Washago to Swift Rapids - Severn River Solo Canoe Trip - Day 1
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- All of the clips in the video were filmed on Saturday July 10th, 2021. This video summarizes the first day of my 2 day weekend canoe trip from Washago to Port Severn on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
There has been a 10 month delay between when I filmed this video and when I am posting it. On similar videos I've posted in the past, I've received comments from viewers who felt inspired to try a similar trip of their own. I decided to save this mini-series to post at the very beginning of the paddling season so that anyone who's interested to trying this section of the Trent-Severn can start planning their trip right away.
Strava for Day 1: / strava
In this episode, I was dropped off at the boat launch next to Centennial Park in Washago where I paddling northwest to the Swift Rapids Lockstation. I took the canoe through 2 locks: Lock 42 - Couchiching and Lock 43 - Swift Rapids. I paddled through the Severn Canal, the Severn River, and Sparrow Lake. I paddled under a total of 5 bridges including the Highway 11, the Severn Canal CN Railway Swing Bridge, Canal Rd, Hamlet Bridge 57 (Canning Rd), and the Hydro Glen CN Railway Bridge. After arriving at my destination, I spent the night camping on the bottom side of the Swift Rapids locks.
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The canoe is a Bluewater Peterborough 16', made of Kevlar and manufactured in Guelph, ON in the early 1990's. The GPS I used for the trip is a Garmin eTrex 30. I filmed this video using a Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone. While I normally film with this device in 4K, I mistakenly had the camera set to a lower resolution for the duration of this day.
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Thanks for watching.
You’re such a great tour guide. I like how you always say what time you leave, arrive, show maps and point out wildlife etc. Very entertaining videos. I’ve subscribed 👍
It is certainly absolutely beautiful and peaceful here. Great video as always CJ! And McDonald’s Cut, I’m lovin’ it!
haha thanks!
Thanks for sharing. You were sitting in front of my place when you declared it was 2pm about a few hundred meters short of the first narrows you paddled through. I have paddled from there to a portage into Rat Lake, just short of lock 43 on the north shore. Two short portages with a short paddle through a Beaver dam lake in between them and you're there. Good camping and good fishing in there.
Wow, small world! Good to know, maybe I'll have a chance to visit Rat Lake one day.
Nice to see more of your trips! I hope you do a biking trip this summer!
Thanks!
Glad to see another canoeing adventure. Good stuff.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful seeing it by canoe. I live in Washago and boat through the system regularly.
Thanks, I thoroughly enjoyed the scenery.
Really enjoyed this video on your canoe trip down the severan river towards Georgian bay. Looks like really good weather. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks! I was very fortunate with the weather. Practically no wind too.
Hi C.J, great video, you have a tremendous character and spirit. Keep Well and safe. C.J.H.
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words.
Thank you! Already looking forward to day 2
Thanks!
Good man CJ, I am very fond of these videos. you have found a nice format and some nice places to make them!
Thanks, appreciate it. It's a great privilege having an audience to share my adventures with.
Looks like you had a great first day of this little trip! I'm glad that you had the chance to complete the section of the canal that you didn't get to do the year before! Now I'm looking forward to seeing you ride your canoe on the Big Chute Marine Railway in the next video!
Thanks! It was a fun little mini trip.
We came out of the Trent Severn Conservation Reserve and headed to Washago in early June of this year. The Hydro Glen stretch was not very fun at all lol Thank you for sharing :)
Was it not very fun because of all the motor boat traffic? That was the only part that I didn't enjoy.
@@cjhoyle The traffic wasn't bad. The water levels on the other hand were very high so the current was extremely fast through the Glen and a couple of other pinch pionts. So heading up stream towards Washago was quite the fight.
Very informative...And we have a cottage just below the Marine railway.Its beautiful.Would love to do that trip
Awesome, lucky you!
Your introduction for different places are really great for travellers to know these places. I have one advice for you. Could please type the name of the place on your video when you arrive key places or heritages, such as a bridge, a dam, or an intersection between 2 rivers. would be better for us to know where it is. Thanks for the efforts you made.
Thanks. My primary motivation for making these kind of videos is to motivate others to go on similar adventures, so I try to include a lot of relevant details in my videos. In addition to the words said in the video, I also include a lot of details in the video description (the text which appears below the video), such as the names of all the bridges and locks. Most of the time I was also include a link to Strava where you can see a map of exactly where I traveled. At the same time, I would never claim to be any kind of canoeing or bicycling expert, and I feel it's important that everyone does a sufficient amount of their own research before traveling somewhere themselves.
Great video very informative and it's nice to see some tripping done in my area. I will be interested to see how you like going on the marine railway at upper big chute!
Thanks! I'm really glad I had the opportunity to visit the area. I found it really beautiful, and quite unique from the rest of the TSW.
Are you related to Trevor Hoyle? He was my boat mechanic for 12 years. I would love to connect with him as he is the best! Awesome video CJ
I'm afraid I don't know anyone by that name. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Awesome video CJ! I really enjoyed it. Adding this to my wish list now. I would love to try this in my kayak though. We have a canoe but I wonder if I could pack the tent and food in 2 kayaks. Are we able to camp at all the locks? I remember in high school staying at a lock for our outdoors club canoe trip. It was the year the big Barrie tornado went through. Can’t wait for part 2 and more of your adventures.
I'm sure it would work equally well in a kayak. Considering it can be done in 2 days, there should be less to pack than on a longer trip. Camping is allowed at most lockstations on the Trent-Severn Waterway, but not all of them (details on their website).
Hello, CJHoyle. Your video is so inspiring me to do the same thing. I would like to do some basic paddling for it. I plan to kayak from Black river Wildness Park to WASHAGO green river. Is this route accessible and is it friendly for beginners? Thank you. I also want to know where I can found the paddle routes information in ontario.
Thanks, that's awesome! The Trent-Severn Waterway route is the only place I've ever paddled in the Washago area. When I want to research potential paddling routes, I typically just search for information on Google. There are also several Facebook groups with knowledgeable paddlers who are happy to share their experiences and answer questions.
@@cjhoyle Thank you. I will try to do some easier paddle routes first. I'll keep watching your future videos.
Great videos! What GPS do you use? Thank you!
It's a Garmin eTrex 30...had it more than 10 years.
@@cjhoyle would I be able to use that in Algonquin park? Could I imput portages? Thanks for replying!
@@sleestac69 Yes, it will work in Algonquin Park. With the Garmin Basecamp software it can import GPX or KMZ files with lines and points.