Friday, August 29, 20252025: Sig Lake, Kenny Lake, Munroe Creek, Kenny Lake, Atkins Bay of Kawnipi Lake. 10.8 miles (10.0 canoe, 0.8 portage). Four portages (180, 560, 480, and 150 meters). 10 beaver dams.

Sleeping without the fly on the tent, but protected by the dining fly was so nice we planned to do that the rest of the trip. We were up at 6:00 with hopes of working our way up Munroe Creek to a site on Mack Lake tonight and down the Wawiag River tomorrow—it's been 37 years since we've been on the Wawiag! We portaged around Little Falls, Koko Falls, and Canyon Falls without incident, although the Canyon Falls portage had some tough and rocky ascents and descents. We saw no one—no paddlers, no anglers, and no campsites. In Kenny Lake we turned up Munroe Creek, a wide creek with 'prairie' on each side. We eventually came to a pond of lily pads, lots of ducks, and a pair of swans.

The pond was shallow, and the thick aquatic growth made paddling tough. We expected three portages in the first one-third of our day's planned travel, then four more portages to our campsite on Mack, but even after multiple beaver dam crossings while we paddled up and down the section of Munroe Creek above the pond, we couldn't find the first portage—just critter trails and a rock jumble of creek overflow. We decided to bail on the Wawiag idea and paddled back into Kenny for a late lunch stop. We may try again to get back on the Wawiag, but this year's route didn't include it.

During lunch we studied maps and decided to continue to Kawnipi, then drop south. When we got back on the water, we portaged around Kennebas Falls into the Atkins Bay of Kawnipi Lake. We had several sites marked, and picked a suitable home for the evening on an island tip. Although the day had some disappointments, our efforts were rewarded with a beautiful sunset.