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Monday
20Nov
Caribou Hunting
November 20, 2006 at 03:45PM As you might have guessed, I didn’t manage to shoot any caribou on my recent adventure. If I had, I certainly wouldn’t have wasted any time in letting the world know.
In our defence, however, we ended up with only 1 1/2 days—and short days at that—to hunt. The rest was either spent in transit or getting our vehicles started after an evening of -45°C. During the time that we did have, we were able to get close to some caribou on two separate occasions, but on one we felt it was too dark (although it would have been legal for us to take a shot at the time), and on another a snow plow frightened a group of 25 or 30 away just before they were in our sights. Ah well, maybe next time.
I did, however, get lots of good photographs that I will slowly be posting to A. Stark Photo. Furthermore, I discovered the beauty of drinking hot butter rum in a nice warm wall tent. And to top it all off, I can now say that I was a player in the world’s longest game of Harry Potter Uno.
Tuesday
13Jun
A Perfect Weekend
June 13, 2006 at 04:39PM While my school work has most certainly suffered because of it, my weekend trip to Atlin, BC was well worth it. Atlin is a few hours drive from Whitehorse along a scenic gravel road, and lies on Atlin Lake, the largest Lake in British Columbia. My pal Lucas brought his boat, and the weather was perfect (30 degress and calm). It is, in fact, relatively rare to experience such a calm day on a lake as large as Atlin Lake, so we really hit the jackpot. Even the sunset was perfect.
The town of Atlin is a unique place. The people are friendly, and a large portion of the vehicles I passed on the way there waved “hello.” There are lots of float planes and boats for the charter fishing industry, and massive trophy trout have been caught in Atlin Lake. It is definitely on my short list of places I might like to live someday. Oh yes, and the view is splendid.
We tried our hand at fishing Atlin Lake, but a lake so large and deep can be difficult for the unexperienced. Furthermore, we were happy to just explore the lake a little, so our effort was really half-hearted. Plus, to say that we were out of our league would be an understatement. I lost count of the number of times we tangled our lines and had to replace them. But fish we did.
Well, some of us. Others were preoccupied with more important things.
On the way back to Whitehorse, we stopped at Tarfu and did some fishing and exploring there. More about that tomorrow. More photos from Atlin in this gallery.
Technorati Tags: fishing, Atlin, adventures, the north
Update: Hartland has informed me that, while Atlin Lake is B.C.’s largest natural lake, Whilliston Lake is actually the largest. He adds: “My favorite fact: Theresa Island, found on the southern portion of Atlin lake, is the world’s largest inland island.” Thanks for the info.
Update June 19: Michael has now informed me that, while Teresa Island is the second tallest lake island, Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the largest. He gives two good links, here and here. Now I’ll be the first to admit that there is probably a difference between a lake island and an inland island, the latter lying on a lake not having any access to an ocean, but I’d venture to guess that some of the other islands listed in the links above must be considered inland islands. I’m not, however, entirely sure. If anyone has more information, please post it in the comments. And yes, Michael, now that you mention it, geography is pretty cool.
The town of Atlin is a unique place. The people are friendly, and a large portion of the vehicles I passed on the way there waved “hello.” There are lots of float planes and boats for the charter fishing industry, and massive trophy trout have been caught in Atlin Lake. It is definitely on my short list of places I might like to live someday. Oh yes, and the view is splendid.
We tried our hand at fishing Atlin Lake, but a lake so large and deep can be difficult for the unexperienced. Furthermore, we were happy to just explore the lake a little, so our effort was really half-hearted. Plus, to say that we were out of our league would be an understatement. I lost count of the number of times we tangled our lines and had to replace them. But fish we did.
Well, some of us. Others were preoccupied with more important things.
On the way back to Whitehorse, we stopped at Tarfu and did some fishing and exploring there. More about that tomorrow. More photos from Atlin in this gallery.
Technorati Tags: fishing, Atlin, adventures, the north
Update: Hartland has informed me that, while Atlin Lake is B.C.’s largest natural lake, Whilliston Lake is actually the largest. He adds: “My favorite fact: Theresa Island, found on the southern portion of Atlin lake, is the world’s largest inland island.” Thanks for the info.
Update June 19: Michael has now informed me that, while Teresa Island is the second tallest lake island, Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the largest. He gives two good links, here and here. Now I’ll be the first to admit that there is probably a difference between a lake island and an inland island, the latter lying on a lake not having any access to an ocean, but I’d venture to guess that some of the other islands listed in the links above must be considered inland islands. I’m not, however, entirely sure. If anyone has more information, please post it in the comments. And yes, Michael, now that you mention it, geography is pretty cool.