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North Channel and its basin

Coverage.
The North Channel runs from Sault Ste Marie eastward to Little Current.
This folder describes
Inland Routes on waters entering the North Channel, plus
Coastal Routes on the North Channel itself.

Specific inclusions.
Inland. Aubinadong River, Lac aux Sables, aux Sables River, Mississagi River, Spanish River, Onaping Lake, Wenebegon River, Ranger Lake, Horner Lake, Matinenda Lake.
Coastal. Saint Mary's River, Manitoulin Island.

Neighbouring regions.
Routes in neighbouring regions are described in the following threads.
French River region.
http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=33992
Georgian Bay coast.
http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=33994
Killarney region.
http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=33993

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Inland Routes

West Aubinadong River. Gong Lake to Megisan Lake. Journal, Guide.
Callan, Kevin. Source: Ontario’s Lost Canoe Routes. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2002).
Also Callan, Kevin. Top 50 Canoe Routes of Ontario. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill and Buffalo (2011).
Title at source: Ranger Lake Loop.
Route description: Gong Lake, up West Aubinadong River, Torrance Lake, Megisan Lake, float plane to Gong Lake.
Ed notes:
1. The Route from Ranger Lake to Gong Lake (via Saymo Lake, Island Lake and Mystery Lake) is documented but was not travelled.
2. Less reliable information is given for the Route from Megisan Lake to Gong Lake, via Prairie Grass Lake and the Nushatogaini River.

Aubinadong River, West; Nushatogaini River; loop from Gong Lake. Online, Journal and Guide.
Algoma.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Aubinadong/Nushatogaini Rivers Provincial Park. Closed?
Author: Fenelon.
Route description: Gong Lake, Gong Creek, West Aubinadong River, Torrance Lake, Megisan Lake, Clove Lake, Prairie Grass Lake, Nushatogaini River, Gong Lake.
Title at source: West Aubinadong/Nushatogaini Rivers - trip report.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=12888

River aux Sables and Lac aux Sables. Information.
Ed notes:
1. Access to Lower River aux Sables is from Chutes PP (Hwy 17, Massey).
2. Access to Lac aux Sables is usually from Rtes 553 and 810.
Chutes Provincial Park.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/chut.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutes_Provincial_Park

River aux Sables. Online, Article, River notes.
Author: Richard Culpeper.
Ed Note: The entry consists of a trip report (Nastawgan article) and river notes.
http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/RiverAuxSables.html
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&g ... iwloc=addr

River aux Sables. Lower Ritchie Lake to Cameron Falls. Online, Journal.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: Butters!
Route description: Hwy 553/810 north from Massey, Ritchie Falls Resort (Lower Ritchie Lake, south of Lac aux Sables), River aux Sables, West River aux Sables confluence, Meareau Falls, Cameron Falls and take-out.
Title at source: River Aux Sable.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=33473

Lac aux Sables, River aux Sables, Bark Lake, Poupore Lake, Lac aux Sables. Online, Journal.
Authors: Bill and Janice Stauttener.
Route description: Lac aux Sables, River aux Sables, Little Trout Lake, Big Trout Lake, Long Lake, Boumage Lake, Bark Lake (Mississagi River basin), Star Lake, Poupore Lake, Lac aux Sables.
http://billandjanice.stauttener.com/Can ... 20Loop.pdf

Lac aux Sables, River aux Sables, Bark Lake, Poupore Lake, Lac aux Sables. Journal, Guide.
Callan, Kevin. Ontario’s Lost Canoe Routes. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2002).
Also Callan, Kevin. Top 50 Canoe Routes of Ontario. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill and Buffalo (2011).
Title at source: Lac aux Sables: Bark Lake Loop.
Route description: Lac aux Sables (by road from Massey), River aux Sables, Little and Big Trout Lakes, Long Lake, Boumage Lake, Bark Lake, … , Star Lake (at Toporama?), … , Poupore Lake, Lac aux Sables.

Lac aux Sables, River aux Sables, Bark Lake, Poupore Lake, Lac aux Sables. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: lost canoe.
Route description: Lower Ritchie Lake and River aux Sables, Ritchie Lake, Lac aux Sables, Little Trout Lake, Big Trout Lake, ponds and creeks, Long Lake, Boumage Lake, Bark Lake, Star Lake (at Toporama?), Poupore Lake, Lac aux Sables, River aux Sables, Ritchie Lake, Lower Ritchie Lake.
Title at source: Lac Aux Sables - Bark Lake loop.
http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 08&t=38709

Dunlop Lake, Ezma Lake, Mace Lakes, Claim Lake, Dunlop Lake. Journal, Guide.
Callan, Kevin. Ontario’s Lost Canoe Routes. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2002).
Title at source: Dunlop Lake Loop.
Route description: Dunlop Lake (from Hwy 108), Serpent River, Ten Mile Lake, “Eagle Pass”, Ezma Lake, Swamp Lake, Upper Mace Lake, … , Lilypad Lake, Lower Mace Lake, Pathfinder Lake, Claim Lake, Dunlop Lake.
Ed note: Alternate routes are documented.

Dunlop Lake, Mace Lakes, Claim Lake, Dunlop Lake. Online, Journal, Map.
Location: Elliot Lake area.
Author: Norm Head.
Route description: Dunlop Lake, Ten Mile Lake, Upper Mace Lake, Lower Mace Lake, Claim Lake, Dunlop Lake.
Ed note: Includes annotated topo.
http://web.me.com/normhead/SummerCanoeTrips/Dunlop.html

Dunlop Lake, Claim Lake, Mace Lakes, Astonish Lake, Flack Lake. Online, Journal.
Ed note: Elliot Lake area.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: Richard.
Route description: Dunlop Lake, Claim Lake, Lower Mace Lake, Lilypad Lake, Lake Five, Upper Mace Lake, Swamp Lake, Ezma Lake, Astonish Lake, Olympus Lake, Bruce Lake, Flack Lake.
Title at source: Just Back from Dunlop - Flack Lake Trip.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=10161

Flack Lake, Astonish Lake, Upper Mace Lake; return. Online, Photos.
Location: Elliot Lake.
Author: Mark Hyrcak.
Route description: Flack Lake, Bruce Lake, (Olympus Lake?,) Astonish Lake, Ezma Lake, Swamp Lake, Upper Mace Lake; return.
Title at source: Upper Mace.
http://web.mac.com/mah9/canoeandcamera/upper_mace.html

Halfway Lake PP. Halfway Lake to Two Narrows Lake; return. Online, Journal, Photos.
Halfway Lake Provincial Park. Online, Journal, Photos.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/half.html
http://nomagichere.blogspot.com/2009/07 ... -park.html
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: Doug Ashton.
Route description: Hwy 144, Halfway Lake, Bailey Lake, Boundary Creek, Lodge Lake, Moosemuck Lake, Two Narrows Lake; return.
Title at source: Halfway Lake Provincial Park.
Report:
http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 08&t=38596

Horner Lake. Online, Journal.
Location: Algoma.
Author: Johanna Wandel.
http://johanna.wandel.ca/babbles/archives/000215.html

Kirkpatrick Lake, Duval Lake, Pointer Lake, Finn Lake, Robb Lake, Elbow Lake, Kirkpatrick Lake. Journal, Guide.
Location: Algoma.
Ed note: The West Little White River is a tributary of the Little White River, entering it below Eddikai Lake; in turn, the Little White (which more or less parallels Rte 546) is a tributary of the Mississagi River, entering it a few km above Red Rock Lake.
Source: Callan, Kevin. Top 50 Canoe Routes of Ontario. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill and Buffalo (2011).
Route description: Kirkpatrick (aka Blue) Lake by float plane from Blind Lake, Bluebird Lake, Big Horseshoe Lake, Duval Lake, ponds, Pointer Lake, West Little White River, Finn Lake, Town Line Lake, Robb Lake, Elbow Lake, Kirkpatrick Lake.
Title at source: Kirkpatrick/Blue Lake Loop.
Chapter 32, page 175.

Matinenda Lake area. Online, Journal.
Location: Blind River area.
Authors: Bill and Janice Stauttener.
Route description: Brown’s Point, Cream Lake, Bay Lake, Moon Creek, Coffee Lake, Bay Lake, Boundary Lake, Duck Lake, Spence Lake, Matinenda Lake.
http://billandjanice.stauttener.com/Can ... 20Trip.pdf

Mississagi Provincial Park. Information.
Ed note: Elliot Lake area.
Mississagi Provincial Park.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/missi.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississagi_Provincial_Park
Ed notes:
1. No coverage of the Mississagi River.
2. Not to be confused with Mississagi River Waterway Park, with which there is no overlap.
3. From the only map (Kevin Callan's) available to me, the park encompasses Fullerton, Semiwite and Jim Christ Lakes, plus perhaps parts of Flack and Helenbar Lakes.

Mississagi Provincial Park area. Flack Lake, Pathfinder, Dunlop loop. Online, Journal.
Authors: Bill and Janice Stauttener.
Route description: Flack, Bruce, Olympus, Astonish, Ezma, Swamp, Upper Mace, Lake Five, Lilypad, Lower Mace, Pathfinder, Rodge, Lower Mace, Claim, Dunlop, Ten Mile, Hyphen, Callinan, Dollyberry, Bobowash, Samreid, Lost Canoe, Monster, Flack.
http://billandjanice.stauttener.com/Can ... 0Loops.pdf

Mississagi Provincial Park area. Guide.
Stone, Kas. Paddling & Hiking Ontario’s Southern Shield Country. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2005).
Chapter 11. Mississagi
Flack Lake and Old Baldy
Semiwite--Helenbar Lakes and McKenzie Trail

Mississagi River, Upper. Information.
Mississagi River Provincial Waterway Park.
Ed note: Link under construction at last viewing.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/missir.html#
Biscotasi Lake Provincial Park.
Ed note: Likely off the Route.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/bisc.html
http://parkery.com/Biscotasi-Lake-Provincial-Park
Aubrey Falls Provincial Park.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/ENGLISH/aubr.html

Mississagi River, Upper. Features.
Biscotasing (train and road access; usual start point), Biscotasi Lake (Spanish River basin), narrows, Boyuk Bay, Ramsey Lake, Cat Bay, First Lake, Abney Lake, Spanish Chutes (road access), Spanish Lake (road access), Bardney Lake, height-of-land crossing (through Sulphur Lake, Surprise Lake, Circle “Lake” and pond), Mississagi Lake and Mississagi River, Upper Green Lake, Kashbogama Lake, Shanguish Lake, bridge, Limit Lake, Kettle Lake and Comox Creek confluence, Upper Bark Lake, paddle the long way to Bark Lake or take the shortcut portage via a pond, Grey Owl cabin, Split Rock Rapids (at Toporama?), Hellgate Rapids and Portage, Abinette River confluence, island, marsh, Rocky Island Lake (alternate egress via Rouelle Bay), dam, Aubrey Lake, Aubrey Falls and parking lot, Hwy 129.

Mississagi River, Upper. Online, Journal, Photos.
Ed note: Imaginative logistics.
Source: Larry’s Canoe Journals.
Author: Jim Brown.
Route description: Dropoff at Rouelle Bay of Rocky Island Lake (via Peshu Lake road, off Hwy 129), shuttle to Spanish Lake (Spanish River basin), Bardney Lake, Sulphur Lake, Surprise Lake, Circle “Lake”, pond, Mississagi Lake and Mississagi River, Upper Green Lake, Kashbogama Lake, Shanguish Lake, bridge, Limit Lake, Kettle Lake and Comox Creek confluence, Upper Bark Lake, shortcut portage via pond to Bark Lake, Split Rock Rapids (at Toporama?), Hellgate Rapids and Portage, Abinette River confluence, south route around the island, marsh, Rocky Island Lake, Rouelle Bay.
Title at source: Mississagi River.
http://www.larryscanoejournals.com/Miss ... River.html
More photos:
http://classic.kodakgallery.com/lwalter ... rip_-_1992

Mississagi River, Upper. Biscotasing to Aubrey Falls and Hwy 129. Guide.
Reid, Ron and Janet Grand. Canoeing Ontario’s Rivers: Great Canoe Trips in Canada’s Northern Wilderness. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco (1986). Ed note: Out of print but well worth a search.

Mississagi River, Upper. Biscotasing or Lac aux Sables to Aubrey Falls and Hwy 129. Guide.
Source: Callan, Kevin. (A Paddler’s Guide to) The Rivers of Ontario and Quebec, Boston Mills Press, Erin (2003). Title at source: Mississagi River: Land of Grey Owl.
Also Callan, Kevin. Top 50 Canoe Routes of Ontario. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill and Buffalo (2011). Title at source: Mississagi River.
Route description: Biscotasing, Biscotasi Lake, Boyuk Bay, portage to Ramsey Lake (Callan map correct here?), Cat Bay, Spanish River, past First Lake, Abney Lake, Spanish Chutes, Spanish Lake, Bardney Lake, height-of-land portage, Sulphur Lake, Surprise Lake, Circle Lake, Mississagi Lake, Upper Green Lake, Kashbogama Lake, Shanguish Lake, Limit Lake, Kettle Lake, Upper Bark Lake, portage to avoid long paddle on Bark Lake, Split Rock Falls, Hellgate Rapids and Falls, Abinette River confluence, marsh, Rocky Island Lake, Aubrey Lake, Aubrey Falls and Dam, parking lot off Hwy 129.
Alternate start, also documented: Lac aux Sables (from Massey, via Rtes 553 and 810), River aux Sables, Big Trout Lake, Long Lake, Boumage Lake, Bark Lake and junction with route from Biscotasing.

Mississagi River, Lower. Aubrey Falls to mouth. Information.
Mississagi Delta Provincial Park.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/ENGLISH/missid.html
Ed notes:
1. The river runs from Aubrey Falls to the Hwy 17 - North Channel - Blind River area.
2. It is dammed in several places and is not a popular run.

Muldrew Lake, Onaping Lake; loop.
Ed note: Onaping Lake drains through Bannerman Creek to the Spanish River.
Author: Sid Bredin.
Route description: Muldrew Lake, Onaping Lake, Fairburn Lake, Twisted Lake, McDougall Lake, Muldrew Lake.
http://www.canoedog.ca/trips/muldrewonapingloop.asp
http://www.myccr.com/canoedb/routeDetai ... outeid=453


Spanish River subregion

Spanish River. Information.
Smith, Don. From the Land of Shadows: The Making of Grey Owl, Western Producer Books, Saskatoon (1990).
Thomson, Andy. Pogamasing: The Story of a Northern Lake.
Why Knot Books (2011). Many documents (some explicit links below), photos and a video; online.
http://pogamasing.com/
http://pogamasing.com/excerpts-from-the-book/
Ward, Kay. Pog Tales: Memories of a Life in the North. Pog Press (2006).
Other links.
http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/Spanish_River_%28Ontario%29
http://www.paddlethespanishriver.com/
http://www.chrismar.com/P05zSPA1.htm
http://www.fedpubs.com/mpchrt/maps/spanish_river.htm
http://www.ancientforest.org/spanish.html
http://cottagelife.com/49996/entertaini ... ncial-park
Images.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Spanish+ ... 66&bih=675
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Erhard Kraus documents.
History of the Spanish River area.
http://pages.interlog.com/~erhard/spanish-.htm
Topographic Maps for the Spanish River.
http://pages.interlog.com/~erhard/spanmap.htm
Ontario Living Legacy: Strategy. What this means for the Spanish River.
http://pages.interlog.com/~erhard/spanoll.htm
How the logging company adjusted the plan.
http://pages.interlog.com/~erhard/fmp2000.htm
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Spanish River Provincial Park.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/span.html
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/pla ... g_info.pdf
http://pogamasing.com/category/spanish- ... cial-park/
http://www.ancientforest.org/park.html
http://www.trailsandtamaracks.ca/161.trl
http://www.weekend-ontario.com/provinci ... nish+River
http://www.ontla.on.ca/library/reposito ... 306491.pdf
WCA submission.
http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/WC ... 70_008.pdf
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Biscotasi Lake Provincial Park.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/bisc.html
http://parkery.com/Biscotasi-Lake-Provincial-Park
ALLAN: Expand.
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Spanish River side trip. Pogamasing Lake and Mogo River.
Author: Erhard Kraus.
Route description: Pogamasing River (between the Forks and Sheahan), Dead Horse Bay, Pogamasing Lake, Kennedy Lake, Kennedy Dam, Mogo River, Blue Water Lake, Spanish River.
http://pages.interlog.com/~erhard/spanish.htm
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Spanish River side creeks. Mogo River, Bannerman Creek, Agnes River. Online, ALLAN
Author: Erhard Kraus.
http://pages.interlog.com/~erhard/spanish3.htm

Spanish River area. Biscotasing to Sinaminda Lake via Lamprey Lake.
Ed note: The backcountry of Grey Owl.
Author: Erhard Kraus.
Biscotasing, Houghton Lake (Hogsback Channel), Mishap Creek, Skelton Lake, Lamprey Lake, Winnie Lake, Sinaminda Creek, Alton Lake, Sinaminda Lake. From the last lake, entry 4 describes the route through Gilden Lake to the Spanish River; entry 5 describes the route through Mozhabong Lake and Indian Lake to Biscotasing.
http://www.yip.org/~erhard/altonL-route.htm

Spanish River area. Biscotasing to Sinaminda Lake via Mozhabong Lake. Online, Journal. Photos, Maps.
Sources: Private library and Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Ed note: The backcountry of Grey Owl.
Author: Erhard Kraus.
Route description: Biscotasing, Biscotasi Lake (Straight or Crooked Narrows), Indian Lake, Mozhabong Lake (Moose Narrows), Dusty Lake, Sinaminda Lake.
Title at source: ...and back to canoeing: the Mozhabong Route.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=20425
http://www.yip.org/~erhard/mozhabongL-route.htm

Spanish River area. Sinaminda Lake to Spanish River.
Ed note: The backcountry of Grey Owl.
Author: Erhard Kraus.
Route description: Sinaminda Lake, Little Pogamasing Lake, Pogamasing River, Pejeke Lake, Pogamasing Lake, Pogamasing River to Spanish River (above Sheahan).
http://www.yip.org/~erhard/pogamasingR.htm

Spanish River area. Biscotasing to Sheahan; via Biscotasi Lake, Mozhabong Lake, Sinaminda Lake, Pogamasing Lake. Journal, Guide.
Callan, Kevin. Top 50 Canoe Routes of Ontario. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill and Buffalo (2011).
Route description: Biscotasing, Spanish River, Straight Narrows, Biscotasi Lake, Indian Lake, Mozhabong Lake, Moose Narrows, Dusty Lake, Landry Lake, Little Sinaminda Creek, Sinaminda Lake, Gilden Lake, Dennie Lake, Little Pogamasing Lake, Pogamasing River; return (rather than continue to Sheahen via documented route: Pejeke Lake, Pogamasing Lake and portage to Spanish River).
Title at source: Biscotasing Lake to Sheahan.
Chapter 35, page 200.

Spanish River area. Biscotasing to Sheahan; via Biscotasi Lake, Mozhabong Lake, Sinaminda Lake, Pogamasing Lake. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: smokey.
Route description: Biscotasing, Biscotasi Lake, Indian Lake, Mozhabong Lake, Moose Narrows, Dusty Lake, Landry Lake, Sinaminda Lake, Gilden Lake, Dennie Lake, Little Pogamasing Lake. Pogamasing River, Pejeke Lake, Pogamasing Lake, Spanish River, Sheahan Station.
Title at source: Spanish River Backcountry - Biscotasing to Sheahan.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=34241
Refers to
http://www.yip.org/~erhard/mozhabongL-route.htm
http://www.yip.org/~erhard/pogamasingR.htm

Spanish River area. Biscotasing to Sheahen; via Biscotasi Lake, Mozhabong Lake, Sinaminda Lake, Pogamasing Lake. Online, Journal, Photos.
Author: Sid Bredin.
Route description: Biscotasing (by train), Biscotasing Lake, Indian Lake, Mozhabong Lake, pond, Dusty Lake, pond, Landry Lake, Sinaminda Lake, Gilden Lake, Dennie Lake, Little Pogamasing Lake, Pogamasing River, Pejeke Lake, Pogamasing Lake, Sheahan (egress by train).
Title at source: SpanishRiver Backcountry - Biscotasing to Sheahan, July 2009.
http://www.canoedog.ca/trips/biscosheahan.asp
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Spanish River area. Biscotasing to Indian Lake; return. Online, Journal, Photos, Map.
Sources: Private library and Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: normhead.
Route description: Biscotasing, Biscotasi Lake, Indian Lake; return.
Title at source: Indian lake from Biscotasing.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=14304
Title at source: Biscotasing - Trip report .. from 2 summers ago..
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=20528
Map:
http://homepage.mac.com/normhead/Biscot ... index.html
Report and photos:
http://web.mac.com/normhead/SummerCanoe ... asing.html

Spanish River area. Biscotasi Lake, Indian Lake, Mozhabong Lake; return. Online, Notes, Guide, Maps.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Ed note: Includes information on campsites (location and quality), portages (length) and points of interest.
Author: JAS2012.
Route description: Biscotasing, Biscotasi Lake, Indian Lake, Mozhabong Lake, Moose Narrows; return via O’Neil Bay of Biscotasi Lake.
Title at source: Biscotasi - Indian - Mozhabong (5 days, July 9 - 13, 2012).
http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 08&t=40158
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Spanish River, East Branch. Features.
Duke Lake (from Hwy 144)), Tenth Lake, … , Seventh Lake, Paudash Creek confluence, ... , Snake River confluence (upstream route to West Branch), First Lake, Expanse Lake, The Forks (confluence with the West Branch, properly the Spanish River),
Pogamasing River confluence, Sheahan station, Pogomasing station, Manon Creek confluence, Mogo River confluence, Spanish Lake, Geneva Creek confluence, Zig Zag Rapids (from Reid-Grand), French Rapids (from Reid-Grand), The Elbow, Graveyard Rapids, Agnes River confluence, Cedar Rapids, Reynolds Creek confluence, Wakonassin River confluence, Crazy Creek confluence, Eagle Rock, Wood's Channel, Target Rock, Agnew Lake (road egress), ... North Channel.

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to Agnew Lake. Guide.
Reid, Ron and Janet Grand. Canoeing Ontario’s Rivers: Great Canoe Trips in Canada’s Northern Wilderness. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco (1986).
Ed note: Out of print but well worth a search.

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to Agnew Lake. Online, Guide.
Source: Twin-J Hide-A-Way Lodge library.
Rapids and portages.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-cano ... branch.htm
North map.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-map1.htm
Upper middle map.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-map2.htm
Lower middle map.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-map3.htm
South map.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-map4.htm

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to Agnew Lake. Online, Journal.
Author: Erhard Kraus.
http://pages.interlog.com/~erhard/spanish1.htm

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to Agnew Lake. Journal, Guide.
Callan, Kevin. A Paddler`s Guide to Ontario. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2003).
Also Callan, Kevin. Top 50 Canoe Routes of Ontario. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill and Buffalo (2011).
Title at source: The Spanish River.
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to Agnew Lake. Online, Journal.
Author: Philip Kenney.
http://www.kermitadventures.homestead.com/spanish.html

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to The Elbow. Online, Journal.
Author: Sid Bredin.
http://www.canoedog.ca/trips/Spanishriver.asp ;
http://www.myccr.com/canoedb/routeDetai ... outeid=166

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to Agnew Lake. Online, Journal.
Authors: Bill & Janice Stauttener.
http://billandjanice.stauttener.com/Can ... 20Lake.pdf

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to Agnew Lake. Online, Journal.
Source: paddling.net
Author: jjoven.
Route description: Duke Lake, side trip to Pogamasing Lake, Agnew Lake.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?240

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake? to Agnew Lake Online, Journal.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: Guest.
Route description: Duke Lake?, side trip to Pogamasing Lake, Agnew Lake.
Title at source: Spanish Magic (long trip report).
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... =108&t=254

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to Pogamasing. Online, Journal, Photos, GPX.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: Richard.
Route description: Duke Lake, … , the Forks, … , Pogamasing.
Title at source: Brief Trip Report - Upper Spanish (incl. pics) .
CCR thread.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=14014
Photos:
http://www.myccr.com/spanish.htm
GPX:
http://www.myccr.com/spanish/SpanishRiverDuketoPog.gpx

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to Agnew Lake. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: Esther.
Title at source: Spanish River Triplog (lengthy with photos).
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=21700

Spanish River, East Branch. Duke Lake to The Elbow. Online, Journal.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: Sam82.
Title at source: Spanish River East Branch May 2010.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=35863

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Spanish River, West Branch. Information.
Ed note: The proper name for the West Branch is Spanish River.
Spanish River / Biscotasi Lake Provincial Park.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/span.html
Ed note: Clarification needed; one park or two?
Biscotasing Lake Provincial Park.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/ENGLISH/bisc.html

Spanish River, West Branch. Features.
Biscotasing (road and rail access), Biscotasi Lake, Spanish River, Dead River confluence, bridge, Elspie Creek confluence, Snake River branch, Sinker Creek confluence, Metagama Creek confluence, Lebell Lake, Breadner Creek confluence, The Forks (East Spanish River confluence);
Pogamasing River confluence, Sheahan station, Pogomasing station, Manon Creek confluence, Mogo River confluence, Spanish Lake, Geneva Creek confluence, Zig Zag Rapids (from Reid-Grand), French Rapids (from Reid-Grand), The Elbow, Graveyard Rapids, Agnes River confluence, Cedar Rapids, Reynolds Creek confluence, Wakonassin River confluence, Crazy Creek confluence, Eagle Rock, Wood's Channel, Target Rock, Agnew Lake (road egress), ... , North Channel.

Spanish River, West Branch. Online, Guide.
Source: Twin-J Hide-A-Way Lodge library.
Rapids and portages.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-cano ... branch.htm
North map.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-map1.htm
Upper middle map.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-map2.htm
Lower middle map.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-map3.htm
South map.
http://www.twinj.com/spanish-river-map4.htm

Spanish River, West Branch. Biscotasing to The Forks. Online, Journal.
Author: Erhard Kraus.
Route description: Biscotasing to The Forks. http://pages.interlog.com/~erhard/spanish2.htm

Spanish River, West Branch. Biscotasing to Agnew Lake. Online, Journal.
Source: paddling.net
Author: Kingfisher.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?901

Spanish River, West Branch. Lebell Lake to Agnew Lake. Online, Journal
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: hooligan.
Title at source: Spanish River . . again!
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... =108&t=620

Spanish River, West Branch. Sinker Creek to Agnew Lake. Online, Journal.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: oc3.
Title at source: Just got back from the Spanish River... .
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=13209
Photos (require log in):
http://gallery.thebairds.ca/main.php

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Spanish River, Lower. Pogamasing station to Agnew Lake.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Ontario Forum.
Author: hooligan.
Title at source: Spanish River - high water and rain!
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 08&t=16517

End Spanish River subregion.

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Coastal Routes

North Channel. Information.
Brazer, Marjorie Cahn. Well-favoured passage: Exploring the waters, land, and history of Lake Huron's North Channel. P Martin (1975).
Brazer, Marjorie Cahn. Well-Favored Passage: A Guide to Lake Huron's North Channel. Heron Books (1987).
Links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Chan ... Ontario%29
http://thenorthchannel.ca/home.html
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/marine/f ... teID=10200
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1267827/
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Little Current to John Island; return. Online, Journal.
Author: Johanna Wandel.
ALLAN: Expand Route description.
Route description: Little Current, Benjamin Islands, Whalesback Channel, John Island; return.
http://johanna.wandel.ca/nc02/index.htm
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Manitoulin Island circumnavigation. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: paddling.net
Author: Robert Keeler
Route description: ALLAN
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?2207
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Saint Mary’s River. Information.
Canadian Heritage Rivers System.
http://www.chrs.ca/Rivers/StMarys/StMarys_e.htm
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

Spanish to Whitefish Falls. Online, Notes, Photos, Video.
Source: Private site.
Author: Ted Parker.
Route: No details provided.
Title at source: Sea Kayaking the North Channel of Georgian Bay July 2006.
http://www.parkerclan.ca/kayakjul06.php
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.

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