Very pleasant canoe route through Algonquin park. Could be made a lot tougher by making a small detour. The one we took is relaxed so you'll have time to swim and enjoy.
In the beginning you'll meet some folks but after a while your alone. From Canoe lake to Joe lake whhere we spent our first night due to late departure, then on to Tom Thompson lake and via a rather long portage to Ink lake to McKintosh lake here you can take the detour if you go passed Misty lake to Big Trout lake (lot of portaging)
We chose to take the swamp to White Trout lake and then Big Trout lake then via Otterslide creek and lake to Burnt Island lake where the water is great then to Joe lake again and back where we started in Canoe lake
Directions:
This route is along the Western edge of Algonquin Park up in the middle of the widest part (E-W). Looks Like you take route 60 into Canoe Lake. There is a canoe centre near there where you could put in at Canoe Lake.
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ByPosted By: hawke_gh
- Mon Sep 27 13:25:08 EDT 2004
UpsideWith the route description and Lorne's link to the PDF file of Algonquin Park you can find how they got there. Big Trout Lake is one of the larger size lakes in this region. Fascinating how many waterways there are in this park!
DownsidePhotos would make this route "shine" better and increase the rating I gave it!
CommentThanks Lorne for providing the PDF link. This is VERY useful if you want to get an idea of the vast size of Algonquin Park
ByPosted By: northwalker
- Sun Sep 26 07:01:20 EDT 2004
Not Rated
UpsideThere are over 2000km of canoe routes in Algonquin Provincial Park.
CommentThe average time to complete this loop is 4-5 days. The portage from Canoe Lake to Joe Lake is 925m. From here there are several different options to make a loop to Big Trout Lake and back. Most of these will involve about 8km of portaging for the round trip with the longest one being the Tom Thomson to Ink Lake portage at 2.3km. There is a map available in PDF format free from Ontario Parks at www.ontarioparks.com/english/algo-canoeing.html A full map is also available from the Friends of Algonquin Park at www.algonquinpark.ca.
ByPosted By: hawke_gh
- Thu Sep 09 14:06:33 EDT 2004
Not Rated
UpsideAlgonquin Park is a popular place to canoe. Nice to see a route here.
DownsideNo pictures... No topo map reference. 21 days to go 100kms???
CommentIt would be helpful if the route distances for the various lakes and portages were mentioned as well as trail conditions for portages and whether canoe carts are possible or not. I would like to see whoever posted this to up-date the trail or send me the info & I will do it.
Posted By: hawke_gh
