Benjamin Islands

North Channel, Ontario, Canada

August 2025

Red Granite meets white Quartzite on the Benjamin Islands in Northern Ontrario, Canada Kayaking past Red Granite and White Quartzite at Benjamin Islands in Northern Ontrario, Canada Clear Waters along Benjamin Islands in Northern Ontrario, Canada in Lake Huron

"We belong, both wild and free, to earth, to time, to sky and sea."

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"From McBean harbor I launched away, to the Benjamin Islands where I would stay."

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"In the wind, the pine trees dance, bound to a rock, their circumstance."

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"Along lake Huron where islands lie, towards the meeting of both sea and sky."

Red granite rocks along the shore of South Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada A sandy beach surrounded by islands on South Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada A stunning vista on North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada

"On a sandy beach, the water gleamed, more beautiful than one could dream."

A colorful cliff wall on North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada A rock formation on North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada Multi-colored rock formations on North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada

"In my kayak, to a timeless place, through the North Channel's vast embrace."

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"Each night, the stars in the milky way, bright and sparkling in full array."

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"Around Fox Island is where I went, passing gnarly trees the wind had bent."

Pine trees reflecting over the water and smooth red rocks in a cove in the Benjamin Islands in Northern Ontrario, Canada White quartzite and a smooth, round granite cliff on the Benjamin Islands in Northern Ontrario, Canada Pine trees reflecting in a puddle on the Benjamin Islands in Northern Ontrario, Canada

"Near old oaks, my tent glowed green, on an old flat rock I could not be seen"

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"For five long days I’d paddle and roam, finding new wonders far from home."

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"Each stroke revealed some secret hue, in rocks the glaciers once carved through."

August 2023

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"We belong, both wild and free, to earth, to time, to sky and sea."

An incredible vista of clear water, pine trees and islands from the Benjamin Islands in Northern Ontrario, Canada A colorful sunset and colorful rocks and vegetation and windswept pine tree on the Benjamin Islands in Northern Ontrario, Canada A sunset, silouhette of pine trees and two cliffs on North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada

"At golden hour with my camera grasped, nearby beaver tails would splash."

White, red and pink metamorphic, igneous rocks on North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada Colorful rocks and a kayak campsite on North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada Smooth cliffs and pine trees on South Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada

"One evening brought a black bear near, I told it to go away without showing fear."

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"By dusk, the lightning lit the sky, a wild thunder that rolled on by."

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"On precambrian cliffs, those trees did cling, on their branches, songbirds sing."

An incredible colorful vista of cliffs, islands and pine trees from North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada A metamorphic red and pink granite rock on the shore of North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada A colorful shore with clear waters on North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada

"The farther I paddled from shore, the more the noise of everyday life seemed to drift away behind me."

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"Here, the rock remembers the glaciers, the trees remember the wind, and the water remembers everything."

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"Among wind-shaped pines and ancient granite, time felt slower and somehow more honest."

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"In a world that moves too fast, the North Channel still runs on its own schedule."

Kayaking passed smooth granite cliffs meeting white quartzite cliffs on South Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada A wind bent white pine tree growing out of white quartzite rocks on South Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada A kayak beached on pink metapmorphic pegmatite rocks on the shore of North Benjamin Island in Northern Ontrario, Canada

"The map showed islands. It couldn't show how it felt to be there."

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