2 vii 06 Squilax to Copper Island

Raw entries from my journal

Departing Squilax HI on canoe 10:35

Furthest out & heading back c current 11:25

mink -- merganser c 4 chicks -- kingfisher -- fish jumping -- osprey

2 beaver lodges -- one on far side (west)
Attempt to photograph osprey nest, but speed boater's wake makes it difficult

daytime (red) BAT!

12 noon damn! here comes another [speedboat]

Perilla's sweater

AT SQUILAX waiting for TIM from COPPER ISLAND

Blair [proprietor of Squilax General Store HI] sez:

TRUE NORTH tours are the best tours of Canada
[www.]truenorthtours.com

Jasper is great on the trail
Via Rail on the Canada Pacific line is not that great -- not worth the money.

BUT -- get a 30-day pass and it's actually CHEAPER than the CHURCHILL RUN -- but it INCLUDES that run!

company that rents SUVs equipped for camping: Canadian Adventure Rentals

www.canadian-adventure-rentals.com

[address of a fellow traveller's blog -- withheld for legal considerations]

HI Jasper Box 387 Jasper AB T0E 1E0 Tel 780.852-3215
jihostel@hostellingintl.ca
877.852-0781 toll free
Athabasca Falls Hostel c/o the above
Mt Edith Clavell c/o the above


Salmon Run in fall is quite something to see