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| Trip Planning » Magnetawan - McIntosh Marsh Loop (4 Nights) » 1/24/2021 7:41 pm |
trippythings wrote:
I did a similar route in 2019 except instead of going to Brule I went back up through Timberwolf. You can see the full trip report here:
I did it in 5 nights but I spent 3 nights on White Trout, so 4 travel days total (with double carrying each portage).
I don't know about the section of the route from McIntosh > Brule > Rain, but distance wise it should definitely be doable especially if you're single carrying.
If you don't want to push yourself too hard on the portaging like you mentioned, maybe cut out Brule and do the loop that I did (circle back up through Timberwolf/Misty). The 3km from Louisa > Rock you're using for reference is long, but it's an easy portage... I would guess the unmaintained portages on your planned route will be more difficult than that one. Plus this trip has a lot more portages than the Rock > Louisa loop which you should factor in... all of the loading/unloading, flipping the canoe etc. is more tiresome if you need to do it 20 times vs 5 times.
I thought the distance looked doable too, but when I double checked by going to the Ontario Parks reservation site, it gave me one of those distance warnings between Brule and Rain. I guess the system considers worst case if we'd end up double carrying on a lesser maintained route?
I'd hope it would be a bit better maintained by August.
Also - based on your trip report and that you went upstream, I gather this section of the Petawawa is quite still? I'm aware it's nothing like the rapid area of the Petawawa, but I thought there'd still be some movement to the river.
| Trip Planning » Unmaintained Portages near Cranebill (Rain Lake Access Point) » 1/24/2021 3:26 pm |
Sorry to reignite an old thread, but I don't have enough posts to message the original poster yet.
I was hoping you could provide me with a report on that lesser maintained 2483m portage. My girlfriend and I are hoping to get from Brule to Rain Lake in one day, and were wondering if we could feasibly get through this portage without having to double carry.
Unlike you, we won't be doing the Islet portage though. Once we get to Cranebill, we'll go up to Moccasin, then through Jubliee and Sawyers to Rain.
| Trip Planning » Magnetawan - McIntosh Marsh Loop (4 Nights) » 1/24/2021 11:53 am |
Hi all - looking for some trip planning advice.
My girlfriend and I are planning a 4 night trip starting from Access Point 3 (Magnetawan), down the Petawawa to McIntosh Marsh/Grassy Bay, over to Brule Lake, up To Rain Lake, then back to the same access point. 
We're looking for some advice as to whether or not this trip is doable in four nights. Our biggest concern is the day from Brule to Rain Lake, and that lesser maintained portage. The Ontario Parks reservation site gives a pop up warning when I try to go from Brule to Rain in one day. We're planning on going in August, so hopefully that portage will be mostly clear by then. Do you think we'll be able to get there in one day?
Regarding our experience level, we have no concerns about paddling long distances, but we try not to push ourselves too much on a portage (but we are ok with some difficulty). We completed the Rock-Louisa Loop last year, and the 3km portage at the end of our trip, with little difficulty. Open to any other comments or suggestions about this route. If four nights is not doable, we're open to completing it in five instead.
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