Tuk Tuk is a 96 km canoe-camping loop in Zec Kipawa, north of Béarn in Témiscamingue, and Paddling Magazine calls it the zec's most popular route. Algonquin Canoe Company, run by Wolf Lake First Nation, starts it at Hunters Point, a historic Algonquin settlement with a wooden church and abandoned buildings; Paddling Magazine says it can also begin on Lac Ostaboningue. The loop links Lac Ostaboningue, Lac Hunter's Point, the Audoin River, Lac du Bouleau, Lac Pommeroy, Lac à l'Eau Claire, Lac Saseginaga, Lac Écarté, Lac North, Lac B.-L., Lac des Cinq Milles and the Saseginaga River. Expect about a dozen portages of 60 to 555 m. Zec Kipawa allows four to ten days and Algonquin Canoe five to ten. The larger lakes have cottages and some motorboats, but most of the loop is remote. You must register with the zec on arrival and pay camping fees; campsites are marked but cannot be reserved.
Tuk Tuk Canoe-Camping Circuit (Anishnabe Loop), Zec Kipawa is rated Intermediate. Whitewater ratings are not exact: grades change with water level and season. Verify current conditions locally before you paddle.
The best time is Mid-May to early October (Paddling Magazine, Kipawa region).
Tuk Tuk Canoe-Camping Circuit (Anishnabe Loop), Zec Kipawa is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Témiscamingue) region of Canada.
Straight-line distance between route centres.
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Conditions change with water level and season. Grades and positions are for planning, not navigation. Verify locally before you paddle. Terms of use
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