Went on Tea Pail in September 2018, N to S from Stonehouse to Gammon's East Connector. Very low water year. Portages themselves very well indicated and easy to follow. The Gammon's East Connector was DRY, though, no water flowing form Aikens Lake. It had became a series of unnavigable, shallow and very muddy marshe. Mandatory 3+ km, easy portage to water downriver on hard ground, or haul in the mud if you want to float your boat with gear and avoid double carry. The 1:50 000 topo 52 M/6 map does not show, but that downstream section of East Connector is at best a navigable marsh. Hap Wilson's map is more precise and mentions this. No idea of the actual water level of Aikens from which the connector dries up. 2018 level was exceptionnally low, though, according to Lorraine Turenne at Aikens Lake Lodge. This East Connector section is beautiful, though. Well worth the effort.
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Went on Tea Pail in September 2018, N to S from Stonehouse to Gammon's East Connector. Very low water year. Portages themselves very well indicated and easy to follow. The Gammon's East Connector was DRY, though, no water flowing form Aikens Lake. It had became a series of unnavigable, shallow and very muddy marshe. Mandatory 3+ km, easy portage to water downriver on hard ground, or haul in the mud if you want to float your boat with gear and avoid double carry. The 1:50 000 topo 52 M/6 map does not show, but that downstream section of East Connector is at best a navigable marsh. Hap Wilson's map is more precise and mentions this. No idea of the actual water level of Aikens from which the connector dries up. 2018 level was exceptionnally low, though, according to Lorraine Turenne at Aikens Lake Lodge. This East Connector section is beautiful, though. Well worth the effort.
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