Grassy River
The Grassy river offers a number of possible trips as it can be accessed at various locations. The main access points are from Grassy Lake Road off Hgwy 560 to either Grassy Lake or Halliday Lake. From the north, the Papakomeka Lake Forest Access Road from Timmins will get you to Peterlong Dam or Canoeshed Lake. Circle routes along the southern section or continue north down the Mattagami River to Timmins.
Route
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kilometers
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miles
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Days
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Halliday Lake Circle Route
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65
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43
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3-4
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Halliday Lake to Wawaitin H.P.
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165
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110
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6-8
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Canoeshed Lake to Wawaitin H.P.
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145
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97
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6-7
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Grassy Landing to Wawaitin H.P.
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115
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77
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5-7
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Sinclair Lake to Wawaitin H.P.
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100
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67
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4-6
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Peterlong Dam to Wawaitin H.P.
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62
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41
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2-3
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View the map continuing North to Timmins
Boreal Birds
Osprey
Our only raptor that hovers on beating wings and plunges into water feet first to catch fish. The head is largely white, suggesting bald eagle, but with a broad black cheek patch. With its wings spread can reach 2 m in width and stands 55 - 65 cm tall.
Both sexes are alike.
Peregrine Falcon
Standing 40 - 55 cm tall its wing span can reach 1.5 m With pointed quick-beating wings and narrow tail it is best distinguished by its heavy black 'sideburns'. Adults are slaty-backed, barred and spotted below, young birds are brown and heavily streaked. Small birds, various rodents and insects are its main diet.
This species is endangered.
Loon
Large (70 - 90 cm) with long body, checkered back, broken white collar and dagger like stout bill. Capable of many sounds from weird yodeling to falsetto wails and a maniacal quavering laughter - however, it is at night that its tremulous ha-oo-oo can be heard distinctly from any larger body of water in the Canadian Boreal Forest.
Its food source is small fish, crustaceans and other aquatic life.
Below is a list of birds cited and reported around the Timmins area.
LOONS & GREBES
Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe
CORMORANTS and PELICANS
American White Pelican, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant
HERONS
American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Cattle Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron.
VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
SWANS, GEESE AND DUCKS
Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Canada Goose, Brant, Tundra Swan, Wood Duck, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Oldsquaw, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck.
HAWKS, EAGLES AND FALCONS
Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Golden Eagle, American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon
GROUSE
Ruffed Grouse, Spruce Grouse, Willow Ptarmigan, Sharp-tailed Grouse
RAILS AND CRANES
Yellow Rail, Virginia Rail, Sora, American Coot, Sandhill Crane
SHOREBIRDS
Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, Hudsonian Godwit, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Dunlin Common Snipe, Short-billed Dowitcher, American Woodcock, Wilson's Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope
GULLS AND TURNS
Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Glaucous Gull, Common Tern, Black Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove, Mourning Dove
CUCKOOS
Black-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo
OWLS
Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Snowy Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Barred Owl, Great Gray Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Boreal Owl , Northern Saw-whet Owl
NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Red-headed Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Three-toed Woodpecker, Black-backed Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird
SHRIKES AND VIREOS
Loggerhead Shrike, Northern Shrike, Blue-headed Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo
JAYS, MAGPIES AND CROWS
Gray Jay, Blue Jay, Black-billed Magpie, American Crow, Common Raven
LARKS AND SWALLOWS
Horned Lark, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow,
Bank Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow
TITMICE, NUT-HATCHES AND CREEPERS
Black-capped Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee, Red-breasted Nut-hatch, White-breasted Nut-hatch,
Brown Creeper
WRENS
House Wren, Winter Wren, Sedge Wren, Marsh Wren
KINGLETS, THRUSHES AND MIMIDS
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird Veery, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, American Robin, Varied Thrush, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher
STARLINGS, PIPIT AND WAXWINGS
European Starling, American Pipit, Bohemian Waxwing, Cedar Waxwing
WOOD WARBLERS
Tennessee Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated warbler, Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Connecticut Warbler, Common Yellowthroat Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Canada Warbler
TANAGERS
Scarlet Tanager
SPARROWS AND BUNTINGS
Eastern Towhee, American Tree Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow Vesper Sparrow, Lark Bunting, Savannah Sparrow, Le Conte's Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparro, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Harris's Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, Northern Cardina, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting
MEADOWLARKS, BLACKBIRDS AND ORIOLES
Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole
FINCHES
Pine Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Red Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, Common Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
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