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Yes, they plainly have their reasons. BTW, campsites and portages have signs as well. So the reserve is not entirely barren. But it still struck me as odd.

Afterword There had been word of a possible Air Canada strike when we entered the reserve. Our first action after exiting and getting a signal on our devices was to check the news. And sure enough, the strike had started. Nothing was flying. My first thought on hearing that was, “Darn! We...

Day 7 We wake to clear skies and a mild breeze. It is 6am. I crawl out of the tent and start the cooker. Soon the water is boiling, and my wife and I sit and watch the lake, steaming mugs of coffee in hand. It’s a habit I will miss. The usual end-of-trip melancholy comes over me and I wonder why...

Day 6 The last of the morning mist is almost burned off when I finally emerge from the tent at quarter past seven. Blue skies and sunshine. The water is placid. It looks like a perfect day for paddling. The wife and I drink our coffee and enjoy the serenity of Lac Nizard. When the kids...

Day 5 I wake up at the usual time--between 6 and 7--but not very well rested. My side of the tent was on a bit of a slope and I kept tilting towards the middle. It’s not the sort of thing that would bother anyone else in the family, but middle-age has made me a finicky sleeper, which is the...

Le Domaine is just the park headquarters at La Verendrye. Managed by a firm called Sepaq. You can rent boats and barrels there, but nothing else. Otherwise this was all self-organized. Yes, Air Canada has a nice policy for sporting equipment. I will give them that.

Yeah, that’s what I miss the most about the other side of the Atlantic. The wide open spaces. We did get up to Sweden, which is nice. But such big trips are just too costly to fit them in regularly. We do get a lot of vacation here in Germany though, so we have that advantage. I also enjoy...

Day 4 I wake at 3am to the pitter-patter of rain on the tent. I dash out to check that no clothes or anything else has been forgotten the previous evening when we hurriedly retired, chased into the tents by a cloud of mosquitoes, but it turns out everything has been properly stowed away. But we...

Day 3 My wife and I are up by seven. We quietly sip our coffee and watch the peaceful lake, enjoying the mild temperature that we know won’t last long. The kids appear one by one, and by eight we are all eating our usual oatmeal breakfast. Our version of oatmeal is not cooked, but rather is...

Day 2 Wake up at 6 or so and am out of the tent by 7. Up through the trees, surrounding our campsite, I can see clear blue skies. The mild, almost warm early morning temperatures hold the promise of a hot day. Our last forecast before setting out predicted very hot temperatures for our first...

Day 1 Our begins early just outside of Montreal. We are on the road before 7am and drive nearly 4 hours to reach Le Domaine. After first visiting the store, we check in at the office, pick up some maps, and are told by the friendly young lady at the desk that we were the first group she has...

Most of the online information we found specific to circuit 33 is fairly old, so I thought we would post our experiences here, in the hope they’ll be helpful to others. This trip took place in mid-August 2025. This was a family trip with my wife and our three kids, now all young adults...

We‘ve done bits and pieces of it, but not a lot given how close we are. Have been toying with the idea of starting in Marburg and finally doing the whole thing to the end. Probably a year when the kids aren’t available since that might not qualify as “adventure” in their eyes. The Lahn gets...

Hi @kahel We are in the Giessen area.

Thanks everyone.