Muskrat River

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Overview

This flat water canoe day trip, 12 km north of Cobden, travels from Muskrat Lake along Muskrat River to Mud Lake and further if you desire. Be sure to bring binoculars to view: Great Blue Herons, Kingfishers, American Coots, Gallinules, Black Terns and the occasional Osprey. This canoe route follows a section of Samuel de Champlain’s 1615 expedition into the interior of Canada. Canoe up the northwestern end of Muskrat Lake past the permanent summer camp. Muskrat Lake, 14 km long, lies in a pre-glacial valley that occupies an old fault line. The...

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