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Big Trout Lake tour

Big Trout Lake tour near Huntsville, ON

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This trail was given a rating of 4 out of 5 stars

100 kms
7days
moderate
Canoeing
Fall, Summer
Huntsville, ON

Anonymous

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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.

By Posted By: hawke_gh - Mon Sep 27 13:25:08 EDT 2004 Upside With 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! Downside Photos would make this route "shine" better and increase the rating I gave it! Comment Thanks Lorne for providing the PDF link. This is VERY useful if you want to get an idea of the vast size of Algonquin Park

By Posted By: northwalker - Sun Sep 26 07:01:20 EDT 2004 Not Rated Upside There are over 2000km of canoe routes in Algonquin Provincial Park. Comment The 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.

For more information, Contact:

Algonquin Provincial Park
P.O. Box 219
Whitney, Ontario
KOJ 2MO
(705)633-5572
info@algonquinpark.on.ca

Lorne (Ontario Editor)

By Posted By: hawke_gh - Thu Sep 09 14:06:33 EDT 2004 Not Rated Upside Algonquin Park is a popular place to canoe. Nice to see a route here. Downside No pictures... No topo map reference. 21 days to go 100kms??? Comment It 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.

dave@trailpeak.com (Canoe Editor, BC)