Pishkanogami Route 
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General Information :  Distance:105 km  Duration:4-6 days  Loop Trip: no     

Portage Information:   No. of Portages: 7-16  Total Portage Distance: 5835 m  Average Portage Length:365 m  Longest Portage3000 m     

Ratings:    River Travel: intermediate  Lake Travel: novice  Portaging: difficult  Remoteness:  intermediate    

Maps:  Federal Topo Maps (1:50,000) Sultan, Rollo Lake, Foleyet  Provincial Series (1:100,000)Ridout 41 O.NE
Folyet 42 B/SE       

Route Description  Hwy 667 between Sultan and Hwy 129 to Kormak Road (10 min north of Kormak)
Also accessible by VIA Rail (Kormak townsite)

North on Kinogama River
P 500 m L across old logging road
North on Kinogama River (Optional Put-in)
North through Tooms Lake
Liftover at road at north end of Tooms Lake
North on Kinogama River
North through Sawbill Lake
North on Kinogama River
P 100 m L around rapid (CBR)
P 60 m R around shallow, rocky rapid (CBR)
P 200 m R around two sets of rapids
P 340 m L around rapid
P 55 m L around rapid (CBR)
P 70 m R around rapid (CBR)
West through Halcrow Lake
P 65 m L around rapid
P 20 m L around rapid
North on Kinogama River
North through Vice Lake
P 100 m L around falls (steep!)
Northeast on Kinogama River
North then west through Raney Lake
West on Kinogama River
P 360 m L around shallow rapids (steep & winding!) (CBR)
P 100 m R around rapid  (CBR)
P 70 m R around rapid (CBR)
North on Ivanhoe River
P 360 m L around rapid (CBR)
North on Ivanhoe River
P 400 m R around rapid
P 3000 m R around rapids (CBR last half / or line whole rapid)
North through Ivanhoe Lake to Red Pine Lodge
Red Pine Lodge is just south of Folyet on Hwy 101       
For details, see "Pishkanogami Route" brochure from MNR Chapleau office
"Pishkanogami" is the native name for the river ... it means "farther still"



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