Portage 320 meters - Kawa to Upper Kawa
Length of portage: 320 meters.
Portage maintenance regular or low: Regular.
Landing on Kawa Lake (elevation 399m)
Topography of under-water approach: Mud and rock in knee-deep water.
Impediments to disembarking from and/or unloading a canoe: Shoreline and landing/staging area is very rooty.
Topography of the ascending grade: A wide but rooty path.
Impediments to moving gear to portage trail: Just the tree roots.
Room for a couple of canoes ...
Uneven surface, but room to stage gear ...
A wide path dominated by roots ...
Portage Trail (peak elevation 404m)
Elevation profile ...
Landing at Upper Kawa Lake (elevation 400 meters).
Topography of under-water approach: Gravel in shallow water. During low water levels, loaded canoes will need to be lined out to deeper water.
Impediments to disembarking from and/or unloading a canoe: None. Landing/staging area is a road that becomes the launching area.
Topography of the ascending grade: Wide gravel road.
Impediments to moving gear to portage trail: None.
A long, wide, and shallow waterway leads to the landing ...
Lots of room for staging gear ...
An old road to start the trail ...
Thanks to Jeffrey McMurtrie of Jeff'sMap for supplying the base-layer map component by Creative Commons licensing.
Submitted by Chris Taylor, visited May 2015, submitted November, 2019