Do you want more solitude at the cost of travelling through unmaintained portages and campsites? Or would you rather travel through maintained areas and likely get nicer campsites, knowing that you'll see more people along the way?

I'd prefer the latter and to me the obvious route is to do something like Jubilee > Misty > McIntosh > Tom Thomson. Or if you've never been to Sunbeam it's a very pretty lake, so you can go around through McIntosh Marsh / Grassy Bay and down to Sunbeam, then out of Sunbeam through Vanishing Pond.

edit: if you do decide to go the maintained route with something similar to my recommendation above, you can also consider starting from Magnetawan to get to Misty through the Petawawa with less portaging.

Last edited by trippythings (6/02/2020 11:58 am)

Ron S wrote:

Ahh yeah i guess we could start from access 3.  Didn't really think of that.  

Cheers,

Ron

If that's an option, my vote would be Misty > McIntosh > White Trout (or Big Trout) > Sunbeam

Grassy Bay is a lovely paddle and would be worth adding to the trip. White Trout and Big Trout are great lakes as well.

I did that route last September but circled back to Mag instead of going south to Canoe.

Yep i've done that loop too.  SOOO many beaver damns.