Canada’s Lake Temagami is a canoeist’s paradise

The five-day canoe trip in Canada’s Temagami wilderness includes several portages. — Photos: ANDREAS DROUVE/dpa

Tiny waves are lapping against the rocks. A breath of wind rustles through the bushes and the branches of birch and pine trees. Otherwise it is quiet and everything far away – appointments, phones, the crises of this world.

The peaceful atmosphere could scarcely be more beautiful on this nameless tiny island in the wilderness of Lake Temagami in southeastern Canada. The pervasive feeling on this final night of our five-day canoe excursion is one of happiness, that all the effort, the sweat and pain in the arms and shoulders was worth it.