Alumette Island

We made it to Stonecliffe and Driftwood provincial park after paddling much of the day. The Ottawa River is a much wider river than the others. We met a father and son canoeing from Montreal since 2003....doing a part each year....hoping to get to the Sault in the next 2 years. They gave us good advice for the 2.5 km portage tomorrow in Des Joachim. It's the longest they said but not the toughest.

Chenal de la Culbute

We left our comfortable abode at the Kelly's in Deep River and have set
up camp on a beach in the Chenal de la Culbute. It's a beautiful spot
surrounded by cottages and historic isolated farms on Quebec's
Allumette Island. We safely negotiated the initial rapids...mainly through
portage and line drifting the canoe. We ran into some help along the way
near Chalk River from Dan and company and had them sign the paddle...
See photo...