Paddle the Trent-Severn Waterway: Presqu’ile Provincial Park

Drone view of a kayak and canoe paddling through clear, shallow water

Most paddlers can attest that, as soon as you push off and feel your weight buoyed by the boat, you leave behind the weight of your worries on the land. Like the weight of a canoe after a long portage trail, my day-to-day concerns remain mostly onshore and I leave them ever-further behind with each paddle stroke.