Voyageur Trail Association: winter trails
Voyageur Trail Association manages 625.4 km of cross-country ski trail and 625.4 km of snowshoe trail in the Ontario Trail Network, across 62 named trails. The trails lie across a long corridor; the centre of the network is closest to Algoma.
Trail conditions and fees: www.voyageurtrail.ca
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Cross-country skiing
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Trails
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Voyageur Trail - Saulteaux Section The Saulteaux Section is a trail system that has something for every hiker who has the chance to traverse this rugged but very scenic countryside - have a camera ready. The awe-inspiring scenes of the Lake Superior shoreline may be viewed from side t |
94.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Coureurs de Bois Section This trail is the longest in the Voyageur Trail system at 89 km, and also the most recently completed. Long portions of the trail follow bush roads and snowmobile trails. The trail includes numerous picturesque sections in and around the City of Elli |
89 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Echo Ridges Section In the Echo Ridges Section, the trail cuts through dense forest, alongside small northern lakes, shaded streams, and waterfalls. It is a scenic, peaceful section. This trail is one of the more remote sections of the Voyageur Trail system, despite its |
60.9 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Huron Shores Section In the Huron Shores Section, scattered pine and oak hug the rock outcrops of the Precambrian Shield. Aspen, birch, and maple grow where the soil is deep enough. The rocky terrain may yield good blueberry picking in a good year. Cairns and an occasion |
55.7 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Penewobikong Section The Penewobikong Section, some 45 km long, passes numerous picturesque lakes and rivers and climbs several rocky promontories. The diversity of landscape and abundant access points make it very appealing and well worth exploring. Construction on the |
45 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Marathon Section The northern portion of this trail (0 to 5.7 km) was originally built and maintained by the Marathon Harbour Boat and Marina Club. It is characterized by boardwalks, steps, ladders, and bridges, all made from materials at hand. These may be poorly ma |
37.3 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Michipicoten Section The Michipicoten Section ranges from the gently rolling terrain to rugged bluffs. The Michipicoten Club was established in 1976 under the leadership of Tom Baxter. It runs from Highway 17 North to follow the Magpie River valley, south along the coast |
34.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Desbarats Section The nearby village of Desbarats gives its name to this section of the Trail. The name originally came from a prominent Montreal businessman, George Pascal Desbarats, who obtained a mining license for the Portlock location in 1847. Historical notes: O |
22.4 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Goulais Section The Goulais Section was established beginning in 1995 with the assistance of Hike Ontario and the Working for Wilderness program (volunteers from Southern Ontario and Britain). It is a pleasant Trail, which follows several logging roads and passes th |
17.9 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Bruce Mines Side Trail Blue-blazed access trail from Bruce Mines following Caribou and Matheson Rd. north to the Main Trail. |
14.6 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - McLean's Segment This white-blazed trail travels from the village of Rossport to Rainbow Falls Provincial Park. The trail has Interesting and varied geography and runs north of C.P. Rail line with good views of Lake Superior. |
14.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Stokely Section The Stokely Section includes some of the most spectacular landscape in Algoma - dense forest, gorges, waterfalls, lakes, and lookouts with great views. Due to marked changes in elevation, parts of the trail can be demanding. The section in the middle |
13.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - The Schreiber Channel Segment The white-blazed Schreiber Channel Segment travels from Rainbow Park to Schreiber Beach and has several great lookouts. |
13.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Death Valley Segment The Death Valley Segment runs from Worthington Bay to Hydro Bay. The name, Death Valley, refers to the ease with which Ojibwe perched on the rim of surrounding hills to shoot moose and caribou below. White-blazed main trail. |
12.8 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Nipigon Section The Nipigon River Recreation Trail is the realization of an ambitious plan to develop the watershed of the Nipigon River, from its source in Lake Nipigon to its entrance into Lake Superior via Nipigon Bay. The trail officially opened September, 1995. |
10.7 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Tom Allinson Side Trail This blue-blazed 9.5 km trail is named after a veteran VTA member who helped to lay out, build and maintain it. This trail was constructed in the 1980's, primarily by Tom Allinson and Ernie Pringle. Sadly, Tom passed away in October, 1997, and Ernie |
9.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Beaver Loop Trail Yellow-blazed Beaver Loop off of Odena Loop. |
9.4 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Harmony Section The Harmony Section is named after a popular beach area at nearby Havilland Bay on Lake Superior. It is a challenging trail, offering several spectacular overlooks. It is split into two portions by the Harmony River; the portions meet at Hwy. 17. The |
8.7 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Odena Loop Trail Yellow-blazed Odena loop trail north of main trail. |
6.6 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Mount Gwynne Segment Highlights include Indian Pictographs, Mount Gwynne Lookout (900 ft or 260 m above Lake Superior), Abyond Lookout, and Fourth Lake. On July 26, 1983 a memorial plaque was unveiled on Mount Gwynne, in honour of the late Tom McGrath who was instrumenta |
6.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Lyda Bay Segment The Lyda Bay Segment runs from Hydro Bay to Terrace Bay at the Aguasabon Gorge. White-blazed main trail. |
6.4 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Tier Lake Blue Trail Blue-blazed side trail following Tier Creek. |
4.3 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Crimson Ridge Loop Trail This yellow-blazed loop trail was completed in 2003 and is ~2 km long. It is mainly on land owned by the Crimson Ridge Golf Club and was laid out to avoid crossing fairways of a planned future nine-hole expansion to the golf course. |
3.4 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Gros Cap Loop Trail This yellow-blazed loop trail was completed in 1998, re-routed in 2001 and is ~3 km long. It is a pleasant trail which follows several old and newer logging roads. The trail offers wide views over Whitefish Bay at the blue-blazed side trail lookouts. |
3 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Wetzl's Side Trail Yellow-blazed loop trails on Wetzl's property. |
3 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Yellow Loop Trail Yellow-blazed loops at Glen View. |
2.6 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Tier Lake Yellow Trail Yellow-blazed loop trails around Tier Lake. |
2.4 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Jewelweed Loop Trail Yellow-blazed loop trail is ~2 km long, and starts ~350 m N of the blue-blazed trail along the white-blazed main trail. It follows a vegetation-covered logging road for most of this distance - there is a particularly lush growth of jewelweed. It is g |
2.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Clearwater Creek Loop Trail The yellow-blazed loop trail exits the main trail to the left, just past the Clearwater Creek Bridge. It follows the old creek bed to the marina. Clearwater Creek has been rehabilitated and returned to its more natural location to provide enhanced fi |
1.9 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Noisy Bay Access Trail Near the S end of Fenton Lake a blue-blazed access trail leads W for ~2 km to meet the S terminus of the Trail at Noisy Bay. |
1.9 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - A3 Access Trail A 1.1 km blue-blazed side trail leads from here to meet the trail at km 9.5. |
1.6 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Winnipeg St. Access Trail Blue-blazed access trail by foot from Winnipeg St. S in Schreiber, southwest the of sewage treatment plant. It meets the main trail 1 km south of there. |
1.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - A2 Access Trail Blue-blazed access trail off the north side of Highway 17, approximately 4 kilometers from east of the Rossport turnoff. |
1.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Access Trail Blue-blazed access trail from Two Horse Lake Rd. |
1.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Bridget Lake Access Trail Blue-blazed access trail along the Bridget Lake Resources Road. |
1.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Carpin Beach Rd Access Trail A blue-blazed access trail from the north end of Carpin Beach Road. |
1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Lake Duborne Access Trail Blue-blazed access trail from Lake Duborne. |
1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Smokey Point Access Trail Blue-blazed access trail to meet main trail just south of Smoky Point. |
1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Whitefish Falls Access Trail Blue-blazed access trail from Whitefish Falls. |
1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Chigamiwinigum Falls Access Trail Blue-blazed trail along the White River at Chigamiwinigum Falls. |
0.8 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Gros Cap Lookout Trail 3 blue-blazed side trails offers wide views over Whitefish Bay. |
0.6 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Warp Bay Side Trail Blue-blazed trail 500 m to the mouth of the Gargantua River at Warp Bay. |
0.6 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Coffee Creek View Trail A blue-blazed side trail across Coffee Creek leads to a panoramic view from a hilltop. The climb is difficult, some spots can be treacherous in wet weather, but the view is spectacular. |
0.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Crimson Ridge Access Trail Blue-blazed access trail from Crimson Ridge Golf Club parking lot. |
0.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Eagle Ridge Lookout Trail A blue-blazed side trail continues ~40 m N across the clearing, climbing ~500 m to the top of a knoll where a scenic view of Havilland Bay and the Harmony River valley awaits. Locals call this the Eagle's Ridge Lookout. |
0.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Golf Course Access Trail Blue-blazed access to the Aguasabon Golf Course, a picturesque 9-hole course located on one of the lower terraces in town. |
0.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - King Mount Side Trail For a spectacular view from the west peak of King Mountain, turn right on a blue-blazed side trail and walk uphill for ~300 m. At the lookout beside a warming cabin there is a bronze plaque fixed to the bedrock. It is a memorial to Steve Taylor, who |
0.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Randolph Lake Access Trail Blue-blazed access trail to Randolph Lake. |
0.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Tier Lake Lookout Trail Blue-blazed side trail to the Tier Creek lookout. |
0.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Yellow Link Trail Yellow-blazed Yellow Link Trail. |
0.5 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Isbester Dr. Access Trail Isbester Dr. via Railway St. in Schreiber. Main Trail crosses the beachfront 2 km south of town. |
0.4 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Fire Tower Trail Yellow-blazed Fire Tower Access trail. |
0.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Mount Gwynne Lookout Trail This 300 m blue-blazed climb leads up to Mount Gwynne Lookout which is 260 m above Lake Superior. From this summit there is a 360 degree view for 80 km. |
0.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Orphan Lake Lookout Trail A short yellow-blazed lookout trail at Orphan Lk. |
0.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Picnic Table Lookout Trail The 400 m blue-blazed side trail leads to a panoramic view of the surrounding area, including the town of Marathon. |
0.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Red Briffet Side Trail This segment of the trail is named in memory of Malcolm 'Red' Briffet, a great friend of the Coureurs de Bois club and many other causes in Elliot Lake. Blue-blazed side trail. |
0.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Thayer Acre Trail Blue-blazed access trail from the end of Conner Road. |
0.2 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Bay Lake Access Access trail to Bay Lake. |
0.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Big Pine Side Trail Blue blazed Big Pine Side Trail. |
0.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Brady Mining Access Trail The blue-blazed side trail brings you to Brady Mining Camp, site of an old copper mine, circa 1910-1925. |
0.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Lookout Access Trail 3 blue-blazed side trails offers wide views over Whitefish Bay. |
0.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
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Voyageur Trail - Stillwater Bay Trail A blue-blazed side trail to the right leads to a bird blind at the mouth of Stillwater Creek. |
0.1 km | Cross-country skiingSnowshoeing | Hiking or Walking |
"Winter use" is what Voyageur Trail Association permits on the trail, not a grooming report: check the organization before you go. Lengths are from the Ontario Trail Network.
Source: Ontario Trail Network trail segments, Land Information Ontario (Open Government Licence – Ontario), updated December 2023. Trail names, uses and descriptions are as supplied by Voyageur Trail Association to the network.