Where is Wabatongushi Lake? Loch Island Lodge / Camp Lochalsh Ontario Canada

Where is Wabatongushi Lake?

Our lodges are located 200 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on Wabatongushi Lake. The lake is set in the southwest portion of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve which at almost 2 million acres is the worlds largest.

Camp Lochalsh sits at the far south end of the lake, while Loch Island is five miles north. Otter Island and Sandy Bay are approximately a mile north of Camp Lochalsh.

Please note that private boats are not permitted at our camps. Non-resident camping is prohibited by law on Wabatongushi Lake.

Getting there is half the fun!

When you choose to visit Camp Lochalsh or Loch Island Lodge, the fun will start before you get there! Our lodges are accessible by float plane, rail, or logging road!

PLANE

Float Plane guests drive to the rail town of Hawk Junction, just east of Wawa, and board a genuine bushplane, piloted by a legendary Canadian bush pilot for a breathtakingly scenic 20-minute ride directly to our dock.

TRAIN

Rail guests can choose to arrive via the famous Algoma Central Railway or Canadian Pacific Railway.

ACR guests can board the train in Sault Ste. Marie or Hawk Junction, then disembark in the old ghost town of Goudreau. From there, it's only 12 miles away down gravel and two-track roads, past working and abandoned gold mines, and through the Manitou Mountain Conservation Reserve to Camp Lochalsh.

CPR guests can board the Budd car in either White River or Missanabie, and get off at the Lochalsh stop.

AUTOMOBILE

If you choose to “go as far as you can" by road, your journey will take you through the French Canadian lumber town of Dubreuilville. Camp Lochalsh guests will pass several abandoned gold mines and end at a parking area adjacent to a working gold mine. Our courtesy vans will meet you there and finish the trip down 8 miles of unmarked two-track bush roads which end at the lodge.

Loch Island guests will traverse a private 20 mile gravel logging road through the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve to the “narrows” of the lake. From there we will be waiting to transport you via boat the remaining 7 miles down the lake to Loch Island.