more info on the Liscomb River route needed...

[Dusan Soudek]

    It’s great to get current information about the Liscomb. The usual starting point is the Seloam Road bridge, roughly a km downstream from Rush Lake. But the old Liscomb River canoe route photo map (1974, 1975) suggests starting further upstream, at the E end of Prince Arthur Lake, and then proceeding via Liscomb Lake (a.k.a. Big Liscomb Lake) and about a dozen portages down to Rush Lake. From the descriptions of the portages, it looks like most if not all are optional.  Is anyone familiar with this section of the Liscomb River route?

    The same photo map, plus the 1989 Canoe Nova Scotia strip map of the river, show a side route through a number of lakes, starting at Ladle Lake, not far from the usual finish of the trip at the Liscomb River Road bridge just above Camp Lake. This side trip through Juniper Lake, Malay Lake, and East River Lake crosses the Liscomb River Road and continues through West River Lake and connects to the Ecum Secum River. With the river itself, it forms a partial loop.The portages between lakes are not short, and their descriptions suggest that they are poorly marked. Between logging, hurricanes, and lack of use, they may no longer exist. Again, has anyone done, or attempted, this intriguing lake route?

   Dusan Soudek