© Dirk de Boer 2002-2006
Femund (Norway)On this page you will find an impression of our canoe trip in July 1998 on and around Lake Femund in Norway. We started at the Femund canoe camp. From there we made several daytrips. One of them was on Gutulisjöen, which you can admire in the first part of the photo session.In this neighborhood one can camp between reindeer and paddle along the beaver lodges. Due to the instable weather we made only one trip of four days, this trip was on Lake Isteren. Temperature by day was in between 4 and 26 degrees Celsius. Most campsites have a nice covered fireplaces where you can warm yourself. Reason why one should canoe the lakes of Norway is because of the beautiful light and the enormous space. The girls were on this trip three and five years old. Home page / Map / Further reading / Close photo album
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| The
first day tour was on Lake Gutulisjöen, a lake of about 5
km across, at the end of an sand road. By the time we embarked our canoes, dark clouds were showing up. |
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| At first we explored the influx of the lake. A little bit upstream, by foot, we found lots of traces left by beavers living in these surroundings. |
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| Of course we couldn't avoid of getting a bit wet, but I'm sure you have already got that impression from the previous picture. |
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| At the
other side of the lake was "Gutulia", a small
museum farm. Here you can have a drink and eat crispy
waffles with jam and whipped cream. The sun was coming through again. From here we made a small walk to some of the 150-200 year old trees of the reservate. |
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| Preparing our dinner on the cooking-range at the Femund canoe camp |
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| Isteren. The start of our four day trip on the northern part of the lake. We left our cars near Åsli, via the Sømåa delta we paddled to the lake. |
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| The lake has some fine sandy beaches. In the back of the camp lies a hill, from where you can have a nice view over Lake Isteren in the west and Lake Femund in the east. |
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| And of course worth to mentioning: "the sun". Shining so powerful that even the butter melted. |
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| Sunset in front of our tent. |
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| Preparing breakfast at our Isteren canoe camp. |