Zeverly Rapids and Wanatango Falls 11/12/16

This weekend's trip we chose Zeverly Rapids and Wanatango Falls on the Fredrickhouse River. To access Zeverly Rapids take Potter Road on highway 11 just north of the hamlet of Tunis, continue passed the Tunis Power Plant and down Mann road about 10 kms. Mann road was surprisingly in excellent condition with only light washerboard and next to no mud. You will then make it to t bridge over Zeverly Rapids. We tried our luck with fishing to no avail so instead we sat back and enjoyed the view and had a fire.



We next hiked to Wanatango Falls. A relatively short hike (1.6kms) the trail is on the south east side of the Zeverly Rapids bridge. The trail itself was fairly muddy and had a lot   of waterholes, there wasn't much elevation. The path will be on the right side of the trail and leads down to the portage trail around the falls. We enjoyed the beautiful scenery around the portage trail and falls and had another fire to cook lunch on which consisted of beans and wieners and chilli, we tried to get some fishing in but again caught nothing.

 

 So we sat back and absorbed the sounds and sights, when it began to get dark we returned to the vehicle and drove back,we were treated to one more sight: an amazing sunset.

October 29th 2016 Hike to Serpentine Mountain and Mountjoy Falls

MacArthur Lake Road is approximately 30kms south on pine street south Timmins. This is the location for these hikes. The first hike we took was to Serpentine Mountain. It's located just off MacArthur Lake road and the road that branches off to the mountain runs parallel with a power line. We set off on foot down this road for approximately  1 km which brought us to the top of the mountain, although we branched off and scouted for a good view of the area we could not locate any views worth noting. Perhaps next time I'll go up the power lines and check the view from up there, however due to the late start on the trek we were cutting it close and I wanted to get to our second location.
As MacArthur Lake road runs parallel with Triple Lake and Mountjoy river about 3 kms down the road there is an old trail to the left running west, we took the trail for about 450 meters and it branched to the left running south, another 500 meters later, the trail sloped downward and become rocky, in the distance we could clearly hear the falls.We walked a little further and it brought us to the portage trail campsite at the top end of the falls, it is completely enclosed in cedars and is an excellent site for camping. The view from shore is spectacular:

I climbed up a rock embankment and got an overhead view of the falls:

We also went to the bottom of the falls for some more photos:

I look forward to canoeing here next season.