Trapper cabin in Muskoka forest
Now that winter seems to finally be here in Muskoka we have enjoyed some picture perfect days. Early this week we experienced some extremely cold temperatures but now the deep freeze seems to have passed, allowing me to get out and comfortably enjoy wandering through local cottage country forests via snowshoe. The joy of winter here is that you can explore areas that are not easily accessible unless frozen.
Yesterday I got out snowshoeing near Hardy Lake Provincial Park, across the highway actually in an area I refer to as South Hardy. I hadn’t been in there in a couple of years and it didn’t disappoint me. Nobody had been in there yet this winter and I’m happy to say then whenever I have explored those forests and lakes I have always been the only one in there, with the exception of friends and guests who accompany me of course.
The temperature was perfect yesterday, the sun was out, and I soon came across one of my favourite spots, an old trapper cabin, not far off the highway, on a gentle rise of land in a forest between two small bodies of water. When I first discovered it 6 or 7 years ago you could still open the door and peak inside. Now the door won’t open. It appears that some firewood has fallen behind the door. Nevertheless it is a photographic treasure as you can see.