Portage

Length: 80 meters

Portage maintenance: regular

Elevation above Sea Level @ Galeairy Lake: 390 meters
Elevation above Sea Level @ St Andrews Lake: 391 meters

Rise/Fall Overall: A mere 1 meter down to the Galeairy Lake side.

Landing at: Galeairy Lake

Topography of under-water approach: Muck and small boulders.

Available surface area for managing canoes: Room for at least 3 canoes + gear at a time.

Impediments to disembarking from and/or unloading a canoe: Muck and rocks require care during in-water unloading.

Topography of the ascending grade: moderate slope up to trail.

Impediments to moving gear to portage trail: None. There's a small area to pull canoes out of the water and to organize gear.

Galeairy Lake canoe landing from the water ...

Combination of muck and small boulders at landing ...

Small area for parking canoes and sorting gear ...

General description: Short, narrow, bit rough, but on very easy firm ground.

Topographical impediments to traveling: None.

Areas susceptible to impact by periods of rain or beaver flooding: None

Midway on the portage ...

Approaching the Night Lake landing ...

Landing at: Night Lake

Topography of under-water approach: Muck with the odd rounded rock, to the south of the large rock mass which is to steeply sloped for safe unloading.

Available surface area for managing canoes: Narrow landing means that any canoe-parking and gear sorting should be done on the large rock to the north of the landing.

Impediments to disembarking from and/or unloading a canoe: Shallow muck landing means in-water unloading is probable.

Impediments to moving gear to portage trail: Very short rise to portage trail

Night Lake landing is behind tress to the left ...

The narrow landing has sloped muck and rocks ...

This large rock provides room for canoe-parking and the sorting of gear ...

Submitted by Barry Bridgeford, September 2013 .. visited June 2013