Minden Lake round trip
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.74 mi
- Elevation gain
- 118 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 118 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,176 ft
- TrailRank
- 36
- Min elevation
- 952 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- one hour 28 minutes
- Time
- one hour 53 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1313
- Uploaded
- July 21, 2018
- Recorded
- July 2018
near Minden, Ontàrio (Canada)
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Itinerary description
This is a trip that combines hiking with canoe/kayaking that a bunch of us did on a beautiful summer day. After a couple of lazy cottage days with great food and plenty of drinks Renata asked about doing something active the next day. The plan evolved in several stages and ended up with 10 of us doing this trip in various ways. What jokingly was being called the "3 Hour Cruise" (Gilligan's Island) became a nice trip around the lake that everyone seemed to enjoy. Special thanks to Sue and Garth for hosting!
Brenda, Bruce, Patty and Renata started by hiking along the winding Horseshoe Lake Road and did the hike portion at a fast pace arriving at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in about 45 minutes. Michele and Sue started a little earlier in a tandem kayak, checked in with us on their paddling portion and arrived at the Preserve a few minutes after us. There is parking, port-a-potty and picnic tables at the Preserve and several nice viewing spots to see paddlers attacking the white water.
After the arrival of Mike and Garth in a canoe and Louise and Randy in solo kayaks we had a short break at the base of the rapids. Sue and Michele became hikers while Renata and I jumped into the tandem kayak for the return trip to the dam.
Great fun, a beautiful day, some nice sights and we got some exercise too!
Brenda, Bruce, Patty and Renata started by hiking along the winding Horseshoe Lake Road and did the hike portion at a fast pace arriving at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in about 45 minutes. Michele and Sue started a little earlier in a tandem kayak, checked in with us on their paddling portion and arrived at the Preserve a few minutes after us. There is parking, port-a-potty and picnic tables at the Preserve and several nice viewing spots to see paddlers attacking the white water.
After the arrival of Mike and Garth in a canoe and Louise and Randy in solo kayaks we had a short break at the base of the rapids. Sue and Michele became hikers while Renata and I jumped into the tandem kayak for the return trip to the dam.
Great fun, a beautiful day, some nice sights and we got some exercise too!
Waypoints
Bridge
997 ft
Dam
The dam at the head of the lake. There is a wide path to Horseshoe Lake Road where our hike started.
Intersection
948 ft
check point
Where the hikers and kayakers have the best chance of checking in with each other.
Waterfall
1,040 ft
Rapids
A good stretch of whitewater known as the Minden Wild Water Preserve. It was the venue for the Pan Am Games held in Toronto (and area) held in 2015. Nice park setting and on the weekend there were lots of people challenging the rapids.
Car park
1,086 ft
Parking
Parking for a few cars and a couple of porta potties too.
Bridge
1,024 ft
Bethel Road Bridge
Access to either side of the rapids can be gained by using this bridge.
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