Page 12 — SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN Drawing by J. L. Biesecker =} 3 § i 4 by J. L. Biesecker As the rain came pelting down, we crowded aboard the old yellow bus, and headed 700 miles north to adventure in the Canadian wilderness. There were 28 of us participating in the Wilderness Canoe trip of the Donegal Presbytery Sum- mer Camping Program. Our destination was the Base Camp of Adventure Unlim- ited (AU), located at Lac Landron in the central part of the Province of Quebec. Six of the 28 were from the Donegal Presbyterian Church. These were Ellen Graham, Bonnie Bates, campers, and Rev. Robert Murphy, Ann Condrack, Campers drink Nov . 3% Nancy Biesecker and John Biesecker, camp counselors for the trip. The remainder of the group came from other Lancaster and York County Presbyterian Churches. Several hours of sightsee- ing in the beautiful city of Ottawa and a night of camping along the log filled Gatineau River were enjoy- ed and should have been welcome respites from the. trip, but our anxiety to get into the wilderness made them only tolerable. Songs and innumerable bags of candy helped wile away the hours as we jostled along on the bus. Finally we left the smatl black-top road and bounced 35 miles back into the bush on a dirt logging oN FREEZER SALE trail. Suddenly the waiting was over and we were there, Lac Landron. As 22 eager adolescent campers and 6 frazzeled adults poured out of the bus, we were met by Ridge, a veritable giant of a dog, and by Mr. Homer Hicks, owner of AU. In the next ten days we were to find out that Homer was even more of a giant than his dog. We soon met Kris Lind, our guide. He, in turn, introduced us to our canoes and out GI Tropical Ham- mocks that were used in place of tents. We soon found that the hammocks were obviously designed by a devious mind. The little roof kept off the rain and the was— 269.95 ® 8 cu.ft. Chest i f hs 7 rr” @®20/cu.f was—399.95 now—3$329.95 cu.ft. Chest was—379.95 now—3$279.95 ®10 cu.ft. Chest was—299, 95 _JOW—$259.95 ®15 now—$239.95 ® 16 cu.ft. Upright was—344.95 ,. . 40-42 W. MARKET ST., MARIETTA now—$299.95 SPANGLER APPLIANCE-SOUND OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS J 7 TEL.426-3122 - / not netting kept out the hords of bugs, but these treacherous hammocks had the unique ability to spit a soundly sleeping body unceremoni- ously out on the ground at 3a.m. However, we came to love them as a cowboy loves a cantankerous, almost un- ridable mustang. After a day of training in canoe handling and a swim test, we set off into the myriad of lakes and rivers that fill the Canadian Bush. Two to a canoe, with all of our food and gear, we paddled 2S miles per day. Up the Ottawa River across beautiful lakes stopping to portage around some rapids and shooting others. Nights were spent camping on the sandy beaches where the lakes met the birch and white cedar forests that endlessly covered the land- scape. Trail-food dinners were supplemented by succulent Walleyed and Northern Pike that we caught each after- noon. Most astounding a- bout these lakes and rivers is the fact that they are safe to drink anywhere. Just dip in your cup and drink, deeply, safely, with wonder. Many ducks were seen, ducks such as Canvas Back, Black ducks, Buffleheads, Merganser and others. Many more tracks were sighted on beaches, but only EXTENDED TROUT SEASON Trout fishermen are being reminded by the Pennsyl- vania Fish Commission that this year, for the first time, they can look forward to an extended season on all approved trout waters start- ing September 2 and run- ning to midnight, October 31. In recent years, fishing trout was legal during this period in some, but not all, of the lakes and streams stocked by the Commission. The Fish Commission spokesmen emphasize that the extended season applies only to those waters approv- ed for stocking, as listed in the summary booklet issued with each fishing license starting on page 26. It does apply to tributary streams or headwaters, in- cluding streams which con- tain native trout populations | but which are not stocked. DID YOU HEAR Robert Glattacker, 126 W. High St., Maytown, was twenty-four years old, Mon- 2 Ade, Clie wilderness waters ‘deeply, safely, and with wonder’ one moose was actually seen. (A moose is not one of God’s more graceful crea- tures.) A large Lynx visited Base Camp one night while we were on the trail. Bird life was abundant. An Osprey spent part of one morning watching us move through his territory and each evening a chorus of birds heralded the approach of dusk. The Red-Eyed Vireo dominated this eve- ning concert with their beautiful song. All of this may sound idealistic, and it was, but it is in danger. Canada is making the same mistakes that the United States made. Big business and people are thoughtlessly squeezing dollars from the wilderness and, in the process, de- stroying its fragile beauty. Roads are being cut into the bush and along with roads come powerboats, cars, civilization and pollu- tion. Indiscriminate moose seasons in which bull, cow and calf are fair game decimate the number and quality of the moose herd. Greedy overfishing has ser- iously hurt fishing in many areas. Homer Hicks has devoted each summer since 1947 to August 6, 1975 making available the oppor- tunity to experience the wilderness. He has main- tained the Wilderness Base Camp of Adventure Unli- mited, enabling countless groups of young people to experience the opportunity to be alone together in the wilderness. We found his work to be a labor of love, not a money-making ven- ture. This man, who loves and respects the wilderness, uses it, but dosen’t exploit it. Instead, Homer shares it with others, hoping that his wilderness will survive, but seeing it attacked each year. As 1 paddled my ‘canoe each day, watching the wilderness slide by, many thoughts ‘and questions crowded in. Was my native Susquehanna Valley once actually this wild, open and unpolluted? Will Canada learn from our mistakes, or is it too late for all of this? Rising at dawn one morning I heard the distant cry of a wolf. In the plaintive cry that met the beauty of the rising sun, I heard the sigh that foretold the sad truth. All of this will eventually be lost and Homer's wilderness will live only in the memories of those he carefully shared it with. 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