Pukaskwa National Park is located near Marathon, Ontario Canada. A 5 hour drive north-west from Sault Ste. Marie, near the Pic Mobert First Nation.
Pukaskwa has a lot to offer the adventurous, thrill-seeking traveller, as well as the beach goers. It has beautiful hiking trails that are short and easy, medium trails, and even an 18 km (11 mile) round-trip hike to a suspension bridge over a river. There are two sand beaches to choose from. A recently renovated and modernized campground offers an affordable and fun place to stay.
What brings me back to Pukaskwa, time and time again, is the kayaking. Within paddling distance are several coves, each with its own unique spectacles to offer. I love spending hours on the water exploring the shoreline and adjacent coves.
You could paddle morning, noon and evening to the same coves and each time the views would be dramatically different. The morning sun and the evening sun highlight different sides of the cove.
I must have passed by the above granite shore a dozen times in the last two years. But it wasn’t until sunset on August 13, 2020 that I saw the light playing with the calm water, the exposed granite, and the multi-coloured, mutli-layer moss.
I love this photo so much in fact that it is my current desktop background on my laptop!
For the techie in you.. This was shot with a Sony RX10IV camera at 24 mm @ f/16, handheld from my kayak. It was shot handheld, and processed in Adobe LightRoom.
Pukaskwa… I will be back!