Algonquin Backcountry Trip Reports
As much as I love paddling in Algonquin, I also love writing about Algonquin. Since I started this project in 2016 I’ve written a report for every trip I’ve taken. You can find them all below in the sortable table, which is organized by access point and by date. There is also a search bar, and I’ve included the lakes visited on each trip so that you can search by individual lake.
*Just a note. Most of my trip reports reference Jeff’s Maps’ Algonquin Map and, in many cases, actually link to the website. Jeff’s Map has since been reborn as Maps by Jeff so I’ll apologize in advance for the dead links if you try to follow the links in my reports. I highly recommend checking out Maps by Jeff if you like what you see in the reports. His new map takes everything that was great about the original and levels it up.
| Access Point | Trip Report | Lakes Visited |
|---|---|---|
| AP 1: Kawawaymog Lake | North Tea Lake | Kawawayamog, North Tea, Lost Dog |
| AP 2: Tim Lake | Tim River Loop (2018) | Tim River, Tim Lake, Little Butt, Rosebary, Longbow, Queer, Little Misty, Addison’s, Moccasin, Juan, Jubilee, Sawyer, Rain, Casey, Daisy, Hambone, Ralph Bice, Little Trout, Magnetawan, Little Eagle |
| AP 2: Tim Lake | Low Water & High Alders: Falling short on the Nipissing River(2022) | Tim River, Tim Lake, Chibiabos Lake, Indian Pipe Lake, West Koko Lake, Big Bob Lake, Nipissing River, Grass Lake, Loontail Creek, Latour Creek (ugh), Rosebary Lake |
| AP 3: Magnetawan Lake | Magnetawan Lake and More(2016) | Magnetawan, Hambone, Ralph Bice (Butt), Daisy, Acme |
| AP 4: Rain Lake | Islet in the Sun (2019) | Rain, Hot, Islet |
| AP 4: Rain Lake | Rain Lake to Canoe Lake (2021) | Rain, Little McCraney, McCraney, Way, Wee, Weed, Islet, Cranebill, Moccasin, Bandit, Wenonah, Muslim, Misty, Timberwolf, McIntosh, Straight Shore, Rosswood, Brule, Potter Lake, Potter Creek, Canoe. |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Canoe Lake to Tonakela Lake (2016) | Canoe, Gill, Sam, Drummer, Little Drummer, Tonakela |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Sunbeam Circuit(ish) (2016) | Canoe, Joe, Tepee, Fawn, Little Doe, Tom Thomson, Bartlett, FML Pond, Willow Astor Pond, Sunbeam, Vanishing Creek, Bluejay, Baby Joe, Little Joe |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Ahmek District (2016) | Canoe, Gill, Sam, Drummer, Little Drummer, Tonakela, Thunder, Panther, Mossy, Telma, Oak, White Spruce, E.U., Dace, Ramona, Namakootchie |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Canoe Lake to Opeongo Lake - The Home Stretch (2016) | Canoe, Joe, Little Joe, Lost Joe, Baby Joe, Burnt Island, Little Otterslide, Otterslide, Mike’s Lake, Shiner, Happy Isle, Opeongo |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | The Furrow Lake Experiment (2016) | Canoe, Potter Creek, Maybe Pond, Rainbow, Loft, Groundhog, Potter, Brule, Furrow |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | The Brent Crawl - Canoe Lake to Cedar Lake (2017) | Canoe, Joe, Tepee, Fawn, Little Doe, Bluejay, Vanishing Creek, Sunbeam, Canada Jay, Hawkins, Grassy Bay, White Trout, Big Trout, Longer, Red Pine Bay, Burntroot, Perley, Petawawa River, Sunfish, Catfish, Narrowbag, Cedar |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Swan Lake (2018) | Canoe, Bonita, Tea, Coot, Swan, Smoke |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Up Potter’s Creek (2018) | Canoe, Potter Creek, Potter, Pathfinder, Long Pond, Tom Thomson, Little Doe, Fawn, Tepee, Joe |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | A Night On Tom Thomson (2019) | Canoe, Joe, Tepee, Fawn, Little Doe, Tom Thomson |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | The Quest For Susan Lake (2019) | Canoe, Sam, Gill, Drummer, Little Drummer, Tonakela, Thunder, Lupus, Red, Susan, South Snowbird, Rainbow, Potter’s Creek |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Day Trippin’: Westward, Wisp & More (2020) | Canoe, Sam, Gill, Drummer, Little Drummer, Tea, Oxtongue River, Westward, Smoke, Claude, Wisp, Ragged |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Burnt Island Lake (2020) | Canoe, Joe, Little Joe, Lost Joe, Baby Joe, Burnt Island |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Burnt Island Redux (2020) | Canoe, Joe, Little Joe, Lost Joe, Baby Joe, Burnt Island |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Big Trout Loop (2020) | Canoe, Joe, Tepee, Fawn, Little Doe, Tom Thomson, Ink, McIntosh, Grassy Bay, White Trout, Big Trout, Otterslide Creek, Otterslide, Little Otterslide, Burnt Island, Birdie, Alder, Iris, Linda, Polly Canisbay |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | Tom Thomson Lake (2021) | Canoe, Joe, Tepee, Fawn, Little Doe, Tom Thomson, Bartlett |
| AP 5: Canoe Lake | A Night on Tepee Lake (2022) | Canoe, Joe, Tepee, |
| AP 6: Smoke Lake | Canoe Lake to Canisbay Lake (2016) | Canoe, Smoke, Ouse, Source, Bruce, Raven, Owl, Linda, Polly, Canisbay |
| AP 6: Smoke Lake | Smoke Lake to Lake Louisa (2016) | Smoke, Ragged, Big Porcupine, Little Coon, Whatnot, McGarvey, Lemon, North Grace, Louisa, Rock, Whitefish, Pog, Two Rivers |
| AP 6: Smoke Lake | Canoe Lake, Cache Lake and Everything in Between (2016) | Smoke, Kootchie, Little Island, Sheriff Pond, Tanamakoon, Cache |
| AP 6: Smoke Lake | Parkside Bay (2021) | Smoke, Ragged, Parkside Bay |
| AP 6: Smoke Lake | A Walk Among The Raspberries: Smoke Lake to Park Lake (2021)Rocking Algonquin – Smoke Lake to Rock Lake with My Daughter (2023) | Smoke, Norman, Bena, Mikado, Bluebell, Small, Hilly, Fen, Shawandasee, Greenwood, Snow, Victory, Park |
| AP 6: Smoke Lake | Rocking Algonquin – Smoke Lake to Rock Lake with My Daughter (2023) | Smoke, Ragged, Big Porcupine, Bonnechere, Phipps, Kirkwood, Lawrence, Rod & Gun, Louisa, Rock |
| Ap 8: Cache Lake | Cache Lake Loop (2016) | Cache, Hilliard, Delano, South Canisbay, Kingfisher, Mohawk, Little Mohawk, Pough, Cradle, Bonnechere, Phipps, Kirkwood, Lawrence, Pardee, Harness, Head |
| AP 9: Rock Lake | South of 60: A Rock Lake Loop (2019) | Rock, Pen, Galipo River, Welcome, Harry, Rence, Frank, Florence, Louisa |
| AP 9: Rock Lake | Pen Lake (2023) | Rock, Pen, Gem |
| AP 10: Sunday Creek | Day Trippin’: Tonakela and Sunday Lake (2021) | Sunday, Sproule, Titmouse, Tonakela, Sam, Gill, Drummer, Little Drummer |
| AP 11: Opeongo Lake | Into the Wind: Merchant Lake and More (2018) | Opeongo, Happy Isle, Merchant, Chickaree, Blowdown, Hemlock, Deer Yard, La Muir, Hogan, Big Crow, Little Crow, Proulx |
| AP 11: Opeongo Lake | Opeongo Base Camp (2022) | Opeongo, Red Rock, Baldwin |
| AP 11: Opeongo Lake | Crow River Loop(ish): Proulx to Dickson and Everything in Between (2022) | Opeongo, Proulx, Little Crow, Big Crow, Crow River, Crow Bay, Lake Lavielle, Dickson, Little Crooked, Bonfield, Wright |
| AP 11: Opeongo Lake | Opeongo East Arm Base Camp (2023) | Opeongo, Wright, Bonfield |
| AP 12: Pinetree Lake | Pinetree Lake Loop (2021) | Pinetree, Fraser, Sylvia, David Thompson, Galeairy, Rock, Gordon, Rock Creek, Jean, Fork, Norway, Rose |
| AP 13: Galeairy Lake | Pen Lake (2016) | Galeairy, Rock, Pen, Night |
| AP 15: Kingscote Lake | Kingscote Lake | Kingscote, Lower Minnow, Upper Minnow |
| AP 17: Shall Lake | McKaskill Lake in the Snow (2017) | Crotch, Shirley, Ryan, Big Red, Shrew, Dove, McKaskill, Robin |
| AP 17: Shall Lake | Booth Lake (2019) | Farm, Kitty, Booth |
| AP 17: Shall Lake | Booth Lake 2022 | Farm, Kitty, Booth, Tattler |
| AP 17: Shall Lake | Shirley Lake Basecamp (2023) | Crotch, Shirley, Ryan, Big Red, Shrew, Mudville, Fog, Billy |
| AP 19: Basin Lake | Basin Lake (2021) | Basin, Buck, Little Norway |
| AP 20: Sec Lake | Sec Lake (2017) | Sec, Wet, Norm’s |
| AP 20: Sec Lake | Sec Lake Exploratory (2022) | Sec, Wet, Norm’s, Log Canoe, Little Sec, Mallard |
| AP 22: Achray (Grand Lake) | Barron Canyon Bound (2016) | Grand, Stratton, St. Andrew’s, High Falls, The Cascades, Brigham, Barron Canyon, Opalescent, Cork, Length, Marie, Johnson, Berm |
| AP 22: Achray (Grand Lake) | The Barron Canyon Revisited (2017) | Grand, Stratton, St. Andrew’s, Rouge, St. Francis, High Falls, The Cascades, Brigham, Barron Canyon, Opalescent, Ooze |
| AP 22: Achray (Grand Lake) | Clover Lake Loop (2018)The Barron Canyon Threepeat (2018) | Grand, Carcajou Bay, Carcajou Creek, McDonald Creek, Turcotte, Guthrie, Clover, Pogonia, Grasspink, Little Tarn, Tarn, St. Andrew’s, Stratton |
| AP 22: Achray (Grand Lake) | The Barron Canyon Threepeat (2018) | Grand, Stratton, St. Andrew’s, Brigham, Barron Canyon, Opalescent, Ooze |
| AP 22: Achray (Grand Lake) | Stratton Lake and High Falls (2021) | Grand, Stratton |
| AP 27: Cedar | Brent Crawl Bonus: Brent and Beyond (2017) | Cedar, Ravenau, Lantern |
| AP 27: Cedar | Finding Carl Wilson (2017) | Cedar, Fry, Gull, Glacier, Camp Five, Varley, Carl Wilson, Ironwood, Bug, Little Cedar |
| AP 27: Cedar | Radiant Lake (2017) | Cedar, Petawawa River, Radiant, Snipe, Plover |
| AP 27: Cedar | Cedar Loop 2023: Hogan, Philips, Clamshell and More! (2023) | Cedar, Petawawa River, Narrowbag, Catfish, Sunfish, Newt, Manta, Hogan, Little Madawaska River, Philp, Radiant, Shoal, Clamshell |
| AP 29: Kiosk | Welcome to Kiosk (2018) | Kioshkokwi, Little Mink, Mink, Club, Mouse, Mink Creek, Big Thunder, Erables, Maple, Maple Creek |
| AP 29: Kiosk | To Manitou Lake and Back Again (2019) | Kioshkokwi, Amable Du Fond, Manitou Lake |
| AP 29: Kiosk | Return to Kiosk (Don't F*ck with Thunder) (2020) | Kioshkokwi, Maple Creek, Maple Lake, Rattrap, Dahinda, Boggy, North Sylvia, Three Mile, Upper Kawa, Kawa, Sinclair, Bigger, Hornbeam, Mangotasi, North Tea, Amable Du Fond, Manitou Lake |
| AP 29: Kiosk | Fassett Lake Loop (2022) | Kioshkokwi, Amable Du Fond, Manitou Lake, North Tea Lake, Lorne Lake, Sisco Lake, Kakasamic Lake, O-Lake, Mattowacka Lake, Fassett Lake, Shad Lake, Shada Lake, Fassett Creek |
| AP 29: Kiosk | Birchcliffe, The Nip and Some Hills (2023) | Kioshkokwi, Maple Lake, Erables Lake, Maple Creek, Tillie Lake, North Raven Lake, Coral-Root Lake, West Raven Lake, Birchcliffe Lake, Calm Lake, J.E.H. MacDonald Lake, Lawren Harris Lake, Loughrin Lake, Barred Owl Lake, Nod Lake, Nid Lake, Gibson Lake, The Nipissing River, High Falls on the Nip, Nadine Lake, Osler Lake, Little Osler Lake, Little Nadine Lake, Skuce Lake |