Paddling — Flatwater.
Six Mile Lake Provincial Park rents canoes, kayaks, and SUPs at the boat launch on a first-come basis for use within the lake — sheltered Canadian Shield paddling 10 km north of Port Severn off Highway 400, with three sandy beaches, 217 campsites, and a single connected lake to explore. McCrae Lake Conservation Reserve adds an inland-lake paddle on 2,039 hectares of Crown land with two sets of rapids linking to Georgian Bay.
The brief.
Six Mile Lake's rentals operate during the park's services season (roughly May 11 through October 9 in 2025), and the boat launch is the put-in for sheltered family-scale paddling. Rental PFDs are available.
McCrae Lake is non-operating Crown land — paddlers self-launch with no fee or permit but should plan around the rapids between Lake McDonald, McCrae Lake, and Georgian Bay (line or portage rather than run). The Severn River corridor between Lock 45 at Port Severn and Lock 44 at the Big Chute carries flatwater stretches between the two Trent-Severn lockstations; commercial traffic shares the channel during navigation season.
3. places.
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Six Mile Lake Provincial Park
Rentals (canoe, kayak, SUP) at the park boat launch; sheltered single-lake paddling.
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McCrae Lake Conservation Reserve
2,039 ha non-operating reserve; inland-lake paddling with two sets of rapids linking Lake McDonald, McCrae Lake, and Georgian Bay.
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Severn River corridor (Lock 45 to Big Chute)
Flatwater stretches between Trent-Severn lockstations; navigation-season commercial traffic.
Today's read.
Temperature (5.2°C) below the typical range.