MASSAWEPIE LAKE & SOUTH BRANCH GRASSE RIVER paddling & camping
Sep 25-27, 2016 - MASSAWEPIE MIRE - a large boreal peatland bog, or a "poor fen". Massawepie Boy Scouts Camp & Emporium Easement lands. Paddled counterclockwise 3.5 miles to Bayview (#10) campsite on Massawepie Lake passing some boy scout buildings & yurts along the way. The lake is fringed with red & white pines. The campsite is located at the tip of a peninsula at the end of an esker, a trail follows the high land. Short sunset paddle. Loons, bald eagle. No other campers on the lake - quite peaceful. Day 2 - Under a footbridge & down the outlet for 3 miles going over quite a few beaver dams. In the last mile, the stream was extremely narrow & twisty that my 15' canoe felt too long - the 12-footers had an easier time making the turns. Reached the S Br Grass River after 2.5 hours. Paddled under a bridge & went downstream on the S Br for 1.5 miles (3 or 4 beaver dams) & stopped for lunch just past Jocks Pond Outlet. Paddled upstre...