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squarestern
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Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 12:15 pm: | 
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looking to get into makobe lake. I was thinking of taking a loggin road up to makobe river, then going down to banks lake, then into makobe lake. has anyone ever done this. I was wondering what the logging roads were like... |
curly
Member
Post Number: 290
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 1:33 pm: |
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I know you can get into the Makobe via Cooke and Alexander Lakes (off the Cooke Lake Road), but not sure about Banks. Also possible to get into Makobe Lake off the Beauty Lake Road. |
squarestern
Member
Post Number: 2
Registered: 07-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 3:04 pm: |
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where does cooke lake road start. we were thinking of putting in slight further south of alexander lake (where makobe river goes south), and taking is all the way to banks and then over the falls into makobe..
should also note that we are thinking of taking a squarestern into there, so long portages are not ideal..... |
curly
Member
Post Number: 291
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 10:19 pm: |
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You're headed upstream, then?
I'm not aware of access on the east side of the Makobe south of Alexander Lake. Cooke Lk Rd starts in Elk Lake. |
squarestern
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Post Number: 3
Registered: 07-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 9:45 am: |
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can you access alexander lake via the cooke lake road? is there much of a portage from the road to the lake? |
squarestern
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 07-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 2:04 pm: |
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so here is a pic of where i am hoping to access the makobe river then head due south to banks, asnd eventually makobe. has anyone ever accessed from here, and how are the roads |
curly
Member
Post Number: 294
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 - 3:47 pm: |
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Are you bringing a motor? |
squarestern
Member
Post Number: 5
Registered: 07-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 11:52 am: |
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sure am!
by the way i figured out what you meant about taking cooke lake road and accessing at alexander lake...... |
bvr
Member
Post Number: 13
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 - 4:13 pm: |
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I thought it was a no motorized park. |
curly
Member
Post Number: 295
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 - 9:46 pm: |
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Motors on Alexander Lake only. Here's the relevant section from the Management Plan:
6.4 Makobe-Grays River Provincial Park
This waterway park is zoned entirely as Natural Environment zone. Access is gained from within
Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, or from the community of Elk Lake, immediately
downstream of the park boundary.
NE1 Makobe River Natural Environment Zone (Map 2) 1,473 hectares
Zone Description: A small, bedrock-controlled river which flows northwards from headwaters
within Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park. This linear canoe route offers good whitewater
opportunities in the spring season during high water levels.
The river is contained in a narrow north-south trending valley, descending through a number of
small waterfalls and rapids. The valley widens out in Alexander Lake area, where shoreline
wetlands include shrub and grass fens and black ash swamp.
The park boundary extends 200 metres from waters edge on either side of the river. Access to
the Makobe River is typically gained through Trethewey, Makobe and Banks lakes near the
northern boundary of Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater wilderness park.
Management Intent: to provide for recreational use of the waterway while protecting the park’s
natural features.
Zone-Specific Management Direction:
􀁸 no ATV travel is permitted
􀁸 motor boats are permitted on Alexander Lake only
􀁸 a managed boat cache site will be located on the east shore of Alexander Lake; no other
boat caches are permitted
􀁸 hunting is permitted |
speeddemon
Member
Post Number: 14
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:14 pm: |
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Is there anyway going to Makobe that I can avoid muskege?? |
mehingan
Member
Post Number: 20
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Monday, August 8, 2011 - 6:55 pm: |
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bahaha that`s funny avoid muskege....grow wings and fly...lol |
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