Five Mile Rapids

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Five Mile Rapids on the Petawawa River in Algonquin Park — Five Mile Rapids
A week ago we paddled up the Petawawa River in Algonquin Park from McManus Lake to the bottom of Five Mile Rapids. The flow in the river was remarkably high for this time of year. This location is usually just gravel bars.

Last year we exhausted ourselves paddling most of the way up the swift between Smith Lake and Whitson Lake. This year, the flow was too high to even consider doing that.

(See also Five Mile Rapids in 2005 August).