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the lock box was
jammed with
troop crests,
some from as
close as Mitchell,
and the logbook
full of entries
from the last 20
years or more.
"You'd have to
do some training
to make the trip -
it's some pretty
steady canoeing
for four hours.
And, you'd have
to know what
you're doing and
where you're
going," he says.
While the
group were in
the middle of the
wilderness of
Algonquin Park,
Denham says they Scout leaders Rob Milcho, of Stratford and Wayne Denham, of Seaforth
saw more wildlife Lord Baden Powell logbook on a tree in Algonquin Park.
on the side of the road coming into
the park than during .the camping
trip.
"Other than a couple of loons we
didn't see anything. But, we did see
a moose on the side of the road
when we were driving in," he says.
For Denham, the trip also had sig-
nificance since he's taking a break
from being a scout leader in a
month after leading cubs for seven
years and scouts for three.
"Another month and I'm done. We
need more leaders in scouting in
Seaforth," he says.
Any interested leaders can call
Denham at 519-527-2001.
Susan Hundertniark
In the year of the 100th anniver-
sary of scouting, Seaforth scout
leader Wayne Denham was one of a
handful of Huron and Perth County
leaders to be the first to sign a log-
book in the middle of' Algonquin
Park on Lord Baden Powell Lake.
"I'd never been to Algonquin Park
before but when I heard of this trip,
I was interested," says Denham.
A scout leader in Stratford who'd
previously made the trip with his
troop planned the trip and leaders
from NIitchell, Kirkton, Stratford,
Seaforth and Goderich decided to .go
along.
The trek on Victoria Day weekend
to Baden Powell Lake involved a
four-hour canoe trip to a wilderness
campsite on Little Doe Lake and
then a further four-hour canoe trip
to Baden Powell cairn.
The local group were the first of
several that weekend to make it to
the cairn - which is actually two
weatherproof boxes attached to a
tree - and sign the logbook in 2007.
"I don't know if it's prestigious to
be the first to sign it during the
100th anniversary. We were just
going for the adventure," says
Denham.
He adds that they beat another
scout troop from Toronto to the
cairn by 10 minutes and another
two groups who were hiking and
canoeing to the cairn.
"It's a fairly popular place for
scouts to go even though it's in the
middle of nowhere," says Denham,
adding that other than the one
leader from
Stratford, none of
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the others on the
trek had been to.
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in 1969, and the
logbook and lock
box have been
there ever since,
according to a
webpage on the
Internet.
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