I almost took that portage last year.  Our planned route was going to take us thru it, but some late-breaking hot tips on a good fishing lake caused us to alter our destination for the day.  We still could have gotten where we were going using that portage, but it would have been towards the end of an exhausting day out of North Bay on Basswood so we decided to detour thru McIntyre/Paulene and the shorter portages of that route.

So I guess the short answer is that I can't help you.  I'd like to hear what I missed out on if you do end up going that way, though.