MVGMVG wrote:
I've read the following excerpt from Algonquin's web page a few times now...and wondered how and where I'd plan for an interior overnighter in the winter as opposed to Mew Lake:
Camping in the Park Interior away from the Highway 60 Corridor is also permitted. The best way to access the Interior in the winter is on snowshoes. You may also wish to use one of the groomed ski trails to enter the Interior (no toboggans or snowshoes on the ski trails please!), but camping within sight or sound of the ski trails, or in trail shelters, is not permitted. Winter Interior camping is also not permitted on designated summer campsites nor within 30 metres of a lakeshore, trail, or portage. We recommend that you camp in low, sheltered areas where there is a good supply of standing dead firewood for warmth and cooking.
We started from Kiosk in '98 & did a loop through Little Mink, Whitebirch, Club, Big Thunder, Erables, Maple, Three Mile, Manitou. It was basically a flatwater canoe trip on ice & the distance was possible because there wasn't much snow that year. I was an invitee & didn't make the decisions. I'm still wondering why we camped on lakeshores, on the ice & on a summer campsite on an island without enough trees for shelter or firewood.
At that time we were expected to get our permit at a main gate on hwy 60. That's rather impractical for a trip from Kiosk, so we didn't.
The lake trip was easy but I get bored silly & demotivated on lakes. I prefer bush trails & hills.