Algonquin Backcountry Trip Reports
Welcome to the Trip Report Archive. Here you will find all my trip reports. Archived. Hooray!
(I’ve organized this according to the access point I started from for each trip and included the lakes covered by each report to make it easier to find stream of thought rambling information on each lake). *Just a note. Most of my trip reports reference Jeff’s Maps’ Algonquin Map and, in many cases, actually link to the website. As great as this map has been, if you do not already own one, do not order one from the website. Jeff’s Maps has undergone a change in ownership in the past few years and the new owner is not honoring orders. If you order a map it is more likely than not that you will not receive it.
| Access Point (AP) | Trip Report | Lakes Covered |
|---|---|---|
| AP 1: Kawawayamog Lake | North Tea Lake (2016) | Kawawayamog, North Tea, Lost Dog |
| AP 2: Tim Lake | Tim River Loop Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4 (2018 – Four Part Report) | 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 |
| Low Water & High Alder 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 |
| Rain 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 |
| 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 | |
| Ahmek District (2016) | Canoe, Gill, Sam, Drummer, Little Drummer, Tonakela, Thunder, Panther, Mossy, Telma, Oak, White Spruce, E.U., Dace, Ramona, Namakootchie | |
| The Home Stretch: Part One, The Home Stretch: Part Two (2016 – Two Part Report) | Canoe, Joe, Little Joe, Lost Joe, Baby Joe, Burnt Island, Little Otterslide, Otterslide, Mike’s Lake, Shiner, Happy Isle, Opeongo | |
| The Furrow Lake Experiment (2016) | Canoe, Potter Creek, Maybe Pond, Rainbow, Loft, Groundhog, Potter, Brule, Furrow | |
| The Brent Crawl: White Trout or Bust, The Brent Crawl: Good Weather for Making Bad Decisions, The Brent Crawl: Stumbling Towards Cedar (2017 – Three Part Report) | 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 | |
| Swan Lake (2018) | Canoe, Bonita, Tea, Coot, Swan, Smoke | |
| Up Potter’s Creek (2018) | Canoe, Potter Creek, Potter, Pathfinder, Long Pond, Tom Thomson, Little Doe, Fawn, Tepee, Joe | |
| A Night on Tom Thomson (2019) | Canoe, Joe, Tepee, Fawn, Little Doe, Tom Thomson | |
| The Quest for Susan Lake (2019) | Canoe, Sam, Gill, Drummer, Little Drummer, Tonakela, Thunder, Lupus, Red, Susan, South Snowbird, Rainbow, Potter’s Creek | |
| Day Tripping’: Westward, Wisp & More (2020) | Canoe, Sam, Gill, Drummer, Little Drummer, Tea, Oxtongue River, Westward, Smoke, Claude, Wisp, Ragged | |
| Burnt Island Lake (2020) | Canoe, Joe, Little Joe, Lost Joe, Baby Joe, Burnt Island | |
| Burnt Island Redux (2020) | Canoe, Joe, Little Joe, Lost Joe, Baby Joe, Burnt Island | |
| Big Trout Loop (2 parts) (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 | |
| Tom Thomson Lake (2021) | Canoe, Joe, Tepee, Fawn, Little Doe, Tom Thomson, Bartlett | |
| A Night on Tepee Lake (2022) | Canoe, Joe, Tepee, | |
| AP 6: Smoke Lake | Canoe Lake to Canisbay (2016) | Canoe, Smoke, Ouse, Source, Bruce, Raven, Owl, Linda, Polly, Canisbay |
| A Night on Ragged, Hello Lake Louisa, Lake Louisa to Lake of Two Rivers (2016 – multi part trip report) | Smoke, Ragged, Big Porcupine, Little Coon, Whatnot, McGarvey, Lemon, North Grace, Louisa, Rock, Whitefish, Pog, Two Rivers | |
| Canoe Lake, Cache Lake and Everything In Between (2016) | Smoke, Kootchie, Little Island, Sheriff Pond, Tanamakoon, Cache | |
| Parkside Bay (2021) | Smoke, Ragged, Parkside Bay | |
| 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 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, Part 1 & 2 (2018) | Opeongo, Happy Isle, Merchant, Chickaree, Blowdown, Hemlock, Deer Yard, La Muir, Hogan, Big Crow, Little Crow, Proulx |
| Opeongo Base Camp (2022) | Opeongo, Red Rock, Baldwin | |
| Crow River Trip (2022) | Opeongo, Proulx, Little Crow, Big Crow, Crow River, Crow Bay, Lake Lavielle, Dickson, Little Crooked, Bonfield, Wright | |
| 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 17: Shall Lake | McKaskill Lake: Ice Out, Rain In, McKaskill Lake: The Long Portage (2017 – Two Part Report) | Crotch, Shirley, Ryan, Big Red, Shrew, Dove, McKaskill, Robin |
| Booth Lake (2019) | Farm, Kitty, Booth | |
| Booth Lake 2022 (2022) | Farm, Kitty, Booth, Tattler | |
| AP 19: Basin Lake | Basin Lake(2021) | Basin, Buck, Little Norway |
| AP 20: Sec Lake | Sec Lake (2017) | Sec, Wet, Norm’s |
| Sec Lake 2022 (2022) | Sec, Wet, Norm’s, Log Canoe, Little Sec, Mallard | |
| AP 22: Achray (Grand Lake) | Barron Canyon Bound, Barron Canyon Bound Part Two (2016 – Two Part Report) | Grand, Stratton, St. Andrew’s, High Falls, The Cascades, Brigham, Barron Canyon, Opalescent, Cork, Length, Marie, Johnson, Berm |
| Barron Canyon Revisited, Barron Canyon Revisted – Part Two: The Secret of the Ooze (2017 – Two Part Report) | Grand, Stratton, St. Andrew’s, Rouge, St. Francis, High Falls, The Cascades, Brigham, Barron Canyon, Opalescent, Ooze | |
| Four Lakes to Clover, Tarn Lake and a Whole Lot of Walking (2018 – Two Part Report) | Grand, Carcajou Bay, Carcajou Creek, McDonald Creek, Turcotte, Guthrie, Clover, Pogonia, Grasspink, Little Tarn, Tarn, St. Andrew’s, Stratton | |
| The Barron Canyon Threepeat (2018) | Grand, Stratton, St. Andrew’s, Brigham, Barron Canyon, Opalescent, Ooze | |
| Stratton Lake & High Falls (2021) | Grand, Stratton | |
| AP 27: Cedar Lake | ||
| Brent Crawl Bonus (2017) | Cedar, Ravenau, Lantern | |
| Finding Carl Wilson (2017) | Cedar, Fry, Gull, Glacier, Camp Five, Varley, Carl Wilson, Ironwood, Bug, Little Cedar | |
| Radiant Lake (2017) | Cedar, Petawawa River, Radiant, Snipe, Plover | |
| AP 29: Kioshkokwi Lake (Kiosk) | ||
| Welcome to Kiosk: The Mouse Lake Swarm, Welcome to Kiosk: Escaping the Bugocalypse (2018 – Two Part Report) |
Kioshkokwi, Little Mink, Mink, Club, Mouse, Mink Creek, Big Thunder, Erables, Maple, Maple Creek | |
| To Manitou Lake And Back Again (2019) |
Kioshkokwi, Amable Du Fond, Manitou Lake | |
| Return to Kiosk – Two Parter (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 | |
| 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 | |
| Birchcliffe, The Nip & 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 |