Backcountry 2011 - Island Lake Canoe Route
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Uploaded by stajanleafs on Nov 2, 2011
720P Is best quality. 1080P has blur to it. Completed a trip into Island Lake Forest and Barrens Provincial Conservation Reserve on the Canada day long weekend. This Conservation Reserve is 45 minutes north of Parry Sound and access is via Wahwashkesh Lake. Ontario Headed up farm creek and camped on Wolf Lake for the first night, then continued into Dutton Lake and back to Island Lake for our final night. the route to Island Lake is fairly straight forward with easy portages, however when exploring the other lakes, portages can be rough to non-existent. Take caution when locating the portages between the small lake north of Wolf towards Dutton and the longer portage from the small lake East of Dutton into Island Lake. (the latter is riddled with multiple blazed snowmobile and ATV trails, and there are about 5 portages blazed through here. The most straight forward is flagged and spray-painted orange. NOTE: Take the landing on the South-East side of the small lake and NOT the snowmobile opening as it is longer and easier to get lost. (Found out the hard way).
Novice-Intermediate to Island Lake
Intermediate-Advanced for access to the other lakes
Makes a great 2-3 day trip or a relaxing week exploring all the islands and surrounding lakes.
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beautiful images of a beautiful region, thank you for this ride...
3 months ago 5
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Great video! My friend and I own the log cabin(with the new dock) on the large island halfway up the west side of Island Lake. The little lake between Dutton(Cross) and Island Lakes is Myrtle Lake. There is an alternate portage that doesn't require walking over the metal bridge.
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Another really nice video...this time of my absolute favourite lake system. My wife and I, and friends, have camped there many times. If you ever go return, make your way to the northern shore of Island lake and continue paddling up Farm creek north all the way to the Loon Lakes. Portages aren't too bad, there's lots to explore, some old logging equipment left behind and float planes seldom appear. I've a detailed trip log with photos on my blog of a 10-day trip we took to Island and Loon.
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Great vid! Love the camera work.
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Oh..just one more thing. You mentioned one could "easily go to Noganosh" from Island Lake. It's true that there's only one two portages: Island to Kelsie, then Kelsie to John Lake (which leads to Noganosh without having to portage), but the first is over a kilometre and the one from Kelsie into John lake is brutal: hilly, completely overgrown, hard to find and long. We blazed it once to make it easier to follow. Definitely not "easy".
Love your vids.
-Martin
PineMartyn 2 months ago
@PineMartyn Yes, I should have said "it is possible". I've heard stories about those portages, so I'm sure it would involve quite the amount of work to get through there. Though I plan on a few exploratory trips next summer to re-open some routes. Armed with ax, saw and flagging tape I've got a loop trip idea about following the Still River out of Noganosh then back into Noganosh via the Magnetewan and those portages.
stajanleafs 2 months ago
@PineMartyn Also, a new route in QEWII and I plan on exploring the Grants/Mackey creek system north of Algonquin. Mackey creek has been seldom touched in the last 30 years since it was a canoe route from what I've heard.
Also, I'm thinking on the spot usually for these takes, often I look at the map and remark how possible it would be to get somewhere and then mention it if I've shown portages and campsites on the maps I've made up.
There's more videos coming! Thanks for watching!
-Brad
stajanleafs 2 months ago
Where do you get your maps for these trips?
ShutUpAndFishCanada 3 months ago
@ShutUpAndFishCanada I tend to make them myself from data online, guidebooks and others trip reports. I overlay known campsites and portages on topo maps to print off. Do this in the winter when I can plan whats up for next season. If you want a copy of some route maps just message me.
stajanleafs 3 months ago