The LaVase Portages are a series of portages, waterway and pathways between Trout Lake & Lake Nipissing. The portages are about 11 kms in length and are long and tough and move through very muddy areas. At the beginning of the portages there is a historical plaque. The route was used thousands of years ago by most First Nation groups in Ontario at the time of European contact.

You should expect that a few things have changed since the days of the voyageurs. For one, sections of the portages are routed away from their original location, because some land has been...