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Sturgeon-weir region

Coverage:
Sturgeon-weir River system upstream from Amisk Lake.

Explicit inclusions:
Sturgeon-weir River, Wildnest River.

Explicit exclusions:
Amisk Lake and the Sturgeon-weir River system below it.

Ed note:
Entries with a component on the Sturgeon-weir system, for example the popular route passing from the lower Churchill to the Sturgeon-weir via the Frog Portage, are posted here only.

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Deschambault Lake to Maligne Lake; via Pelican Lake and Sturgeon-weir River. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 13.
Route description: Ballantyne Bay of Deschambault Lake, Deschambault Lake settlement, unnamed? river, South Arm of Pelican Lake, Pelican Lake, Sandy Narrows settlement, Pelican Narrows settlement, Opawikusehikan Narrows and Rte 135 bridge, Mirond Lake, Corneille Rapids and Portage, Corneille Lake, official start of the Sturgeon-weir River, Dog Rapids and Portage, Birch Rapids and Portage, Gooding Lake, Leaf Rapids, Maligne Lake and Hwy 106.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe13
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe13locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe13areamap
Ed note: Consult also the entry Sturgeon-weir River and Wildnest River loop; via Mirond Lake, Attitti Lake and Granite Lake.

Deschambault Lake to Maligne Lake; via Pelican Lake and Sturgeon-weir River. Guide.
Source: Canoeing the Precambrian Edge; Wilderness, Adventure and Legend. Greenstone Community Futures Development Corporation, Flin Flon (1998).
Compiler/s, Author/s: Peter Gregg and Saskatchewan Environment Resource Management.
Title at source: 10. Deschambault Lake – Pelican Narrows – Mirond Lake – Sturgeon-weir River – Maligne Lake.
Route description: Hwy 106, South Arm of Deschambault Lake, Southeast Arm, unnamed? river, South Arm of Pelican Lake, Pelican Lake, Sandy Narrows settlement, Pelican Narrows settlement, Opawikusehikan Narrows and Rte 135 bridge, Mirond Lake, Corneille Rapids and Portage, Corneille Lake, official start of the Sturgeon-weir River, Dog Rapids and Portage, Birch Rapids and Portage, Gooding Lake, Leaf Rapids, Maligne Lake and Hwy 106.

Deschambault Lake to Sandy Bay; via Pelican Narrows and Nemei River. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 48.
Ed note: Toporama shows a Provincial Recreation Site at the bottom of the southeast arm of Deschambault Lake, southeast of Deschambault Lake settlement; it is reached by a road about 1 km long from Hwy 106. But neither Tourism Saskatchewan nor the Deschambault Lake community site lists the campground.
Route description: Deschambault Lake (Southeast Arm), Pelican Lake (South Arm), Sandy Narrows, Pelican Narrows settlement, Opawikusehikan Narrows, Mirond Lake, Wunehikun Bay, Meggisi Rapids, Waskwei Lake, Attitti Lake, Kakinagimak Lake, Nemei Lake, Nemei River, Tocher Lake, Hwy 135 (twice), Wasawakasik Lake, Sandy Bay.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe47 (mislabelled at source)
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe48locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe48areamap

Deschambault Lake to Sandy Bay; via Pelican Narrows and Mukoman River. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 49.
Ed note: Toporama shows a Provincial Recreation Site at the bottom of the southeast arm of Deschambault Lake, southeast of Deschambault Lake settlement; it is reached by a road about 1 km long from Hwy 106. But neither Tourism Saskatchewan nor the Deschambault Lake community site lists the campground.
Route description: Deschambault Lake (Southeast Arm), Pelican Lake (South Arm), Sandy Narrows, Pelican Narrows settlement, Opawikusehikan Narrows, Mirond Lake, Wunehikun Bay, Meggisi Rapids, Waskwei Lake, Attitti Lake, Belcher Lake, Mukoman Lake, Mukoman River, Ohoo Lake, Hwy 135, Sokatisewin Lake (southwest arm), Churchill River, Sandy Bay.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe49
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe49locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe49areamap

Lac La Ronge to Deschambault Lake; via Wapawekka Lake and Deschambault River. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 43.
Route description: La Ronge, Potato Point, Fox Point, Nipekamew Bay, Wapawekka Lake, Wapawekka Narrows, Deschambault River, Oskikebuk Lake, Merritt Lake, Deschambault Lake (West Arm), Ballantyne Bay and Hwy 106.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe43
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe43locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe43areamap

Lac La Ronge to Descambault Lake; via Rapid River, Churchill River, Frog Portage and Pelican Narrows. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 7.
Route description: La Ronge, Lac La Ronge, Diefenbaker Bay, Rapid River, Hale Lake, Stewart Bay, Iskwatikan Lake, Nistowiak Falls Portage, Nistowiak Lake, Churchill River features, Frog Portage, Sturgeon-weir River features, Pelican Lake, side trip to Pelican Narrows settlement, Sandy Narrows, South Arm (Pelican Lake), Deschambault Lake (with at least three points to access Hwy 106).
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe7
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe7locatormap
Not available http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe7areamap

Lac La Ronge to Jan Lake; via Rapid River, Churchill River, Frog Portage and Pelican Narrows. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 8.
Route description: La Ronge, Lac La Ronge, Diefenbaker Bay, Rapid River, Hale Lake, Stewart Bay, Iskwatikan Lake, Nistowiak Falls Portage, Nistowiak Lake, Churchill River named features, Frog Portage, Sturgeon-weir River named features, Pelican Lake, side trip to Pelican Narrows settlement, Sandy Narrows settlement, Jan Lake, Doupe Bay and access road to Hwy 135.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe8
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe8locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe8areamap

Lac La Ronge to Maligne Lake; via Rapid River, Churchill River, Frog Portage and Pelican Narrows. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 9.
Route description: La Ronge, Lac La Ronge, Diefenbaker Bay, Rapid River, Hale Lake, Stewart Bay, Iskwatikan Lake, Nistowiak Falls Portage, Nistowiak Lake, Churchill River features, Frog Portage, Sturgeon-weir River features, Maligne Lake and Hwy 106.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe9
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe9locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe9areamap

Otter Lake to Cumberland House; via Churchill River, Frog Portage and Sturgeon-weir River. Guide.
Source: Marchildon, Greg and Sid Robinson. Canoeing the Churchill: A Practical Guide to the Historic Voyageur Highway. Edited by Ralph Nilson. Canadian Plains Research Centre, Regina (2002).
Ed note: Contains just about anything you might want to know about the Churchill – Sturgeon-weir route plus an extensive bibliography.

Otter Lake to Cumberland House; via Churchill River, Frog Portage and Sturgeon-weir River. Journal.
Source: University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Library, Sigurd F Olson web site.
Ed note: Information deleted?
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/JMC//Olson/contents.htm
Author: Denis Coolican.
Route description (place names from both Coolican and Toporama): Île-à-la-Crosse, Lac Île-à-la-Crosse, Patuanak, Lake Shagwenaw, Drum Rapids, Leaf Rapids, Deer Rapids, Dipper Rapids, Dipper Lake, Primeau Lake, Crooked Rapids, Knee Rapids, Knee Lake, Bentley ("Beatty") Bay, Haultain River confluence, Dreger Lake, Sandy Lake, Snake Rapids, McDonald Bay, Pinehouse ("Snake") Lake, Cowpack Island, Bélanger River confluence, Sandfly Lake, Needle Rapids, Needle Falls, Kinosaskaw Lake, Silent Rapids, Black Bear Island Lake, Birch Rapids, Trout Lake, Trout Portage, Stack Lake, Rock Trout Portage, Mountney Lake, Nipew ("Dead") Lake, Hayman Lake, Great Devil Rapids, Wladyka Falls, Little Devil Rapids, Devil Lake, Otter Rapids Portage, Otter Lake, Stony Mountain Portage (past Robertson Falls), Mountain Portage (past Twin Falls), Mountain Lake, Shooting-Up-Rock, Stanley (reprovisioning point), Stanley Rapids, Drope Lake, Nistowiak Lake, Rapid ("Montreal") River confluence, Potter Rapids, Drinking Lake, Island Portage, Keg Lake, Keg Falls, Grand Rapids, Trade Lake, Frog Lake, Frog Portage, Pelican Narrows, Amisk Lake, Namew Lake, Cumberland House.
Ed note: 1955 trip with Sigurd F Oslon, Omond Solandt, Elliot Rodger, Antonius Lovink and Eric Morse.
Ed note: See also Sigurd Olson's The Lonely Land.
Ed note: Information deleted?
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/JMC//Olson/voya ... _diary.htm

Otter Lake to Pelican Narrows; via Churchill River, Frog Portage and Sturgeon-weir River. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 5.
Route description: Churchill River named features, Frog Portage, Sturgeon-weir River named features, Pelican Narrows settlement (Rte 135).
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe5
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe5locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe5areamap

Pelican Narrows to Maligne Lake; via Mirond Lake, Waskwei Lake, Wildnest Lake and Sturgeon-weir River. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 22.
Route description: Pelican Narrows settlement (Rte 135), Opawikusehikan Narrows, Mirond Lake, Wunehikun Bay, Meggisi Rapids, Waskwei Lake, Attitti Lake, Kakinagimak Lake, Dougherty Lake, Wildnest Lake (Manson Bay), Trent Lake, Wildnest River, Granite Lake, Sturgeon-weir River, Maligne Lake (Hwy 106).
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe22
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe22locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe22areamap
Ed note: Consult also the entry Sturgeon-weir River and Wildnest River loop; via Mirond Lake, Attitti Lake and Granite Lake.

Pelican Narrows to Maligne Lake; via Mirond Lake, Waskwei Lake, Wildnest Lake and Sturgeon-weir River. Guide.
Source: Canoeing the Precambrian Edge; Wilderness, Adventure and Legend. Greenstone Community Futures Development Corporation, Flin Flon (1998).
Compiler/s, Author/s: Saskatchewan Historic Trails Canoe Club and Peter Gregg.
Title at source: 11. Pelican Narrows – Mirond Lake – Waskwei Lake – Attitti Lake – Kakinagimak Lake – Wildnest Lake – Granite Lake – Sturgeon-weir River – Mile 190, Highway 106.
Route description: Pelican Narrows settlement (Rte 135), Opawikusehikan Narrows, Mirond Lake, Wunehikun Bay, Meggisi Rapids, Waskwei Lake, Attitti Lake, Kakinagimak Lake, Dougherty Lake, Wildnest Lake (Manson Bay), Trent Lake, Wildnest River, Granite Lake, Sturgeon-weir River, Maligne Lake (Hwy 106).

Pelican Narrows to Sandy Bay; via Sturgeon-weir River, Frog Portage and Churchill River. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 28.
Route description: Pelican Narrows settlement (Rte 135), Sturgeon-weir River features, Frog Portage, Churchill River features, Sandy Bay.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe28
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe28locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe28areamap

Sturgeon-weir River. Information.
Ed note: According to Toporama, the Sturgeon-weir starts at the downstream end of Corneille Lake. I saw no named river on the voyageur route from the Frog Portage to this point (Toporama, 1:40k scale). For the convenience of the reader, I use "Sturgeon-weir River" for the entire reach from the source of Lindstrom Lake to Cumberland Lake.
Wikipedia stub.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon-Weir_River
Morse, Eric W. Fur Trade Canoe Routes of Canada / Then and Now. University of Toronto Press, Toronto (1979; reprinted in 1984).
Olson, Sigurd F. The Lonely Land. University of Minnesota Press; reprint edition (1997).
Coverage: Île-à-la-Crosse, Churchill River, Frog Portage, Sturgeon-weir River, Cumberland House.

Sturgeon-weir River. Features.
Sources: Toporama, Gregg and Coolican.
Note: The Sturgeon-weir River proper starts only below Corneille Lake.
Frog Portage, Lindstrom Lake, Pixley Lake, Wood Lake, Grassy Narrows, three portages (called Three Rapids Portage by Coolican), Muskike Lake, Medicine Rapids, Chachukew Lake, Pelican Lake, Pelican Narrows settlement, Opawikusehikan Narrows, Mirond Lake, Corneille Rapids and Portage, Corneille Lake, Dog Rapids and Portage, official start of the Sturgeon-weir River, Birch Rapids and Portage, Maligne Lake, Snake River (local name), Leaf Rapids and Portage, Scoop Rapids Portage, Snake Rapids and Portage, Spruce Rapids and Portage, Amisk Lake, Crooked Rapids, Goose River confluence, Sturgeon Landing (settlement), Namew Lake, Whitey Narrows, Cross Lake, Cumberland Lake, Cumberland House.

Sturgeon-weir River. Online, Photos.
Authors: Robin and Arlene Karpan.
http://parklandpublishing.com/skphotos/ ... index.html

Sturgeon-weir River. Amisk Lake to Cumberland House. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 44.
Route description: Amisk Lake (from Denare Beach or South Weir Campground, both off Hwy 167), Sturgeon-weir River features, Cumberland House.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe44
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe44locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe44areamap

Sturgeon-weir River. Frog Portage to Cumberland House. Guide.
Ed note: This entry is listed also in the Central folder.
Source: Marchildon, Greg and Sid Robinson. Canoeing the Churchill: A Practical Guide to the Historic Voyageur Highway. Edited by Ralph Nilson. Canadian Plains Research Centre, Regina (2002).
Coverage: Methy Portage, Churchill River features, Frog Portage, Sturgeon-weir River features, Cumberland House.

Sturgeon-weir River. Frog Portage to Cumberland House. Journal.
Ed note: This entry is listed also in the Central folder.
Ed note: Part of a Route from Île-à-la-Crosse to Cumberland House.
Source: University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Library, Sigurd F Olson web site.
Author: Denis Coolican.
Route description (place names from both Coolican and Toporama): Île-à-la-Crosse, Churchill River features, Trade Lake, Frog Lake, Frog Portage, Sturgeon-weir River features, Cumberland House, two-mile truck ride, Pemmican Portage, Saskatchewan River by motorboat, The Pas.
Ed note: 1955 trip with Sigurd F Oslon, Omond Solandt, Elliot Rodger, Antonius Lovink and Eric Morse.
Ed note: See also Sigurd Olson's The Lonely Land.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/JMC//Olson/voya ... _diary.htm

Sturgeon-weir River. Frog Portage to Pelican Narrows. Online, Guide.
Portion of Saskatchewan government Routes 7, 8 and 9; also Route 28 in reverse.
Route description: Frog Portage (from Trade Lake on Churchill River), Sturgeon River features, Pelican Narrows settlement (Rte 135).
NB: SK Route 28 is traversed from Pelican Narrows settlement to Frog Portage and beyond.
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe7
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe7locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe7areamap

Sturgeon-weir River. Maligne Lake to Amisk Lake. Online, Guide.
Saskatchewan government Route 14.
Route description: Maligne Lake (Hwy 106), Sturgeon-weir River features, Amisk Lake and Denare Beach (Hwy 167).
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe14
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe14locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe14areamap

Sturgeon-weir River. Maligne Lake to Amisk Lake. Online, Journal, Photo.
Source: Bryan Sarauer library.
Author: pawistik.
Route description: Maligne Lake, Sturgeon-weir River named features, Amisk Lake and Denare Beach.
Title at source: Sturgeon Weir River - Amisk Lake - July 2nd - August 6th, 2005.
http://pawistik.blogspot.com/2009/10/tr ... -2005.html

Sturgeon-weir River. Maligne Lake to Amisk Lake. Guide.
Source: Canoeing the Precambrian Edge; Wilderness, Adventure and Legend. Greenstone Community Futures Development Corporation, Flin Flon (1998).
Compiler/s, Author/s: Peter Gregg and Saskatchewan Environment Resource Management.
Title at source: 8. Maligne Lake – Sturgeon-weir River – Amisk Lake – Denare Beach.
Route description: Maligne Lake (Hwy 106), Sturgeon-weir River features, Amisk Lake and Denare Beach.

Sturgeon-weir River and Wildnest River loop; via Mirond Lake, Attitti Lake and Granite Lake. Online, Journal.
Ed note: Parts of Saskatchewan Routes 13 and 22.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Saskatchewan Forum.
Author: Ralph.
Route description: Highway 106, Sturgeon-weir River (above Maligne Lake), Birch Portage, Dog Portage, Corneille Lake, Corneille Portage, Mirond Lake, Wunehikun Bay, Meggisi Rapids, Waskwei Lake, Attitti Lake, Kakinagimak Lake, Dougherty Lake, Wildnest Lake, Wildnest River, Trent Lake, Granite Lake, Birch Portage, Sturgeon-weir River, Highway 106.
Title at source: Sturgeon-weir, Mirond, Wildnest loop.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 12&t=35350

Sturgeon-weir River. Maligne Lake to Sturgeon Landing. Online, Journal, Photos.
Ed note: This entry is listed also in the Central folder.
Source: Neis Family library.
Author: Margot Neis.
Route description: Maligne Lake (Hwy 106), Sturgeon-weir River features, Sturgeon Landing.
Story:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/st ... story.html
Photos:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/st ... sturg.html
Area map:
http://www.vvneisfamily.com/canoeing/threeframe.html

Sturgeon-weir River. Maligne Lake to Sturgeon Landing. Guide.
Ed note: This entry is listed also in the Central folder.
Source: Archer, Laurel. Northern Saskatchewan Canoe Trips: A Guide to Fifteen Wilderness Rivers. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2003).

Sturgeon-weir River. Pelican Narrows to Maligne Lake. Online, Guide.
Portion of Saskatchewan government Routes 9 and 13.
Route description: Pelican Narrows settlement (Rte 135), Sturgeon-weir River features, Maligne Lake (Hwy 106).
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe9
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe9locatormap
http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/canoe9areamap

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