The Portage between Cross Bay Lake and Snipe Lake

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Portaging Direction: From Cross Bay Lake to Snipe Lake

Start of the rocky 80 rod portage up to Snipe Lake. Landing is rocky, but not particularly troublesome. There is often a beaver dam just down the channel that you may have to lift over before reaching this point.

This is an uphill slog along a rocky portage to Snipe Lake.

A lovely view of Snipe Lake looking west. A beaver dam is just visible to your right, where the creek flows out of Snipe Lake. This creek eventually pours into Cross Bay Lake. The canoe put in here is mildly difficult, as the landing is rocky and the water is about knee high.

Now that you've made it over the portage, visit: SNIPE LAKE

Portaging Direction: From Snipe Lake to Cross Bay Lake

A rocky landing with space for one canoe at a time. Hard not to get your feet wet on this one, but some may manage it. From here, it is 80 rods mostly downhill to Cross Bay Lake.

A fairly steep descent to Cross Bay Lake. This portage has lots of rocks and ruts to make footing mildly tricky.

View of Cross Bay Lake from the Snipe Lake portage. The landing area here is rocky, but there are much worse places to launch a canoe. In the distance, to right of center is a beaver dam. You will likely need to perform a liftover maneuver at this dam, before you can start paddling in earnest across Cross Bay Lake.

Now that you've made it over the portage, visit: CROSS BAY LAKE

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