Mazinaw Rock and Row Tour

Mazinaw Rock and Row Tour

July 22-24th, 2016

Mazinaw Lake, Ontario

Spend the weekend exploring the Mazinaw Lake, located in the Addington Highlands of Eastern Ontario, highway #41, north of Kaladar. Mazinaw Lake is divided into 2 sections, Upper Mazinaw and Lower Mazinaw. At it’s deepest point, it reaches 476 feet and runs almost 14 km long. At the narrows, home to Bon Echo Provincial Park, you will row along the Mazinaw Rock. It’s height reaches 328 feet and features over 260 native pictographs. Can you spot them all?

Itinerary:

Day 1 – Friday, July 22:

7:00pm-9:00pm – Meet and Greet held at the Mazinaw Lakeside Resort. We will rig the boats at our launch site, check into our accommodations and enjoy some light snacks and a campfire.

Day 2 – Saturday, July 23:

8:00am – Catered Breakfast. Coffee, mimosas and Ted’s Famous Pannekoeken (Dutch Pancake’s) with all the fixin’s!

9:30am – Launch from the north end of the lake, heading towards the narrows where we can spend time rowing up close to the Rock, searching for the pictographs and the tribute to Walt Whitman, inscribed into the rock for Flora MacDonald Denison, who ran the Bon Echo Inn during the 1910’s.

1:00pm – We beach at Bon Echo Park for a picnic lunch.

2:00pm-4:0pm – Free time. Options: Hike up the Bon Echo Rock for a view of the lake and surrounding areas.

OR

Take the 1 hour guided boat tour of the Mazinaw Rock and learn more of the history it holds

OR

Relax on the beach, take a swim and tour the Art Exhibit hosted by the park this weekend.

4:00pm – Launch from the park and row back up the lake.

7:00pm – Catered Dinner at the resort.

Day 3 – Sunday, July 24th:

8:00am – Catered Breakfast, Continental

9:00am – Launch from the North end and head North up river (water levels permitting).

Or, we will row into Campbell’s Bay and Hungry Bay connected to the Upper Mazinaw.

12:00pm – Dock, derig and load trailer.

1:00pm – Farewell lunch, catered at the Resort.

Registration Fees:

Both options include: 2 nights accommodations, 4 sit-down meals, 1 picnic meal, seat fees, boat transport costs, event bag-of-goodies, and a CD of all the photos taken during the tour.

Roofed Accommodations:

Price: $250 per person

Cabin 1: Sleeps 4 people

Fully furnished, 3 piece bath and kitchenette. 1 bedroom with 2 double beds, living area with pullout.

Cabin 2: Sleeps 4 people

Fully furnished, 3 piece bath and kitchenette. 2 bedrooms – 1 with double bed, 1 with bunk beds and living area with pullout

Yurt 1: Sleeps 2 people

Fully furnished, hydro – no water. 1 double bed.

Yurt 2: Sleeps 2 people

Fully furnished, hydro – no water. 2 single beds.

Roofed accommodations are on a first come/first serve basis. Please let me know if there is someone you would prefer to bunk with. Please bring your own bedding.

Tent Sites:

Price: $230 per person

There are tent sites available. Large enough to hold 2 eight-man tents each. Please bring your own tent.

All yurts and tent sites have near-by washroom/shower facilities.

Please visit for more information on accommodations.

Non-Rower Fees:

For those of you with family members interested in joining us on the tour (but will not be rowing), cost is $200 for roofed accommodations or $150 for tent sites, per person. Fees include day passes to Bon Echo Provincial Park. One per car.

Further Information:

Please direct any questions about this tour to Sonya Wolvers at

or by phone, 613-969-2495

Payment:

Please send registration forms and cheques, made payable to the “Quinte Rowing Club”, to:

Sonya Wolvers

2 Strachan Street

Belleville, Ontario

K8P 1W6

Tour Capacity: 20rowers.

Register by Sunday, July 10th, 2016.

Mazinaw Rock and Row Tour

July 22-24, 2016.

Registration Form

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