Winter on The Islands

Winter on The Islands

We walked across the ice to get here, there is an old tradition of Islanders skating on the lagoons when they freeze over. As a general rule if you see people skating your probably fine walking across the ice. But be cautious.

Hubble warms up by the fire. 

A fire is a nice touch when it's freezing, I'm always careful to keep it small and under control. 

Enroute, we are walking a regular canoe route of ours

Walkin, This area is close to Algonquin Island and sees a lot of skating traffic

Flash freeze! Super cool!  It's hard to capture how cool it is to stand on this giant sheet of ice in a photo

Donut Island

This is my favourite place in Toronto, part of its charm is the distance it provides from Urban life.  During the summer you can only access this island via boat (unless you're a dedicated swimmer) and during the winter time the whole west side of the Island gets more deserted the further west you go. 

The grassy area and beach are awesome spots to chill out, some people come by in kayaks and boats ocasionally anchor here overnight. Very cool spot.

This is the landing spot by the grassy area. Turtles chill on the far side.

Hubble loves shallow water.

Donut Ducks

Here I am with Hubble at the Marina, Donut is just across long pond.

Secret Blog

I've decided to start this secret blog about my trips to the Toronto island with my dog Hubble on our Canoe Boaty McBoatface. I've found spending time on the island to be healing and wanted to document my adventure.  If I share this with you please don't share it with anyone else before asking me. I appreciate it.

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Swimming!

Sleeping! 

Scoping

Sniffing

Here's Hubble enjoying the ride over.

Google image of islands / X marks the spot where Boaty McBoatface lives