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Section 5: Pukaskwa Depot to Michipicoten River Superior Highlands.
Fast Facts
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.
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 Aug 1- Sun Aug 9, 2009 Cost: $1,695 CDN for this section. Includes: Full guiding and outfitting, meals, shuttles. (Sea kayaks and tents additional.)
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-kilometrelong 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. 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.
Equipment and Services 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.
Book a leg of the Big One today. Phone 1-800-203-9092 or email info@naturallysuperior.com