We paddled further down the canyon, past the highest point, and the lookout trail above. The Canyon has a curve to it, and from either end the north face marches away like silent soldiers in a never ending file. Of course, paddling the canoe well and getting an ideal photograph are mutually exclusive endeavors, so one must just do a little imagining.
I decided to continue the entire length of the Canyon, and exit at the Squirrel Rapids parking lot, even though that meant having to find a way back to the van at Brigham Lake. Squirrel Rapids is just about a kilometre from the Sand Lake access gate, and I was pretty confident I could leave the boys with the boats for a bit, make the gate, and get a lift back to the van.
With that considered, we continued paddling east, passing a group of girls heading in the opposite direction in three large canoes, and finally exited the canyon, continuing on toward the final portage upstream of Squirrel Rapids.
Looking back to the west, Rudi and AJ in the jaws of the canyon. The walls above are about two hundred feet high.
Looking east, with the camera lens zoomed out all the way to a mid - telephoto, 105mm focal length
This picture was taken within seconds of the photograph above, with the lens zoomed back in to a fairly wide angle, 28mm
Again, this photo is within ten seconds of the previous, after turning the boat around and looking to the west.
East again, the canyon walls simply disappear from view from the river, folding away into hills on either side.
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