A strenuous portage that will gain about 125 feet of altitude. This portage is well over a mile long. The portage begins with a nice landing on a sandy beach. The first part of the portage is strongly uphill from Tuscarora Lake. The trail then levels out and passes over two swampy areas that represent former lake beds (Wish Lake and Contest Lake).
The first part of the Tuscarora Lake to Missing Link portage.
One of several wooden plank bridges you will cross along this trail. While these bridges cross many of the muddy sections, if it has rained lately, there will still be plenty of muddy sections where there is no bridge to facilitate the crossings. This is the view in late fall (middle of October).
A continuation of the Tuscarora Lake to Missing Link Lake portage. This is the second part finally ending at the south end of the southern arm of Missing Link Lake.
Missing Link Lake looking north from its southern tip. The two paddlers in the canoe ahead were the only people seen in two days through this area during a mid-October trip.
