Canoe trip day 2

About 4 1/2km. south of last night's camp is the Indian Chute's Generating Station, the dam here holds back water of the Montreal River and its watershed. It's an old power station and unmanned. The portage around the dam is very steep, walking the packs very carefully down the well worn path. With the canoe we grabbed the ropes at each end and just slid it down the hill, had to be over 60 degree slope. Once down on the river the sun did it's work on us, the sides are high and there wasn't even a breeze.

A lot of paddling with all the meanders of the river made it a hard paddle unil we got to Elk Lake. When we arrived at Elk Lake the first stop was for cold pop and ice cream, then paddled over to the Makobe River into the tent and trailer park. Set up the tent cooked dinner, went back to the store for more pop and ice cream. After paddling over 28 km. in the heat it was time to head for the tent, and watch another great sundown.