Canoe trip day 5

Heavy fog on waking, you couldn't even see the river. Didn't need to hurry this AM as we will be at Latchford sometime this afternoon. Broke camp just as you could just see the island on the other side of the river. Paddled down one side of the river so that we wouldn't lose our bearings. When the fog lifted the sun came out with a vengence and the humidity too. A couple of times we pulled in to the shady side of the river for a few minutes and a drink of (hot)water.

Finally got to Pork Rapids which are now flooded by the dam in Latchford. This was one of the portages for the steam boats going up the Montreal River to Matchewan.

Just about to Bay Lake there was an old steam powered boat submerged in the river, it looked as if it had caught fire and the captain went to shore. The steel stem was standing up at the front and at the back you could see the propeller shaft and the planking below. I would estimate the ship was about 30 to 35 feet.

Finally we arrived at Bay Lake a long lake about 8 km. fortunately there wasn't a lot of wind on the last part of the trip. Arrived at Latchford after lunch, loaded the canoe on Brian's car and headed for the restaurant for lunch. The last day we covered just over 20Km.