Smoke - Big Porcupine - Harness - Tanamakoon - Smoke | ||
| Route description submitted By: Morgan Buschlen | ||
General Info | Difficulty Ratings | |
| Distance: 60 km Duration : 4 days Loop Trip : yes | River Travel : novice Lake Travel : novice Portaging : Moderate Remoteness : novice | |
Portage Info | Maps Required | |
| No. of Portages : 17 Total Length: 5735 m Average Length: 337 m Longest Portage : 1035 m | Other Maps Algonquin Canoe Routes Map | |
Handicapped Accessibility | GPX Data for this Route | |
 Suitability : good | no gpx data found | |
Route Description | ||
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Day 1 Start at Access Point 6, on Smoke Lake. 240m portage from Smoke Lake to Ragged Lake 540m portage from Ragged Lake to Big Porcupine Lake We paddled around the 395m portage in Big Porcupine Lake. (easy day, at the 240 stay to the right the left trail is harder – as per other routes posted) Day 2 200m portage from Big Porcupine Lake to Bonnechere Lake 175m portage from Bonnechere Lake to Phipps Lake 60m portage from Phipps Lake to Kirkwood Lake 715m portage from Kirkwood Lake to Pardee Lake 145m portage from Pardee Lake to Harness Lake (The 715m was hard and muddy in the begging of July) Day 3 1035m portage from Harness Lake to Head Lake 250m portage from Head Lake to Head Creek 150m and 125m on Head Creek Head Creek to Madawaska River 190m and 360m on Madawaska River Madawaska River to Cache Lake Cache Lake to Tanamakoon Lake (Full day of travel, exhausting) Head Creek is down current Madawaska River is up current (slowed us from an average of 5km/h to 2.5-3 km/h) Day 4 120m portage from Tanamakoon Lake to Sheriff Pond 320m portage from Sheriff Pond to Little Island Lake 225m portage from Little Island Lake to Kootchie Lake 835m portage from Kootchie Lake to Smoke Lake End at Access Point 6, on Smoke Lake (Half day of travel) | ||
General Comments | ||
| This was our first Canoe trip but I have lots of backbacking/Camping/Canoing experence.
We did all Portages twice due to a heavy canoe (not meant for portaging) | ||
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