Hike Elk Island

Today was the first day we could spend walking instead of driving and so we did. We spent a lovely day in and around Elk Island and just getting ourselves a little organized. Elk Island is situated with the “Amisk Wuche” cree for “Beaver Hills”. They stand 30 – 60 meters above the surrounding plains. During our hike we could easily see why this area would be called Beaver Hills. I am fascinated by how much work beavers can do and how well they do it! One of the dams we came across we estimated had raised the water level in the beaver pond by about 4 feet.
Kyle had a short showdown with a pair of Canadian geese. Both wanted ownership of the boardwalk, neither wanted to back down but in the end Kyle won and the geese (very loudly complaining I might add) swam away.Read more