From a snowy spring opening to a mild fall moose hunt, the 2025 season is finished, and what a time it was!
Lochalsh Local History: Prospecting Adventures With Dave Racicot
On these hot summer days, we’re as far as we can be from trekking through late November snow, sleeping out in the dark woods of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve in a rainstorm, and feeling the shocking chill of plunging through ice— but that seems to have been just another day out around the bush for prospector and Camp Lochalsh owner Dave Racicot.
We just uncovered the August 1954 issue of Outdoor Life, which includes the article “Survival” by Roy E. Howard. Read the full story on our blog and follow along with a bold prospecting adventure across Wabatongushi Lake, its smaller neighbouring lakes, and the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Winter at Wabatongushi Round Two #2
Happy New Year!
I’m back up north and back to skiing, snowmobiling, fox-spotting, and more!
Winter at Wabatongushi – Round Two!
After another strange “not-quite-a-season” season, I’m once again getting ready for winter at Lochalsh.
Winter at Wabatongushi #7
A Blog Series by Elorah
Maybe I should have renamed this blog…it’s only been winter every other day of the week throughout this odd April! Really, that sums up most of the winter here at Lochalsh, which I wanted to share some reflections on as spring arrives.