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Sand River flows May 24

The Sand River flow has remained steady for the past week. We got a report from canoers who did the Sand River canoe route during the past week. They said that water levels were adequate for a good trip. We will now use this photo to show water flow/levels that are good enough for a canoe trip on the Sand River.

I like to use the boulder in the center of the picture as the reference point. The flow in this picture is to the right of the boulder. The flow does not go around both sides of the boulder.

Interior Rangers from the park are on the Sand River right now doing maintenance work on the portages and campsites.

Lots of litter along Highway 17

Two members of the Friends of Lake Superior Park volunteered their time on May 24 to pick up litter along Highway 17, near the Agawa Bay campground. The Friends have an agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to pick up litter along a 3 km section of the Trans-Canada Highway. The volunteers cleaned up an extra .7 km of the highway for a total of 3.7 km.

They sorted the litter into 4 categories: recyclable plastics; recyclable aluminum cans; cans and bottles that can be returned for a refund; and garbage (there is no market for glass, so it was included in the garbage).

At the end of the day there was 2 very large bags of plastics; a half bag of pop cans; a half bag of beer cans and bottles; and 5 and half bags of garbage. They picked up 72 beer cans and 11 beer bottles (refund of $8.30). We hope that it was the passengers that were drinking beer and not the drivers.

Plastic beverage bottles were the most common type of garbage, followed by paper coffee cups and pop cans.

Gargantua Harbour Road opened May 25

Park staff have finished repairing the Gargantua Harbour Road. The road was opened to vehicles on May 25.

Gargantua Harbour Road closed due to washout

The Gargantua Harbour Road may not be open for the Canadian long-weekend. The road is closed due to a washout. Park staff will be determining what repairs are needed.

Visitor Centre now open

The Visitor Centre at Agawa Bay is now open for park visitors, school groups and travellers on the Trans-Canada highway. 

Campgrounds now open for the season

The Agawa Bay and Rabbit Blanket Lake campgrounds opened on May 3 for the 2008 season.