Canoeing along the Long-Sault islands in Ontario

The Long-Sault islands are accessible by a parkway that crosses every islands sitting on the St-Lawrence river in a string-like fasion. It takes around 1 hr 15 min by car to get there from Montreal in the south-west direction. The parkway goes from Long-Sault to Ingelside on the north shore of the St-Lawrence river and crosses a dozen islands. The islands are part of some sort of a park (there is an entry fee) and allow all kinds of water sports including fishing and allow camping. Canoe landing is possible all over the islands. Long-Sault stands for Long Rapids but dont look for them they are gone. I think they got flooded when the St-Lawrence seaway was built in 1950s when the dam located in Cornwall was built. Some villages were also flooded and sacrificed for the seaway and that dramatic event is still palpable in this area (theatre events remembering the events, routes that goes directly into the St-Lawrence river, local people talking still about it etc). The islands are great for carp fishing  and are internationally known by the carp fishing community. It is possible to see schools of big carps hanging in shallow water in bays around the islands. Beware of islands sitting outside the Long-Sault string, they may be part of USA and if you decide to canoe around them you will be illegally crossing the US border (thats exactly what I did ounce). Contrary to Quebec, the section of the St-Lawrence river that crosses Ontario is divided in two with the US. Here are some pictures.

Above: One of several spots to land canoe on the Long-Sault islands.

Above: canadian geese are common on the Long-Sault islands.

Above: it is possible to rest on several different spots on the Long-Sault islands.

Above: no, these are not apple trees but hawthorns. Given there sizes they must be very old.

Above: typical Long-Sault island shallow water bay. If you canoe in these bay and you ear feet walking in the water but you dont see any human being: its a carp. If you ear some sucking noise but dont see anyone: its a carp sucking on water plants roots.

Above: wild lilies can be observed in shallow water of shady bays. These were observed from Croil island wich sits across the most western located of Long-Sault islands. These lilies could have put us into trouble since Croil island is on the US side of the St-Lawrence river. Croil island smells very good in june and nothing stop its scents to cross illegally into the Canadian side.