Maximum of 10 participants.

Dates for private groups flexible. (minimum of 4 participants) please email for enquiries

White Otter Lake Loop: Spend 8 days paddling on the amazing Turtle River system. The trip will start at the North end of Bending Lake from there we will paddle south down the Turtle River and lake hop to White Otter Lake.

This route boasts incredible beach sites, easily navigatable rapids, ancient petroglyphs, waterfalls and a secret forest garden.

White Otter lake is home to many hidden secrets from from historical indigenous vision-seeing pits to natural caves. There is also an early 19th century logging camp and prisoner of war camp on its shores. The waters of White Otter lake are incredibly pristine you can see the lake bottom as you paddle. It boasts a myriad of swimming coves and towering cedars.

Most impressive though is the marvel that is “The White Otter castle”

“Woodsman Jimmy McOuat completed this house in 1915 when he was sixty years old. Ever since people have wondered why and how he built it. McOuat claimed that as a child in the Ottawa valley he was once scolded "Ye'll never do no good! Ye'll die in a shack!" and that he resolved late in life to avoid such a fate. Single-handedly he felled trees, winched them from the woods, and hewed them square. With block and tackle he raised massive logs onto platforms and into place. Roofing and windows were hauled in across fifteen portages from Ignace. McOuat drowned nearby in 1918, leaving this wilderness mansion as his monument.”

Explore all of these mysteries and all of the stunning natural features that come with the Turtle River.

This trip is a great combination of Lake travel and River.

With purchase of trip you will get:

• One paddle Canada, Advanced Wilderness First aid, certified guide.

• All equipment and canoes to meet your needs

• Gourmet food cooked over open fire and Camp stoves

• Backcountry tents

• Fishing gear

• We cater to Special Food needs

  Sign up now and let us know how else we can make this your best backcountry experience yet.

  Email us to reserve your spot