathered in Killarney on Sunday, August 22 at the Roche Rouge Campground, set up camp for the night and set off for fresh fish and chips at Herbert Fisheries, a feature of any trip to Killarney. The next morning we packed up gear and headed for our starting point, after a detour for breakfast in Killarney. A young black bear scrambled across the road on the way into town emphasizing our anticipated adventure.

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Beausoleil Island Trip

by Jennifer Kilbourne
Photographs by Gerry Croney

beaus1.jpgThe spring of 2011 was a wet one. It was a rare stretch of two or three days in April and May that didn’t see a few showers, if not heavy rains. Gerry, the trip organizer, wisely changed the destination of this mid-May kayaking and camping adventure from Franklin Island to Beausoleil Island due to the presence of a very good cooking shelter at the north end of Beausoleil.

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The Pinery

Wendy Killoran

The Ausable River emerged at Lake Huron’s shoreline with a wide, beckoning gap enticing us to paddle the Great Lake for the first paddle of the season in late March.

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7th Annual Flowerpot Island Expedition

by Susan Sutherland
Photographs by Rob Muylwyk and Scott Innes

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Our trip started out May 27 with 6 enthusiastic paddlers – Bert, Kaz, Rob M., Rob W., Scott, Susan and Trish. After meeting on a sunny Friday at Dunks Bay near Tobormory, quick hellos and packing our kayaks, we headed off. Our first obstacle was getting though the high and quick surf. We all did eventually. Our crossing to Flowerpot Island took an hour and 20 minutes with 2-metre waves and 20-knot winds but everyone had smiles on their faces while surfing.

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The Forbidden Coast – Greenland

Jan de Grijs

It was Monday August 16 and Ursula, Patty and I were starting our long anticipated trip to Greenland. We were on a flight from Reykjavik to Kulusuk on the east coast of Greenland. As we approached Greenland all that was visible from the aircraft window were mountain tops above the cloud. The landing gear went down; we circled; the landing gear went up. Then an announcement came over the intercom, “This is the captain speaking. We are unable to land due to the fog, forcing us to return to Reykjavik.” We returned to Iceland and checked into the Reykjavik Youth Hostel.

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