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samsman
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Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 9:53 pm: | 
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The 'hiking' reference made me think of the portage trail also.
There is only one site at Whitefish Falls.
My dog and I spent a night there July 31/05 on our way to Little Miss Lake.
The closest site to that one is almost directly opposite on the other side of Barclay Bay.
You make a good point about the noise of the falls blocking the sound of an approaching bear and I wonder if it works the other way around as well.
The bear can not hear the sounds of the campers as it approaches.
Surprise all around.
FWIW
I went up there this year ready to enjoy the same abundance of blueberrys I had found last year and was disappointed by the slim pickings.
In fact the only area I found during my trip that had a reasonable bounty of plump blueberries was the old burn area along the portage trail at Whitefish. |
doug_2
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Post Number: 64
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 9:04 am: |
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I talked to park staff at Missinaibi when I was there. They told me the sumnmer had been very dry. In fact, the longest fire restriction ever
this summer, there. Whitefish falls was real low in late August but for sure there was still enough sound from the falls to mask the sound of a bear approach. |
samsman
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Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 - 9:16 am: |
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Difference in water volume at Whitefish
2004- http://tinypic.com/eq5h6f.jpg
2005- http://tinypic.com/eq5izl.jpg |
doug_2
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Post Number: 65
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 - 11:14 am: |
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CHeck out this old image with even more
volume  |
samsman
Member
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 12:07 am: |
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Wow!
I'm curious about where you saw the tracks and the bears while you were there. I only saw one this year. It was in the small bay to the north of Mary Island, where the portage across to Baltic begins. As I approached the small inlet into the bay I saw something swimming across the narrows. I was a bit taken aback having never seen a bear swim. When it reached the shore the dog and I were able to watch it for a bit as it roamed down the rocky shore. |
doug_2
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Post Number: 68
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 9:22 am: |
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We saw several bears along the shore in Baltic Bay (north shore)...
Also many many tracks at several places, especially at the sandbar ...just before you get to the old Hudson Bay post (New Brunswick house).
Here's a couple of older cubs along shore in Baltic Bay. Mother was encourageing them to head into the bush when she saw our canoes but the cubs lingered |
bush_pilot
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Post Number: 80
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 2:18 pm: |
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It is interesting to hear the hunting groups call for more hunting pressure on bears. What the hunters really need to be afraid of are themselves. In 18 years of doing medevac flights in Ontario I've only carried one victim of a bear attack. However I have flown many hunters out of the bush. Two self inflicted gunshot wounds, one fatal. At least two hunters that had fallen out of tree stands with very serious injuries. Numerous ATV accident victims and one hunter with an axe buried in his foot and too many heart attacks to count.
Hmm where is the problem again? |
ed
Moderator
Post Number: 230
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 3:02 pm: |
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Well done Bush Pilot. I love it. |
doug_2
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Post Number: 69
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 4:57 pm: |
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Well said bush pilot |
hillbilly
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Post Number: 156
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 4:26 pm: |
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I agree. Many hunters are ther own worst enemy. |
canoebear
Member
Post Number: 311
Registered: 05-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 8, 2006 - 8:44 am: |
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"Nightmare-time"
He moves alone, so nimble advantaged, in tha dark of night thru untame Land of Lakes.
He be tha 1 of long-blackest fur, with sum rippen claws & big biten teeth.
Tha 1, Who doesn't care, if indeed, ther be any park campen laws/or rules posted.
When 'tis evil dark, on tha move shadow of nightfall be near,
all other creatures run, hide & cover-up.
Fer when He be up & bout forgen round, be-en Chief of Superior, nobody ever really sleeps,
too deep.
Most lean-to pack sackers fear of Him,
even when far-off/or when aroma aroused.
Fer sur, He be tha dead of night scour horror,
tha blacken beast, Who smells-out tha darkness.
Bear-out night madness, fer nothen is so much
to fear, as fear spreaden.
Pitch-tenters who be feared of tha dark hours,
everythin remotely rustles in tha NE Wilds, Heya! |
canoebear
Member
Post Number: 312
Registered: 05-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 9, 2006 - 9:34 pm: |
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"Cloak of Darkness"
"Black Blame" be a shadowy sinister evil form shape blanket covered in secrecy & wickedness.
Black, is it a bad nightmare/or dream?
'Tis it tha shame that drives, 1 back again?
Black, just might be 1's medicine.
Is it animal/or a misled wrong-doen twilight bandit?
Is it tha fear U can't control?
Is it tha pitch black night that won't let-go?
Tha darkness that occures when night falls, is it tha enemy of blackness that hides inside U & me?
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canoebear
Member
Post Number: 332
Registered: 05-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 3, 2006 - 8:16 pm: |
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"foliage disguise"
Ther might be close-to, 750,000 Black Bears
in North America that bewildered backpacker
pitch-tenters/or canoe portage A-Framers be unaware of damned night danger to be reckon-with.
An unexpected nights-move of problem savage Rogue, to Indian-up-on encampment, could be a reckless episode that, roughen-it-camper doesn't wanna come face-to-face-with.
Nearly-all Bear-kill victims of a vicious ambush die by-way of a shamble of shameless actions.
Edgeless wilderness savvy/or a routine of bad manners will put carry-in sleep-overs on a path to horrendous nightmares.
Unseasoned shaped contours, strange odors &
echo sound-outs will, fer sur, cause Black Bears
to walk-on-in, after hours.
Camouflage tent colors, mask odd shapes, keep a air of natural scent inside of framed shelter &
cook-out late afternoon, far-off from base-camp,
should keep deep sleepers from be-en unearthly shakened duren tha darkest of hours.
Best to "blend-in", Heya!
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tim
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Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 3, 2006 - 9:19 pm: |
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http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envregistry/022761ex.htm |
Canoeing and camping 
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