Who We Are and Our Trips Over the Years

This is a journey of 4 guys that started back when we were kids. Although the group has grown and changed over the years, this is the spot where we are putting the canoeing and camping records in place about our trips.

Our First Trip in 2010 after years of not Tripping together.

Paddles, Portages, and a Lifetime of Stories

Embarking on a canoe adventure in Ontario is more than a recreational pastime—it’s a return to something fundamental. It’s the quiet rhythm of paddles cutting through glassy water at dawn, the burn in your shoulders after a long portage, and the shared laughter around a fire when the lake finally goes still. For us, it’s also a story that began long before routes were planned and gear lists were perfected.

This journey started when we were kids—four friends discovering freedom one lake at a time. Back then, it was about getting away, testing limits, and figuring things out as we went. Over the years, life happened. The group shifted, responsibilities grew, and time became harder to carve out. But the core never changed. Every time we push off from shore, it feels like picking up a conversation that never really ended.

This blog exists to put those stories where they belong—on record. The trips, the routes, the mistakes, the hard lessons, and the moments that made it all worth it. Ontario’s backcountry has a way of stripping things down to what matters, and these trips have become our way of reconnecting: with the land, with each other, and with who we were when this all began.

The crew is simple:

• Matt

• Shayne

• Tyler

• Nathan (Ogre)

  
  

Different personalities, different strengths, one shared pull toward wild water and remote places. Whether it’s battling headwinds on a big lake, grinding through a brutal portage, or sitting silently watching mist lift off the shoreline, each trip adds another chapter.

Looking ahead, this space will grow into a living logbook—routes paddled, lessons learned, and memories earned the hard way. It’s not about chasing perfection or heroic stories. It’s about honesty, continuity, and respecting the places that keep calling us back.

This is where we started. This is what we keep coming back to. And this is where the record begins.

Casey Lake - 2010