Apr 18th, 2026 at 5:04am (UTC)

(Moderators: Jimbo, db, DentonDoc)
‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1 [2] 3  Reply Reply Add Poll Add Poll Send Topic Send Topic Print Print
10 Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel? (Read 9765 times)
SaltedLeech
Jr. Member
Offline



Posts: 54
Location: Michigan
Joined: Jan 19th, 2011
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #10 - May 15th, 2014 at 11:03pm
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
Is that the map of the entire park with portages marked?
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
PhantomJug
Voyageur
Inukshuk
Offline



Posts: 2855
Location: 1/2 way there
Joined: Feb 12th, 2003
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #11 - May 16th, 2014 at 2:11am
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)
« Last Edit: May 16th, 2014 at 12:13pm by PhantomJug »  
Back to top
WWW WWW  
IP Logged
 
SaltedLeech
Jr. Member
Offline



Posts: 54
Location: Michigan
Joined: Jan 19th, 2011
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #12 - May 16th, 2014 at 12:05pm
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
Thanks PJ I have that one framed on the wall
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Mad_Mat
Inukshuk
Offline



Posts: 1548
Joined: Apr 21st, 2003
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #13 - May 16th, 2014 at 1:10pm
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
its worth picking up a copy of the Chrismar map, to use as a backup map and to cross check for portages  - of course, if you want to be really up to date, you would have to buy one every few years I guess.

"official" as far as the one the park recommends - not sure if they have any actual connection to the production of the map or not, but it is supposedly the most up to date. its a bigger scale than the Fisher maps, so less detail, but you could navigate the park with just that map - folds up about like a standard sized road map.  I do use it for cross checking portages against my old fisher maps (some of which are near 30 years old and portages are out of date in some cases) - but I have a lighter map I bring as backup that is also quasi official
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Mad_Mat
Inukshuk
Offline



Posts: 1548
Joined: Apr 21st, 2003
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #14 - May 16th, 2014 at 1:16pm
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
I have no connection to Q100 - only  just looking at the website to see current conditions notes - it seems to be "semi-official" as well ?  if you want to pay to play, they say they have current portage conditions.  Just thought I'd toss out that tidbit of info. below is copied from there.

"Portage Route Maintenance

Members of the Q100 Stewardship Program can download and reference portage routes and maintenance.

The map is available in 4 quadrants for easy viewing and printing.  A full size version (22x17) is also available. The latest update are conditions as of Aug. 24, 2013.

NOTE: These maps are password protected and are for Q100 Members only. If you are a Q100 Member, please contact us directly for a Username and Password.

(Adobe® Acrobat® Required. Get it here)

Quadrant 01 (PDF)

Quadrant 02 (PDF)

Quadrant 03 (PDF)

Quadrant 04 (PDF)

Full Size (22 x 17) (PDF) Updated Aug. 24, 2013."
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
SaltedLeech
Jr. Member
Offline



Posts: 54
Location: Michigan
Joined: Jan 19th, 2011
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #15 - May 19th, 2014 at 12:16pm
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
Thanks MM. Part of the adventure is exploring. I will let you know what I find after our trip we Leave June 14th.

Thanks again for all the info.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
solotripper
Inukshuk
Offline



Posts: 8103
Location: clarkston MI
Joined: Mar 14th, 2005
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #16 - Jun 2nd, 2014 at 3:43pm
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
I agree, the Chrismar map is a great reference/back-up map, IF the maps your using don't jibe (portage wise) with what your looking at.

My trip report highlights that point as I was attempting to find the portage to Halliday out of Elizabeth.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Jim J Solo
Inukshuk
Offline



Posts: 1195
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Joined: Apr 6th, 2007
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #17 - Jun 3rd, 2014 at 3:50pm
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
ST, You might be lucky you didn't find that portage. I used it on my 1st trip years ago and remember it being kind of tough. We found it, but we were going in from Sturgeon. I was always curious how quiet Halliday might be for a layover, if there was a campsite.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
solotripper
Inukshuk
Offline



Posts: 8103
Location: clarkston MI
Joined: Mar 14th, 2005
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #18 - Jun 3rd, 2014 at 7:42pm
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
JJS,

I'll find it someday, even if I do a reverse route and come in from the Halliday side.

I understand there is only one decent site on Halliday, but that maybe from a tandem/group standpoint.

It wasn't so much not finding it that bothered me, it was the effort going down Elizabeth and back to plan B, Walter lk that was the pain.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Mad_Mat
Inukshuk
Offline



Posts: 1548
Joined: Apr 21st, 2003
Re: Batchewaung Portage to Pickerel?
Reply #19 - Jun 16th, 2014 at 2:04pm
Quote Quote Print Post Print Post  
"My trip report highlights that point as I was attempting to find the portage to Halliday out of Elizabeth."

that is a tricky one to find.  before you get to the very end of Elizabeth, look to your left shore for a really narrow dip - in high water, you could likley paddle in - the year we did that it was low water, and nothing much to point out the way except that everything else we looked at was wrong - it takes you to a smallish pond if I remember right, then you do the portage from that pond into Halliday (its not Eliz to Halliday).  The time we did it, we set a bunch of log rollers up and rolled the canoes into the little creek or bay for maybe 30 yards, it being too shallow and rocky to paddle.  And yes, the Halliday to Sturgeon portage was deep muckhole that year (2000) - I'd hope its been improved woth more corduroy since.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1 [2] 3 
Reply Reply Add Poll Add Poll Send Topic Send Topic Print Print
‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

 
  « The Put-In ‹ Board  ^Top   

QuietJourney Forums » Powered by YaBB 2.6.0!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2026. All Rights Reserved.

Valid RSS Valid XHTML Valid CSS Powered by Perl Source Forge