1. You can park just south of the 2nd bridge over the South River (space for one or two vehicles) then follow an obvious forest trail for about 150m to the first un-named pond. This is easier than launching directly on the South River, paddling 30m then hitting a portage to the same pond.
2. Craig is nice, but doesn't feel remote. You might hear logging trucks ripping it up and down the road, you might not - depends on the time of year and where the logging operations are for the given time. The issue I have with Craig is the giant concrete dam on the north shore - it's visible from all but one campsite on the lake and I feel it takes away from the scenery - esp. the giant orange booms.
3. Pishnecka is a beautiful Lake. The west site is a big rock, the east site is a giant beach - both decent and both better than Charr Lake.

here is the alternate entrance and parking I speak of:


Edit: Corrected a double-negative.

Last edited by Peek (5/03/2017 9:52 am)

Thanks Peek!  I'll actually be on Pishnecka this summer, so good to know :-):-)

Pishnecka is totally worth it. Cant go wrong with either site. I think Craig may get busy with partying local weekend warriors. The beach site is super shallow. Gotta go out far to swim. Bottom covered with mussels. Bring water shoes. Id say there was room for 4 to 5 cars at the parking spot. South of South River.we were there 3 years ago. Enjoy. Cool part of park that doesnt seem to get much use.

Last edited by Shayne74 (6/05/2025 8:14 am)

Unless something has changed very recently then it's ok to park there. If you look at the aerial view you can see what appears to be two small clearings on the north side of the road, one 200 m past the bridge and the other 400 m. I can't remember which is the actual parking spot but it should be obvious as there will likely be a car there and there is a portage leading towards the unnamed pond.