Massassauga Provincial Park Kayaking

One of my favourite kayak trips ever was our day trip to Massassauga Provincial Park. We were camped at Six Mile Lake Provincial Park and decided to do a day trip away from the park. We accessed Massassauga from Woods Bay. I brought along a shore lunch with the intention of stopping at the Calhoun Lodge.
The scenery was incredible! Typical northern rocky shorelines with the far end of Blackstone Harbour ending in a marshy area. Here are some photos:

Entering Blackstone Harbour

Inukshuk on the shoreline

Beautiful scenery at Massassauga

My kayak

There are paddle in campsites at Blackstone for those that would like to stay here and explore the area. There is so much to explore! Aside from Blackstone Harbour, you could paddle out towards Georgian Bay and explore many, many islands and channels. A good gps with up to date marine charts is a must or waterproof maps of the area. You could easily get lost in the islands and channels and with lowering water levels it's even more difficult unless your map or gps is up to date.
This is such a wonderful place to paddle! The waterway is of course shared with motorboats, but there were only a couple smaller fishing boats out when we were here. We never caught any fish at Blackstone Harbour. We tried fishing from the dock at the Calhoun Lodge where we stopped for lunch, we caught nothing there either.

By the time we left later in the afternoon to head back to Wood's Bay, a west wind had developed. It made for a difficult, but manageable paddle. I had read that afternoon west winds were typical here, so I was prepared.
There is another place to launch at Blackstone Harbour where you can also pick up park permits if you intend to camp here. I'm not sure of the name now, but it should be easily found with an internet search.
For lunch, we pulled ashore at the Calhoun Lodge. It was closed for the fall, so we couldn't tour it. Not sure if it's open during the summer, but it's an interesting location too.
There are hiking trails that start at the lodge too. Dave wasn't thrilled with hiking due to the possibility of rattlesnakes, so hiking didn't happen.
We had a great time kayaking here and loved this place!
Here's a link to the page on my blog for this camping trip and day trip to Massassauga:
 http://sdrvadventurers.blog.com/six-mile-lake-provincial-park/