Sea Kayak Lake Superior's Forgotten Coast
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| Description: |
Guided and partially
outfitted sea kayak trip–seven days kayaking, seven nights camping, half-day group skills workshop |
| Skill: |
Intermediate to advanced paddling skills and
backcountry camping experience |
| Pace: |
Moderate with occasionally demanding portions |
| Min. Age: |
18 |
| Distance: |
95 km (average paddling speed of 4.5 to 6 km/hr) |
| Dates: |
Sat July 26- Aug 3 2008
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| Cost: |
$1,695 CDN for this section. Pricing details for "The Big One" click here.
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| Includes: |
Full guiding and outfitting, meals, shuttles. (Sea kayaks and tents additional.)
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Wilderness sea kayaking on Lake Superior’s remote Highlands coast. This guided and outfitted fifth leg of
the Lake Superior Sea Kayak Pageant explores the uninhabited, infrequently
paddled shore between Pukaskwa National Park’s southern boundary and Michipicoten Bay
near Wawa, Ontario. This section of coastline is undeveloped in its entirety, and was recently designated a provincial conservation reserve.
This 90-kilometre-long sea kayak trip contrasts rugged, spectacularly beautiful headlands with Caribbean-like beaches. Highlights include the abandoned logging village of Pukaskwa Depot and a day hike to the 40-metre-high Denison Falls. We'll also paddle along the notorious cliffs of Point Isacor, a 10-kilometre-long stretch of spectacular 150-metre granite cliffs and scree slopes. Although time is built in for rough conditions, this is a trip for paddlers in good condition with previous sea kayaking experience.
Your trip begins with a half-day group safety and paddling skills workshop at our Rock Island Lodge and Lake Superior Paddling Centre. We end the day with a fresh whitefish dinner. Advanced reservations are required if you’d like to spend Saturday night in our Rock Island Lodge, however we reserve a number of campsites for trip participants on our sandy lakeside beach. We charter a boat shuttles with a local fishing tug to the south end of Pukaskwa National Park. From here we paddled eastwards back to our Rock Island base at the mouth of the Michipicoten River.
This trip is
designed for intermediate paddlers: previous sea kayaking and wilderness
camping experience are required. A skill workshop will take place prior to trip
departure and your enjoyment will be enhanced if you are in good physical
condition and comfortable with wilderness camping.
The lake is
mostly calm in summer, but when it gets rough we enjoy the view from shore, so
experience paddling in surf and big swells is not necessary. The group sets our pace, but we tend to spend
most of the day on the water, leaving lots of time for covering the distance
and exploring the coast.
Equipment and Services – Partially
Outfitted Trip
We Provide:
Professional instruction and guiding; BBQ dinner on Saturday evening and all
meals to the following Saturday afternoon; fishing tug and vehicle shuttles;
all group safety, camping, cooking, eating and sanitation gear.
You Provide:
Fully outfitted expedition sea kayak (minimum 16.5 feet in length with two
sealed bulkheads – rudder or skeg are recommended), tent, sleeping bag and pad
and all personal equipment and clothing. A detailed recommended list is
provided on registration.
Outfitting:
We have expedition outfitted sea kayaks ($20 day) and tents ($5 day) available
at reduced rates for trip guests who prefer to use our equipment.
The Superior
Highlands Conservation Reserve and the newly designated Nimoosh
Park with Denison
Falls is the most remote section of
the Pukaskwa Coastline outside of Pukaskwa
National Park. Make it
your next paddling destination.
Check out more photos of this trip in Photo Gallery.
Show me Section 6 of The Big One.
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