There is only one achievement so remarkable that even the most sophisticated machine cannot pretend to have accomplished it, and that achievement is conscious experience. The greatest achievement of the human brain is its ability to imagine objects and episodes that do not exist in the realm of the real, and it is this ability that allows us to think about the future. The human being is the only “animal” that thinks about the future. We think about the future in a way that no other animal can, does, or ever has, and this simple, ubiquitous, ordinary act is the defining feature of our humanity. A new location in Canada. I garnered information about Wabakimi at Canoecopoia in Madison, Wisconsin in March 2010. I met with”uncle” Phil Cotton (the Wabakimi Project) and conversed with him in April to get information on a possible route. It gets easier to prepare for each solo. This is year three. Gear, food, clothing and shelter remain constant. There were a lot more logistics to organize for this trip… much more dependency on outside parties. Wabakimi project maps (to supplement the topos), Canadian Railroad arrangements to store the canoe and gear in a boxcar, permits and fishing license….. but it all came together. Mike Kinziger
LAKES, RIVERS AND STREAMS VISITED ON THE JOURNEY
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1
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Rocky river
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23
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Lower Wabakimi
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45
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Slim lake
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67
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Redmond Lake
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2
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Redhead lake
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24
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Wabakimi lake
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46
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Palisade River
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68
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No Name Lake
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3
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No Name Lake
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25
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McWade Creek
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47
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Webster Creek
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69
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Velos Lake
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4
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Nemo river
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26
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River Bay
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48
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Redman Lake
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70
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Little Savant River
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5
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Solution lake
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27
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Ogoki River
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49
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Hastie Lake
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71
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No Name Lake
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6
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Osprey Lake
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28
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Kenoji lake
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50
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No Name Lake
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72
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No Name Lake
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7
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Smoke Lake
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29
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Palisade River
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51
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Webster Lake
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73
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No Name Lake
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8
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No Name Lake
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30
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No Name Lake
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52
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Upper Webster
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74
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Compass Lake
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9
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No Name Lake
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31
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Little Scrag Lake
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53
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Early lake
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75
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Little Savant River
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10
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Beaver lake
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32
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No Name Lake
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54
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Late Lake
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76
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No Name Lake
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11
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Eagle lake
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33
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Scrag Lake
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55
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Wet Lake
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77
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North Arm Savant
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12
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No Name Lake
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34
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Grayson river
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56
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Coles Creek
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78
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Savant River
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13
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Daggar Lake
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35
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No Name Lake
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57
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No Name Lake
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79
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Neverfreeze Bay
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14
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Change Lake
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36
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Arril Lake
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58
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Coles Lake
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80
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Little Savant Lake
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15
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Change River
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37
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Dawn Creek
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59
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August creek
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81
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Elwood Lake
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16
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No Name Lake
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38
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No Name Lake
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60
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Musehkow river
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82
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Brenner Lake
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17
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Jeep lake
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39
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Dawn Lake
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61
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Rockcliff Creek
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83
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Seldom Lake
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18
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No Name Lake
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40
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Finton Creek
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62
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Rockcliff Lake
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84
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Neverfreeze lake
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19
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Brennan Lake
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41
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No Name Lake
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63
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Davies Lake
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85
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Shallow lake
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20
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Granite Lake
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42
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Finton Lake
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64
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Davies Creek
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86
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Solitude Lake
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21
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Alan Water River
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43
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Slim River
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65
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Redmond Creek
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87
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Fitchie Lake
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22
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McWade Lake
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44
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No Name Lake
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66
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No Name Lake
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