For labour day weekend this year we headed to Fork Lake in Algonquin. This is a short paddle up sunday creek accessed right off highway 60 in Algonquin. It turned out that water levels were very low and we ended up having to push ourselves over many logs and through some very muddy sections it was very frustrating trip in. Once we made it to Norway Lake (the lake before Fork) we seen some wildlife that made it all worthwhile. As we paddled across Norway Lake we watched as 2 wolves chased 3 moose a cow and twin calves out of the bush right at us. At first we didn't realize what we were seeing, but once the moose were in the water it became quite obvious that the remaining two animals on shore were wolves! They stood on shore and nipped at the moose a bit, but once they realized that we were there they left as quickly as they came. My camera was well packed as it looked like rain, so I was unable to get a picture of the wolves, but I did get a couple of shots of the very weary moose.
after watching the moose for sometime, we continued on our way to Fork lake. The river to Fork was impassable, and we had to turn back and spent the rest of the weekend on Norway Lake. It was a great weekend there. We heard wolves and 2 Great Horned Owls every night and on our last day the wolves were howling for much of the day very close to our site.
Here are a few other shots from around the lake:
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