Enjoying the View

Inland Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo taken by Tomas Jirku

Clear Skies on Inland Lake

Inland Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Tomas Jirku.

Paddling Tandem

Paddling tandem in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Tomas Jirku.

A Canoeing Break

Enjoying the sun on Inland lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Tomas Jirku.

On the Powell Forest Canoe Route

A large stump on the Powell Forest Canoe Route. Photo by Dave Sinclair.

A dock on the Powell Forest Canoe Route

Becky Fishburn taking a breather on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Stan Fishburn.

Lois Lake in Powell River British Columbia

Lois Lake in Powell River British Columbia. Photo by Kurt Klischuk

Dancing Stumps in Lois Lake.

A collection of stumps in Lois Lake, Powell River, British Columbia

Lois Lake shoreline

Lois Lake was dammed in 1942 . This dam supplies water through a large penstock to a 37.4 MW generating station at Stillwater. Photo by Kurt Klischuk.

Lois Lake stumps

Unique stumps on Lois Lake in Powell River British Columbia. Photo by Kurt Klischuk

Khartoum Lake in Powell River

Khartoum Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Kurt Klischuk

The sun over Lois Lake in Powell River

The sun shining over Lois Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Kurt Klischuk

Learning to make fire without matches

My youngest, Drew, learning how to make fire without matches from his Grandpa at the Lower Powell Campsite

Fire without matches

Drew successfully makes fire without matches

Zunga fun at the Lower Powell Campsite

My oldest, Jayce, enjoying a twilight zunga over Powell Lake in Powell River British Columbia.

Powell to Inland Portage

My sons at the end of a cedar boardwalk on the Powell to Inland portage trail

Nanton Lake

Canoeing over a beaver dam in Nanton Lake in Powell River British Columbia

Sailing catamaran canoes

My father put this canoe catamaran together. We sailed down Powell Lake on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia

Cedar Stump Outhouse

The cedar stump outhouse at Windsor Lake on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River British Columbia

Learning how to clean a trout

My younger brother learning how to clean a fish at Little Beaver Lake

Portaging along the Powell Forest Canoe Route

Taking their backpacks through the portage first, then returning for the canoes.

Breaking before a portage

Breaking before a portage on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Olivier Maurel.

A canoe at rest

Canoe packed for a multi-day adventure on the Powell Forest Canoe Route. Photo by Olivier Maurel.

Glass water and snow-capped mountains

Serene shot of a calm lake with majestic BC mountains.

Misty Morning Lake

Mist over the lake on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Olivier Maurel.

The Powell Forest Canoe Route

The Powell Forest Canoe Route. Photo by Olivier Maurel.

Nanton Lake Portage

An ultralight canoe at the Nanton Lake portage. Photo by Stan Fishburn.

Sunset over Dodd Lake

Sunset over Dodd lake. Photo by Stan Fishburn

View across Nanton Lake

A glass-water shot across Nanton Lake in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Stan Fishburn

Lois Lake

Magical and eerie Lois Lake on the Powell Forest canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia.

Canoeing together

Ireland Lake on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia.

A colorful Powell River sunset

A colorful Powell River sunset.

Canoeing in a marsh

Canoeing in a marsh in Powell River, british Columbia.

Lois Lake

Another glass-water morning on Lois Lake on the Powell Forest Canoe Route in powell River, british Columbia.

Driftwood

Driftwood on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph leBlanc

Campsite and campfires

Relaxing around the campfire on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.

Paddling a Glasslight Canoe

Paddling a glasslight canoe on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.

Canoes at Rest

Done with their Kevlar canoes for the day on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.

Mid-stroke in a Glasslight Canoe

Paddling a Glasslight Canoe on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc

Packing a canoe with gear

Packing a canoe with gear on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.

Paddling through a Narrows

Paddling through a Narrows on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.

Paddling

Paddling on The Powell Forest Canoe Route in Powell River, British Columbia. Photo by Joseph LeBlanc.

Portaging and Ultralight

Portaging an Ultralight canoe on the Powell Forest canoe Route. Photo by Chanel Harrison.

Beach Camping

Beach Camping on the Powell Forest Canoe Route. Photo by Chanel Harrison

A group of Paddlers

A group that went through the Powell Forest Canoe Route July 2016. Photo by Chanel Harrison.