Central Region
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1. Beaver River system: Beaver River, Cold River and Waterhen River.
2. Montreal River system to Lac La Ronge: Kingsmere Lake, Montreal Lake and Montreal River.
3. Saskatchewan River system downstream from the E B Campbell station.
4. Sturgeon-weir River system downstream from the north end of Amisk Lake, including the Goose River.
Explicit exclusions:
1. The Saskatchewan River system upstream from Campbell station; these entries are posted in the Southern folder.
2. The Sturgeon-weir system upstream from Amisk Lake; these entries are posted in the Sturgeon-weir folder.
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Amisk Lake. Missi Island loop. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 41.
Route description: Denare Beach, East Channel, North Channel, West Channel, Missi Bay, Denare Beach.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe41
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe41locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe41areamap
Amisk Lake. Missi Island loop. Guide.
Source: Canoeing the Precambrian Edge; Wilderness, Adventure and Legend. Greenstone Community Futures Development Corporation, Flin Flon (1998).
Compiler/s, Author/s: Peter Gregg and Saskatchewan Environment Resource Management.
Title at source: 7. Amisk Lake Circle Canoe Route.
Route description: Denare Beach, East Channel, North Channel, West Channel, Missi Bay, Denare Beach.
Cold River. Cold Lake to Pierce Lake.. Guide, Skeleton.
The information in this entry is excerpted with permission from Mark Lund’s
Mark’s Guide for Alberta Paddlers, 2007 edition.
Further information is available at the Alberta Skeletons thread
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 09&t=31720
Distance (maximum) and duration: 15 km. Half day to 1 day.
River comment: Whitewater river for intermediate paddlers.
General comment: Great little whitewater run.
Cold River. Pierce Lake to Lac des îles. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 23.
Route description: Howe Bay of Pierce Lake, Cold River, Lepine Lake, Lac des îles, Waterhen River; take out at the bridge or continue down the Waterhen (SK Canoe Route 24).
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe23
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe23locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe23areamap
Kingsmere Lake and area. Information.
Prince Albert National Park.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/sk/prince ... index.aspx
Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Alb ... ional_Park
Ed note: Kingsmere Lake flows into Lac La Ronge (and so into the Churchill River) via the Waskesiu River, Montreal Lake and Montreal River.
Kingsmere Lake and area. Online, Journal.
Source: Warren and Peter Long library.
Author: Warren Long.
Ed note: Overview plus reports, some under construction.
Route description: Park at end of Waskesiu Lake; tramway, Kingsmere River, Kingsmere Lake, Clare Lake, Lily Lake, Bagwa Lake, Kingsmere Lake, hike to Grey Owl’s cabin on Ajawaan Lake; return.
http://www.longsworld.net/CanoeTrips/Bagwa/
Kingsmere Lake and area. Online, Journal.
Source: Warren and Peter Long library.
Author: Peter Long.
Route description: Past Waskesiu Lake to Kingsmere River and tramway, Kingsmere Lake, Clare Lake, Lily Lake, Bagwa Lake, Kingsmere Lake, Bladebone campsite, hike to Grey Owl’s cabin on Ajawaan Lake, Sandy Beach campsite, Kingsmere River, tramway and home.
Title at source: Bagwa, Kingsmere and Grey Owl.
http://www.longsworld.net/CanoeTrips/1989Kingsmere/
Kingsmere Lake and area. Online, Journal.
Source: Warren and Peter Long library.
Author: Peter Long.
Route description (day trip): Past Waskesiu Lake to Kingsmere River and tramway, Kingsmere Lake; return.
http://www.longsworld.net/CanoeTrips/Kingsmere2003/
Kingsmere Lake and area. Online, Journal, Maps, Photos.
Sources: Bryan Sarauer library and Canadian Canoe Routes, Saskatchewan Forum.
Author: pawistik.
Route description (for the family trip): Waskesiu (pay), drive to Kingsmere River put-in, paddle upstream, Kingsmere Lake, Southend campsite; one day trip to Grey Owl’s cabin; another on the Bagwa route (Pease Point, Bagwa Lake, Lily Lake, Clare Lake); return.
Ed note: The source reports on two trips, with the following titles
Kingsmere Lake, Prince Albert National Park. September 2001 and
Family paddling on Kingsmere.
Ed note: Two hiking trip reports at the same source provide maps and photos:
Solo Hike to Grey Owl's Cabin. Early November, 2002.
Prince Albert National Park, Fish Lake, May, 2001
Source:
http://pawistik.blogspot.com/search/label/Trips
Discussion at CCR (Title: Family Paddling - Kingsmere in PANP):
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 12&t=33782
Kingsmere Lake and area. Notes.
Source: Thomas, Alister. More of Canada’s Best Canoe Routes. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2003).
Author: John Geary.
Route description: Usual route (see other Kingsmere entries) to Ajawaan Lake; visit cabin and graves; Bagwa Lake, Lily Lake, Clare Lake, Kingsmere Lake, Kingsmere River, exit.
Title at source: Prince Albert National Park: Paddling With the Spirit of Grey Owl.
Makwa River. Online, Journal.
Ed notes: Spring river; Beaver River tributary.
Author: Mark Lafontaine.
Route description: Bridge over Makwa River (west of Meadow Lake, north of Rapid View), about 5 km, marked landing (well above the Beaver confluence).
http://www.wildpaddler.ca/p/spring-creek-info.html
Montreal River. Montreal Lake to Hwy 165 bridge. Guide.
Source: Archer, Laurel. Northern Saskatchewan Canoe Trips: A Guide to Fifteen Wilderness Rivers. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2003).
Montreal River. Hwy 2 to Hwy 165. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: Neis Family library.
Author: Margot Neis.
Story:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/mo ... story.html
Photos:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/mo ... treal.html
Area map:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/threeframe.html
Montreal River. Hwy 2 to Hwy 165. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: Bryan Sarauer library.
Author: pawistik.
Ed note: day trip.
Title at source: Montreal River in August.
Report:
http://pawistik.blogspot.com/2009/08/mo ... ugust.html
Follow-up, with Photos:
http://pawistik.blogspot.com/2009/11/mo ... ow-up.html
Montreal River. Online, Notes.
Ed note: This entry is not so informative but it may be of use to some paddler.
http://www.princealberttourism.com/inde ... &Itemid=86
Saskatchewan River. Information.
Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_River
Cumberland House Provincial Historic Park.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/CumberlandHouse
Saskatchewan River. Borden Bridge to Grand Rapids MB. Online, Journal, Photos.
Ed note: Posted also in Southern region.
Author: Robert N Pruden.
Route description: Undocumented trip on the North Saskatchewan from North Battleford to Borden Bridge. Borden Bridge, Sturgeon River confluence, Prince Albert, Garden River confluence, junction with the South Saskatchewan River, Nipawin, Tobin Lake,Campbell Dam, Squaw Rapids, Cumberland Lake, Cumberland House, The Pas, Cedar Lake, Easterville, Grand Rapids.
http://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/t ... challenge/
Saskatchewan River. Campbell station to Cumberland House. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 25.
Route description: Gerbrandt Recreational Site, New Channel, Angling River, Bigstone River, Cumberland House.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe25
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe25locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe25areamap
Saskatchewan River. Cumberland House to The Pas MB. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 15.
Route description: Several starting points in and near Cumberland House, MB boundary, bridge in The Pas.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe15
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe15locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe15areamap
Sturgeon-weir River. Amisk Lake to Cumberland House. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 44.
Route description: Amisk Lake (from Denare Beach or South Weir Campground, both off Hwy 167), Sturgeon-weir River features, Cumberland House.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe44
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe44locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe44areamap
Sturgeon-weir River. Amisk Lake to Cumberland House. Guide.
Source: Canoeing the Precambrian Edge; Wilderness, Adventure and Legend. Greenstone Community Futures Development Corporation, Flin Flon (1998).
Compiler/s, Author/s: Peter Gregg and Saskatchewan Environment Resource Management.
Title at source: 9. Amisk Lake – Sturgeon-weir River – Namew Lake – Cumberland House.
Route description: Amisk Lake (access from Denare Beach on Hwy 167), Sturgeon-weir River features, Cumberland House.
Sturgeon-weir River. Frog Portage to Cumberland House. Guide.
Ed note: Entry is cross-listed in the Sturgeon-weir folder.
Source: Marchildon, Greg and Sid Robinson. Canoeing the Churchill: A Practical Guide to the Historic Voyageur Highway. Edited by Ralph Nilson. Canadian Plains Research Centre, Regina (2002).
Coverage: ( Methy Portage, Churchill River features,) Frog Portage, Sturgeon-weir River features, Cumberland House.
Sturgeon-weir River. Frog Portage to Cumberland House. Journal.
Ed notes:
1. Entry is cross-listed in the Sturgeon-weir folder.
2. Entry is part of a Route from Île-à-la-Crosse to Cumberland House.
Source: University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Library, Sigurd F Olson web site.
Author: Denis Coolican.
Route description (place names from both Coolican and Toporama): Île-à-la-Crosse, Churchill River features, Trade Lake, Frog Lake, Frog Portage, Sturgeon-weir River features, Cumberland House, two-mile truck ride, Pemmican Portage, Saskatchewan River by motorboat, The Pas.
Ed note: 1955 trip with Sigurd F Oslon, Omond Solandt, Elliot Rodger, Antonius Lovink and Eric Morse.
Ed note: See also Sigurd Olson's The Lonely Land.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/JMC//Olson/voya ... _diary.htm
Sturgeon-weir River. Maligne Lake to Sturgeon Landing. Online, Journal, Photos.
Ed note: Entry is cross-listed in the Sturgeon-weir folder.
Source: Neis Family library.
Author: Margot Neis.
Route description: Maligne Lake (Hwy 106), Sturgeon-weir River features, Sturgeon Landing.
Story:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/st ... story.html
Photos:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/st ... sturg.html
Area map:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/threeframe.html
Sturgeon-weir River. Maligne Lake to Sturgeon Landing. Guide.
Ed note: Entry is cross-listed in the Sturgeon-weir folder.
Source: Archer, Laurel. Northern Saskatchewan Canoe Trips: A Guide to Fifteen Wilderness Rivers. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2003).
Torch River. Online, Journal, Photos.
Ed note: The Torch flows into the Saskatchewan River below Tobin Lake (E B Campbell station).
Source: Bryan Sarauer library.
Author: pawistik.
Route description (2006): From 10 km above Love bridge to White Fox bridge.
Title at source: Torch River.
Map:
http://mapper.acme.com:80/?ll=53.65522, ... Area%20(NE)
Report:
http://pawistik.blogspot.com/search/label/Trips
Route description (2007): From Love bridge to White Fox bridge.
Title at source: Gone Paddling.
Report:
http://pawistik.blogspot.com/search/label/Trips
Route description (2008): Route not given.
Title at source: Torch River 2008.
Report, with photos:
http://pawistik.blogspot.com:80/2008/05 ... -2008.html
Torch River. Online, Journal.
Ed notes: Spring river; Saskatchewan River tributary, below E B Campell station.
Torch River Provincial Forest?
Author: Mark Lafontaine.
Route description: Recreational area north of Love to bridge 5 km north of White Fox, above confluence with White Fox River.
http://www.wildpaddler.ca/p/spring-creek-info.html
Waterhen River. Information.
Meadow Lake Provincial Park.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/MeadowLake
Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_Lak ... ncial_Park
Waterhen River. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 24.
Route description:
Access/egress points: Pierce Lake (SK Canoe Route 23, on Cold River), bridge north of Goodsoil, points northeast of Golden Ridge, bridge north of Dorintosh, west side of Waterhen Lake, bridge at Hwy 155, ascend Beaver River to Green Lake.
Ed note: The guide does not mention descending the Beaver River to Beauval, etc.
Alternate access: Third Mustus Lake, Second Mustus Lake, First Mustus Lake, Rusty Creek, Rusty Lake, Rusty Creek, enter the Waterhen River west of the Dorintosh bridge.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe24
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe24locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe24areamap
Waterhen River. Online, Journal.
Source: Neis Family library.
Author: Margot Neis.
Route description: Bridge north of Goodsoil, Mistohay Creek confluence, Rusty Creek confluence, Dorintosh bridge, Waterhen Lake, Waterhen River, Hwy 155.
Story:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/wa ... story.html
Photos:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/wa ... water.html
Area map:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/threeframe.html
Waterhen River. Online, Notes, Photos.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Saskatchewan Forum.
Author: kingfisher.
Route description: Bridge north of Goodsoil to bridge north of Dorintosh.
Title at source: Waterhen River - Where the Prairie Meets the Pines.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 12&t=34078
Waterhen River. Online, Journal.
Ed notes: Spring river? Beaver River tributary.
Author: Mark Lafontaine.
Route description: Bridge north of Goodsoil (below Lac des Îles) to snowmobile trail (8 km below put-in) or to bridge north of Dorintosh (48 km below put-in).
http://www.wildpaddler.ca/p/spring-creek-info.html
White Fox River. Online, Journal.
Ed notes: Spring river; Torch River tributary.
Ed note: Eagle Creek Regional Park is useful for paddlers?
Author: Mark Lafontaine.
Route descriptions:
Reach 1 (19 km): Bridge south of Garrick to bridge south of Love.
Reach 2 (14 km): Love bridge to White Fox bridge (1 km west of White Fox).
http://www.wildpaddler.ca/p/spring-creek-info.html