Roundtrip: 6 km
Crescent Lake
Difficulty: Easy
Location: Thunder Bay, ON
Crescent Lake is a little known hidden gem behind Mount Rose. This is a good workout hike any time of year. In the winter Crescent Lake is good for skating. As always — bring a map and compass. There are so many trails here it is easy to get going the wrong way.
From the parking lot of the water treatment plant on Mission Road head back down the road you came in on and turn left onto Mt McKay Lookout Drive and hike up the hill toward the toll building. Just past the toll building take the trail to your left. There is no sign but I am told this is called “The Old Sugar Maple Trail”. Follow this trail for about 1 km keeping right then at the fork look for a trail off to your left toward Mt Rose and follow it to Cresecent Lake and beyond. Turn back the way you came when you reach an impassable beaver dam shortly past the end of the lake.
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Tags: crescent lake, Mount McKay, mount rose, mt rose
February 21st, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Just hiked this one this afternoon, it was a beautiful walk! If you take the fork to the right you see a beautiful frozen waterfall off to your right, about 1 km up the trail. The main trails are well packed by snowmobiles, smaller foot trail off to the right take you to the base of the falls. What beautiful scenery!
February 22nd, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Thanks for your comment Karen! That frozen waterfall is known to ice climbers as “White Lightning” there is another frozen waterfall called “Ice Stud” on a foot trail to the left I think about 3-400m down that same fork.