Kayaking the Bog River Above the Falls

Since it was supposed to be windy today, we just did a short, mostly protected paddle. We'd always wanted to explore the Bog River upstream of the falls into Tupper Lake, even though you can only go 2 miles one-way before hitting the rapids. We found the put-in when we were exploring there over the winter, to the right of the falls in the picnic area. We paddled upstream to the spot where the outflow from Round Lake meets the Bog River. The Bog River rapids are right there, but we found we could go upstream a bit towards Round Lake, dodging big rocks that would make it even more difficult in lower water. We stopped at the point pictured here. On the way back we searched for the carry around the Bog River rapids, hoping we could get out and hike for a bit, but we found no trace of it.