The call of desolation — 2 years ago
This has been on my list for over 20 years. You need to win a lottery to get a permit to travel there. You need to do the travelling by canoe. What more reason do I need?
Beyond that I know very little about the place. I imagine it to be a primordial bog land populated by an abundant variety of northland species that thrive at the nebulous interface of land and water. Maybe the the vast majority of those species are mosquitoes.
I envision calm paddling over dark waters and grassy banks leading to brush choked portages. Evenings quiet except for the call of loons and campfires cold and smokey, built from rotting, damp cottonwood logs.
Maybe I’ll catch a musky. Which would be much more exciting than a friend of mine who while fishing in Saskatoon, caught a CLAM… on a LURE!!
