Amor Lake-Sayward Canoe Circuit

We finally managed to make it out for an overnighter. It was Kessa's birthday, and we had been hoping to paddle the Sayward Canoe Route for a while. We only had 2 days, so rather than tackling the whole route, we decided to just head out for a paddle on Amor Lake at the north end of the route.

To get to the lake, there was a short-ish portage from a logging road. With all the gear I had to triple-carry to get everything down to the lake. My canoe is not particularly light. Mental note to self, get a canoe cart.

The final load. Nemiah is helping me with the paddles

Amor Lake


Nemiah was funny. She wanted to sit with her back to the front of the canoe, and got endlessly frustrated that the paddling was too difficult. Once she turned herself around she got the paddling thing down pretty good.

Two kids. Sand. Lake. Needless to say we went through several sets of clothes as the kids decided to get soaking wet and coated in sand.

Took a bit to find a nice camp spot. The maps were off, and there wasn't any decent looking spots where there should have been. We eventually found a nice beach campsite on the lake, just as a rain squall came in and soaked us as we tried to set the tent up.

Labrador tea. A favorite of mine on canoe trips.