Category Archives: Temagami

Temagami’s Lady Evelyn River From Top to Bottom: Day 2 – From Smoothwater Lake To An “It’ll Do” CS  On Lady Evelyn’s South Branch

Table of Contents: The Day’s Basic Data and Maps Looking for Mishipeshu’s Cave Paddling By The E. Robert Ross painting The Portage Into Apex Lake The Portage Into Whitemud Lake Down The Lady Evelyn-South Branch From Whitemud An Afternoon of … Continue reading

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Temagami’s Lady Evelyn River From Top to Bottom: Day 1 – To The Put-In And Up River To Smoothwater Lake

Table of Contents: Getting To The Put-In Picking Up Our Shuttle Driver At Mowat Landing The Road To the Put-In Day 1- Basic Data – distance, time, portages, weather, etc. The Put-in Off Beauty Lake Road Up The Montreal River’s … Continue reading

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Temagami’s Lady Evelyn River From Top To Bottom: Introduction and a Bit of History

Last revised: May 14, 2024. Table of Contents: Temagami – Early 1900s Rail and Road Connections Mining, Logging, and Indigenous Land Claims Temagami as a Canoe Tripping Destination Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Park The Lady Evelyn River Reid and Grand – Canoeing … Continue reading

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Finding A Good Place To Pitch A Tent

When you’re on the move – hiking, mountaineering, canoeing – circumstances often dictate what small patch of the great outdoors you’ll be calling home for the night. Sometimes the sheer beauty of the spot convinces you to stop moving for the … Continue reading

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Paddling To Temagami’s Maple Mountain

Table of Contents: Temagami Choices – Why Maple Mountain? Access Points For Tupper Lake and Maple Mountain Lake Temagami Access Road  Mowat Landing  Sandy Inlet/Ferguson Bay Day One: Sandy Inlet To Diamond Lake Island CS Portage Trail Confusion – The … Continue reading

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Early Autumn Canoeing In The Heart Of Temagami

last revised on February 15, 2024. Table of Contents Introduction Day 1: Central Access Road Parking Lot to NW Arm of Lake Temagami CS Day 2: Obabika Inlet to Chee-Shon Lake Conjuring Rock or Spirit Rock –  Or Just Plain … Continue reading

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A Return Visit To Temagami’s Diamond Lake Pictograph Site

Table of Contents: Intro and Map Info W. Phillips and David Boyle   1906 F.G. Speck/Aleck Paul 1913 Harold C. Lowrey in Macleans: 1919 Selwyn Dewdney: 1959 Thor Conway: 1974 Justice J. Steele of the OSC: 1984 Checking Out the … Continue reading

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Temagami Canoe Country: Paddling From Ishpatina To Maple Mtn. To Bear Island

Related Post: Paddling To Temagami’s Maple Mountain Note:  This was my first post ever and written in 2009! While I have tried to keep the links up to date over the years, I have so far resisted the temptation to redo the … Continue reading

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