Mississagi River - Biscotasing to Aubrey Falls

General Information
Distance : 177 km
Duration : 7 days
Loop Trip  : no

Portage Information
No. of Portages : 27
Total Portage Distance : 7340 m
Average Portage Length : 272 m
Longest Portage : 1000m

Ratings
River Travel : advanced
Lake Travel : advanced
Portaging : moderate
Remoteness : intermediate

Maps
Federal Topo Maps (1:50,000) :
Provincial Series (1:100,000) : Bark Lake 41 J/NE, Wakomata Lake 41 J/NW, Biscotasing 41 O/SE
Other Maps :

Route Description
Access to put-in at Biscotasing
By CPR Rail or by road (Hwy 144 north of Sudbury then Sultan-Ramsey Public Access Road)
South through Biscotasi Lake
P 70 m L around dam to Boyuk Bay
South through Boyuk Bay
West through Southern Bay
Northwest through Ramsey Lake
West on Spanish River
P 500 m L around rapids
Liftover at rapids just before Spanish Lake
South through Spanish Lake
P 150 m L around dam
South through Bardney Lake
P 430 m to Sulfur Lake (crosses height of land between watersheds)
Across Sulfur Lake
P 200 m to River
P 1000 m to small pothole
P 90 m to small pothole
P 90 m to Mississagi Lake
South through Mississagi Lake
South through Upper Green Lake
P 90 m L around rapids to Kashbogama Lake
p 300 m to Shangush Lake
P 30 m L around rapids into Mississagi River
South through Limit Lake *THIS IS WHERE MHO GUIDED FAMILY TRIP BEGINS.
P 60 m L around rapids
P 60 m R around rapids
P 20 m around rapids
South through Upper Bark lake
P 500 m to small lake
P 100 m into Bark Lake
Road access to Bark Lake - alternate start / finish point)
Northwest on Mississagi River
P 160 m L around rapids
West on Mississagi River including:

•P 70 m L around rapid •P 160 m L around rapid •P 60 m around Split Rock Rapids •P 680 m around Hellgate Rapids •P 180 m R around rapids •P 100 m L around rapids •P 510 m L around two sets of rapids



Northwest on Mississagi River
West then southwest through Rocky Island Lake
P 720 m L around dam
North to Aubrey Falls
P 1000 m between 2 dams before log boom
Finish at Aubrey Falls
Access to take-out via. Hwy 129 north of Thessalon


Other Resources
For more information see "Mississagi Provincial Waterway Park" brochure from MNR Chapleau office or "Canoeing Ontario's River" by Ron Reid and Janet Grand

Kevin Callan, "Missisagi River", Kanawa, Summer 1998
Kevin Callan, "Further Up the Creek"

 

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