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	Wilderness:

	These trails are in a wilderness area that, though it does have human traffic, also serves as home for wildlife, such as bears and cougar. Every precaution needs to be taken, not to leave one's party vulnerable, and not to teach, especially bears, to identify humans as a source of food. Hang your food properly every night.

	Raising the Bar

Trailhead at the road, and over the log at 0 mins.	Moving past (on the left) the log onto the trail at 0.5 mins.	First right over a wet drainage area at 1.6 mins.
Trail passed the wet area at 2 mins.	Trail along the lake at 4.1 mins.	View to up Powell Lake at 5.6 mins.
The harbour across the way at 6.5 mins.	The harbour, Kinsmen Park, and Scout Mt. and the bluffs we descended on that hike at 6.8 mins.	Down to the lakeside during low water levels of 2001 at 7.1 mins.
The harbour, Kinsmen Park, and Scout Mt. at 7.7 mins.	Up Powell Lake at 9.3 mins.	The trail at 9.6 mins.
Powell Lake at 9.9 mins.	Arbutus against the Lake at 10.9 mins.	Looking back at the junction which is easy to miss (turn around if you arrive at a road without taking this left turn away from the lake) at 12.3 mins.
At the junction looking down at the trail to the lake at 12.7 mins.	Deadfall on the trail up to the logging road at 13 mins.	The bright sun from the logging road darkens one's view of the trail at 13.7 mins.
The last bit up to the logging road as a hiker steps ahead off trail on to logging road at 14.1 mins.	On the logging road. The black shirt points to where we have come from at 15.2 mins.	On the logging road with the red hiker points to where the trail moves up off the logging road at 15.6 mins.
The trail exit from the logging road that easily gets overgrown at the entrance with berry brambles at 16.7 mins.	The rocks climbing up at 17.5 mins.	More rocks, more switchbacks at 17.8 mins.
More steep climbing up over rocky switchbacks at 19.1 mins.	The cool, quiet on the side of Valentine Mountain at 21.3 mins.	Cool in the ferns at 22.3 mins.
Junction to the trail that emerges close to the top of Valentine at 23.6 mins.	Quiet, cool, and morning sun rays at 24.8 mins.	Full steam ahead to make it back in time for the school bus at 26 mins.
The junction to Block Bay (an active log lift area, left) and to onward to Mowat Bay (right) at 27.1 mins.	Marching onward 29.2 mins.	Junction to trail around Valentine (right) or Mowat (left) at 31.5 mins.
0nward at 32 mins.	Pause at 32.9 mins.	Another junction to trail around Valentine (right) or Mowat (left) at 33.3 mins.
Junction to Mowat (down to left) or straight on up into residential area of Mowat Bay at 34.7 mins.	The Y, taking the lower road at 35.1 mins.	Descending down to Mowat at 36.1 mins.
Racing downward with gravity at 37.7 mins.	First glimpse of the parking lot at 38.7 mins.	Emerging at the parking lot on the lake at 39 mins.
Series of views from the trail's end at 39.3 mins.	Series of views from the trail's end at 39.5 mins.	Series of views from the trail's end at 39.8 mins.
Series of views from the trail's end at 40.1 mins.	Series of views from the trail's end at 40.3 mins.	Boat launch ramp at 40.8 mins.
Newer concrete seats at 41.4 mins.	Gym at the beach at 43.2 mins.	Canadian geese at 43.4 mins.
The trail continues just beyond the right volley ball net post at 44.7 mins.	Back up Powell Lake at 45.4 mins.	Washroom and Powell Lake at 46 mins.

This trail, on the Powell Lake side of Valentine Mountain, a municipal park at the summit of Valentine, offers tremendous views up the lake, swimming opportunities, and a short section of stiff climbing. One section, as the trail turns up away from the lake is difficult to spot. If you reach a log sort area, you have gone too far. Turn around and watch for the trail to turn up from the Lake and climb up to the logging road. On the logging road the trail turns back toward the bridge about 200 yards (See photo of boys pointing to trail emerging up-close and leaving far off) before it climbs steeply up the backside of Valentine Mountain. The trail offers a few junctions, the first right takes one to the road to the summit of Valentine. Go straight. A left turns to Block Bay, the log sort. Not a safe place to hike, go straight. Then two rights not far from each other offer a hike around Valentine Mountain to the cemetery in Cranberry or down into Mowat Bay, but further up the valley away from Powell Lake. Do not take these rights. Finally the trail turns down steeply to the left toward Mowat Bay. Another trail continues straight ahead. Do not take it. It meets the other trails up the valley. The trail continues from Mowat Bay, down by the water past the swimming area and playground. Venture past the volley ball net posts and a trail will show it self, just in the woods off the shoreline.

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