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MOUNTAINLIFEBLUEMOUNTAINS
SPRING2016
ABOVE
My sea-kayakingbuddy Craig
Zimmerman always sets a blisteringpace.These
weremy hands after arrivingonMichipicoten
Island’s south shore on a late summer speed
trip.We’d ripped140 kilometres of Lake Superior
coastline in three days.
Through leafy newgrowth,we caught glimpses of thewell-worn footpathof the ancient portage around
Kagami Falls on theAlbany River.Two years after a bigburn, the trail was a labyrinthof charred trees,
obscuredby fast-growing alder and fireweed.Our pants, packs and canoeswere blackenedby ashwhen
the portagewas finally complete.
Twoyearsafter abigburn,
the trailwasa labyrinthof
charred trees, obscured
by fast-growingalder and
fireweed.
