Ontario trails · The Poker Lake Canoe Route
The Poker Lake Canoe Route
A 8.5-mile network in Ontario, with 84 ft of climbing. Reaches Upper Crane Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by Township of Algonquin Highlands.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 225 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Upper Crane Lake (lake)
- Lower Crane Lake (lake)
- Poker Lake (lake)
- Bentshoe Lakes (lake)
- Big East Lake (lake)
- Cinder Lake (lake)
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:00 a.m., the sun rises at 7:29 a.m. and sets at 6:32 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:02 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 03 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 8.5-mile route takes roughly 3 h 12 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:41 a.m. — 7 h 51 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Gull River Canoe Routes — 11.4 mi
- Hollow River - Dividing Lake Access Point (#14) — 23.7 mi
- Western Uplands Backpacking Trail — 28.6 mi