By: musicianonskis

Sep 13 2012

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Category: Paddling, Scenery, Summer

Aperture:f/9.5
Focal Length:78mm
ISO:280
Shutter:1/350 sec
Camera:NIKON D7000

For a change, a bigger lake than Gatineau Park can offer.  Despite a long, hot day of sunny paddling, we managed to see only a portion of it!  There are beautiful rocky islands, rugged shorelines and cliffs.  However as beautiful a gem as this lake is, we found it a bit sterile.  There were loons, seagulls and mergansers, but on our two beach stops  we saw not so much as a squirrel or bird in the trees.   There were no traces whatsoever  of beavers, and no biological swampy bays.  Worst of all, not a single heron!   Canoeists from Ottawa- Gatineau will probably recognize this lake as  Poisson Blanc.

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