Black Lake Route | ||
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General Info | Difficulty Ratings | |
| Distance: 21 km Duration : 2 days Loop Trip : yes | River Travel : not applicable Lake Travel : novice Portaging : Moderate Remoteness : novice | |
Portage Info | Maps Required | |
| No. of Portages : 11 Total Length: 6737 m Average Length: 613 m Longest Portage : 1463 m | Other Maps Frost Centre Adventure Map by Chrismar Mapping Services | |
Handicapped Accessibility | GPX Data for this Route | |
 Suitability : unknown | no gpx data found | |
Route Description | ||
| Hwy 35 north on Minden, Shoe Lake access road (municipal parking) West through Shoe Lake P 1097 m to Blue Chalk Lake Southwest through Blue Chalk Lake P 46 m to Red Chalk Lake Southwest through Red Chalk Lake P 457 m to Carcass Lake South through Carcass Lake P 823 m to Upper Pairo Lake P 137 m to Lower Pairo Lake P 1463 m to Black Lake East through Black Lake P 914 m L around falls / rapids P 337 m R around falls P 228 m L around falls to Wren Lake East through Wren Lake and Little Wren Lake P 46 m around dam to Raven Lake North then northwest through Raven Lake to Five Mile Bay P 1189 m to retrieve vehicle at Shoe Lake | ||
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Submitted by: Cameron Campbell | ||
Can be done in a day if you are fit and a good paddler/portager. | ||
Submitted by: Marc | ||
Did this trip in the opposite direction (counter clockwise). It travels through scenic and more remote parts of the Haliburton Higlands. The portage trails from Raven Lake to Black lake are well maintained, and easily identifiable. We were using Kevin Callan's description in Cottage Country Canoe Routes. It mentions following a trail on the North Shore of Black Lake. Kevin's portage trail does not exist. There is an ATV trail here that leads to a clearing. We took an ATV trail that turns right in the clearing and goes uphill. In hindsight, we believe we should have paddled down the Black River to the clearing, the taken a left at the junction in the clearing followed by a right at the next junction and followed the road to Pairo Lakes. (This road is not on the topo so check out google earth.) So, after an hour and a half of wandering on ATV trails we returned to our canoe, dejected and retraced our steps to Raven Lake. | ||
Submitted by: Ryan Mino | ||
Attempted the Black Lake Loop on the July 1st long weekend. More portaging than canoeing. Very POORLY marked trails. Had to turn around after Pairo lake and retrace steps as the portage to Black Lake could not be located. Camping on Raven Lake was beautiful. | ||
