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jpm
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Post Number: 6
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 10:31 pm: | 
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Anyone know the portages into side rock lake from kokoko? Is there a portage into malloch? A group of us are heading to kokoko in may. Any tips for this trip? Conditions of the portage into kokoko? Thanks for any info.
JP |
brian
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Post Number: 1422
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 8:48 am: |
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There were some old portages from Kokoko Lake (near portage to Temagami) to Mallock (original spelling) and Siderock, but not sure if they are still open.
http://www.ottertooth.com/Temagami/Maps/koko-l.htm
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jpm
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Post Number: 7
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 9:44 am: |
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Looks like we're going to go exploring  Hope to get into these lakes and try the spec fishing. |
brian
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Post Number: 1423
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 1:41 pm: |
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Let us know what you find. |
curly
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Post Number: 336
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 5:52 pm: |
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IIRC, there is a trail to SideRock directly from the Kokoko portage, not off Kokoko Lake as depicted in Brian's map. Was passable 10 years ago. |
jpm
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Post Number: 8
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 6:43 pm: |
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Thank you. I'll report what we find. |
shutter_speed
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Post Number: 27
Registered: 10-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 10:46 am: |
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We took a walk in there 3 years ago, and the trail was fine. It starts off the Temagami-KoKoKo portage near KoKoKo.
There may well be another trail off KoKoKo Lake, but we didn't look for it.
We didn't try the fishing. We haven't been in to Mallock. |
andrewh
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Post Number: 81
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 4:06 pm: |
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The trail from Siderock to the Kokoko portage was a but overgrown but easy to find in 2007. The portage from Lake Temagami to Siderock is a well used snowmobile trail, so there must be good fishing.
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brian
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Post Number: 1426
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 5:59 pm: |
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A comment, above, on the map is a little misleading. It shows two portages into Sideroad, not one. One from Lake Temagami and a second one from Kokoko Lake. |
curly
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Post Number: 337
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 6:03 pm: |
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Brian, I just looked at your Atlas map of this area. I think it's incorrect. The portage from Kokoko to Siderock starts along the Lake Temagami-Kokoko portage, not from Kokoko itself. |
brian
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Post Number: 1428
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 12:50 pm: |
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I have been into Siderock a number of times (neat old log-camp ruins) and it has its own landing on Lake Temagami from the back of that more western bay shown. Actually it was turned into a logging road in the 1960s by Milne. Keewaydin uses it regularly and they do not use the Kokoko portage to get there, but take boats right to the landing. This is the snowmobile trail in the winter. You can see the tree indent for most of it on Google maps.
Now there may another trail from the Temagami-Kokoko portage that I am not aware of. |
irishfield
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Post Number: 359
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 7:42 pm: |
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I've been at both ends of the short trail from Kokoko to Siderock, but never travelled the trail. It's there. In winter the sled trail comes out onto Kokoko and then goes straight across that end bay and back into the bush on the Southern shore and up the hill. Assume it goes to Siderock.. maybe it goes to Mallock.. but it definitely comes out where Brian shows it on the map. Green sportspal sitting there on shore. |
jpm
Member
Post Number: 9
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, June 1, 2012 - 4:03 pm: |
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Well I'm finally updating this post on our trip into Malloch and Side Rock. We could not find the trail directly from Kokoko to side rock, however about 200m down the trail to Lake Temagami theres a heavily overgrown trail on the left. It’s quite rough with a nice hill to climb with the trail winding through some old camp debris. The Malloch trail was easier to find but would also need some work. Both trails are ok for trekking but not so easy portaging, which we did to side rock. |
curly
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Post Number: 347
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, June 2, 2012 - 1:30 pm: |
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Would this be an accurate map of the area? This is how I remember it from about 15 years ago, which seems to agree with how you describe it. However, this is different from how Brian depicts the area here: http://ottertooth.com/Temagami/Maps/koko-l.htm
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jpm
Member
Post Number: 10
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Monday, June 4, 2012 - 8:06 am: |
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Yes, that is pretty much it. It was a little fun getting the canoe and fishing gear in but it was worth it. I dont think that trail gets much use anymore. |
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