Kayaking the Black River - Muskoka
This kayak trip happened a couple of weeks ago. Been wanting to paddle this section of this river for several years. Finally brought the kayak racks up to the cottage and were able to do it.
Where Houseys Rapids Road changes into Cooper's Falls Rd (or vice versa) turn east on Black River Rd. This takes one into Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands. About half way to Victoria Falls (which is pretty much the end of the line), you will come to Rosebush Landing. There is a winch and stairway/ladder designed to help get boats into the river. Thank you to the person or persons that installed this. There a couple of other spots that one can get in but the Black River was several feet low making them a bit too difficult.
Below are three images of the area, each one a bit closer in to the launch site.
We exited the river just before Cooper's Falls. We'd done about 12km at this point and it was getting late Also, after that set of falls the river turns south and I'm pretty sure there are very few places convenient to exit. The river, from that point goes south then west then north and ends up near Washago or Severn Bridge. I'm guessing it's at least another 20 plus Kilometres.
