Day 12: Caribou Lake - Little Caribou Lake - Armstrong

14 km, 2 portages, 0 line

Route:

Caribou Lake

P51 – west of the river opening

Little Caribou Lake

P52 – over large hill

Takeout east finger/bay @ Caribou Lake Road

           

 Our last day was a slow moving morning.  Rained all night, had to pack the gear soaking wet – but hey, it was the last night so it really didn’t matter…

Paddled across Caribou Lake to the portage, ~500m away, just west of the opening.  Very pretty lake, lots of campsites.

Only one more portage towards the end (we think – might have been one other well marked one earlier….after 300km of paddling, things started to blur) one kilometre from Caribou Lake Road.

There is a nice take out/put in out of the east finger/bay at the south end of Little Caribou Lake.  A dirt road comes down to the water here off of Caribou Lake Road.

We carried our gear up the road, stashed it in the bush and walked the 6km into town to retrieve our vehicle (took about an hour).

Drove back out to retrieve our gear, had a quick shower in town, grabbed some lunch and made it to Thunder Bay in time for dinner and drinks later that night with friends!!!

Food for the trip:

Day	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
1	Oatmeal and dried fruit, coffee & bailies (doesn’t go bad!)	Bagels with cream cheese and salami	Chicken and veggi stir-fry with rice
2	Bacon, eggs, coffee	Bagels with cream cheese and salami	Grilled cheese with bacon (we ate an entire pound of bacon today)
3	Oatmeal, fruit, coffee	Bagels with cream cheese	Burrito pepperoni pizza with real cheese!
4	Oatmeal, fruit, coffee	Bagels with cream cheese	Burrito pepperoni pizza with real cheese!
5	Oatmeal, fruit, coffee	Salami on burrito	Falafel with salsa on flat bread
6	Oatmeal, fruit, coffee	Salami, burrito and falafel leftovers	Meat chilli with noodles, corn and peas
7	12 eggs (powdered!) and jerky – with coffee	Hummus, crackers and leftover chilli	Soup with rice and veggies
8	Oatmeal, fruit and coffee	Biscuits with PB, hummus and Jerky	TVP tortellini with pasta sauce
9	Oatmeal, fruit and coffee	Biscuits with PB, Jam and leftovers	Beef stroganoff (mountain house meal)
10	Pancakes, fruit and coffee	Leftovers	TVP and pasta dish
11	Oatmeal, fruit and coffee	Biscuits with tomato soup and rice	Kraft Dinner with Tuna, chocolate pudding
12	12 eggs (dehydrated), coffee	Restaurant in Armstrong	Restaurant in Thunder Bay