The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS http://www.cpaws-ov-vo.org/) supported DRAW (Dumoine River Art for Wilderness) 2019 started on Wednesday July 31st. We were all eco-artists trying to assist with the awareness of the importance of wilderness in modern society. Thursday August 1st was the first day of painting.
The August sun had turned the day really hot. It was time for a midday swim. Mark and I headed down the trail on the west side of the Grand Chute to our favourite swimming holes. The series of rocky ledges mark the Grande Chute at this portion of the Dumoine. The swimming in the first rocky basin is not as nice as the sand beach in the next turn of the Dumoine downstream. The painting among the rocks is fine though. I picked some of the plentiful blue berries as I painted. There were still several heavy steel bars drilled into the Dumoine granite from the days of the lumber mills and log drives.
All of the Dumoine River must flow through this narrow channel. The flow was down to just below the mean for the date. The flow typically peaks in April at about 400 cubic metres per second. This flow was only about 35 cubic metres per second which is still a lot of water. The forest was dark but inviting on the east back of the Dumoine. The area had been thoroughly logged over several times in the past. Nature will regroup and rebuild thought if given the chance. I was bathing in both the water and the forests of the Dumoine.
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