For more than 20 years, until about a decade ago, August meant a canoe trip in northern Ontario for reporter Bob Bruton ...

“It’s ridiculous,” Mr. Turnbull says of the portage ban, his canoe out of the water and back on his lawn. “Canoeing is iconic in Canada. It’s how the country was opened up.” ...

LeBlanc says they started out with a 150-metre portage to get the canoes to McKay Brook, then paddled a couple of kilometres to the entry point of the portage trail. The paddling is followed by a ...