Paddling — Flatwater.
Aumonds Bay sits at the upstream end of Madawaska River Provincial Park, on the Algonquin Park east boundary inside the township. From there the upper Madawaska River carries roughly 25 km of named Class II–IV whitewater east through Whitney and the hamlet of Madawaska to the Griffith area — a provincial waterway park whose entire reason for existence is the protection of the whitewater corridor itself.
The brief.
The Madawaska River Provincial Park stretch is unstaffed and self-register; Class II–IV grading covers a wide skill window, and water levels swing through the season — the runnable window is typically May through July, with prime levels usually in May and June. Flatwater paddling in the township is gateway-access work: the Algonquin Park East Gate at km 55.8 of Highway 60 is the entry point for east-side interior canoe routes from access points at Galeairy Lake, Rock Lake, and Lake of Two Rivers, which open into the Park's interior lake-and-portage system.
Galeairy Lake at Whitney is a Park-boundary lake reachable from the village. Backcountry interior canoe-camping requires a Park reservation through the Ontario Parks reservation system.
3. places.
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Algonquin Park east-side interior canoe access points (Galeairy, Rock Lake, Lake of Two Rivers)
Reached through the township via the East Gate at km 55.8; permit-bookable interior routes start here.
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Galeairy Lake
A Park-boundary lake at Whitney inside the township edge; flatwater day paddling from the village.
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Lake of Two Rivers
A Highway 60 Corridor lake at km 31.4, accessed via the East Gate.
Today's read.
Temperature (-0.2°C) below the typical range.
By the book.
- 01Algonquin Park backcountry interior camping requires a permit reserved through the Ontario Parks reservation system; permits are site- and date-specific.Source ↗
- 02Daily vehicle permit required for entry into Algonquin Park; the East Gate at km 55.8 of Highway 60, within Whitney, is the eastern entry point.Source ↗