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Nopiming


Provincial Park, Manitoba


by Bucky Buchanan


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ROUTE: Haggart Lake


Most canoeists traverse Nopiming Provincial Park from east to west on one of many fast flowing rivers emptying into Lake Winnipeg. Others only sample the delights of Nopiming, and the adjacent Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in Ontario, on the weekend-length Wilson Lake loop. But even fewer traverse the parks from south to north following the chain of lakes and rivers from Bird Lake to Wallace Lake. The Haggart Lake route is the best of many variations of this five to seven-day trip. Unlike most tannin-coloured shield lakes, Haggart is clear and deep, offering excellent campsites with a few rare sandy beaches. The Haggart River to Carroll Lake is a jewel: intimate, small, rugged and fast flowing.


Need to know The Bird Lake put-in is 190 kilometres north- east of Winnipeg. It’s a 250-kilometre round- trip on gravel roads to drop a car at Wallace Lake campground. Follow the Bird River northeast and portage into Aegean, Wrist, Welkin and Beamish lakes to Haggart Lake. Head east from Haggart through several unnamed lakes to the Wanipigow River, which drains into Wallace Lake. The portages are often obscure or non-existent. Low water lev- els can make canoeing the creeks a challenge.


INFO................ Nopiming Provincial Park, 1-800-214- 6497. Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, www.ontari- oparks.com/eng- lish/wood.html


GUIDEBOOK.... Canoe route map ($12) from Woodland Caribou office, (807) 727- 1329.


MAPS .............. Topos–52 L/6, L/10,


L/11, L/14, L/15, M/2, M/3.


PERMITS.......... Nopiming requires vehicle permits, available at the park office. Woodland Caribou requires backcountry camping permits, (807) 727-1329.


OUTFITTER...... Atikaki Canoe Outfitters, www.geocities.com/ atikaki.geo/index.


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CANADA’S WHITEWATER Canoeing and Kayaking


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PHOTO BY BUCKY BUCHANAN


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