First October snowfall.
Water levels were very low all year largely due to very little snowfall last winter. In May I had to wade the canoe in a creek that I would normally have been able to float down. At the above campsite landing I grounded before the shore. I made a small rock "dock" to enable easier collection of drinking water.
Mid October and the wood stove made for a comfortable camp in cool wet weather.
Stovewood poles stacked to keep dry.
Late October, the first heavy snowfall revealed the travel of the local residents. Above shows a well used snowshoe hare trail.
A single snowshoe hare track.
A red squirrel left tracks as he searched for a meal.
I saw the red fox that made the above tracks. He sat on his haunches about 50 meters away while we stared at each other for a few moments. His tail was a beautiful bushy red with a white tip.
Spruce grouse spend most of their day on the ground as they eat, flying up in a tree at night to roost.
The wolf tracks were close to the fox trail.
There were lots of mouse tracks, probably deer mice, a common prey of the fox.
Recent marten (American pine marten) tracks.