The Route

Located 18 miles by water from the end of the road, Garden Island is the only lodge within the Obabika and Lady Evelyn Smoothwater Provincial Parks.

Our access point is Mowatt Landing located :

• 7 hours driving time from Route #81 at the Thousand Islands Bridge
• 7 hours north of Route #90 at Buffalo New York
• 9 1/2 hours from Route #75 at Detroit Michigan
• 7 hours from Sault St. Marie
• 5 hours straight north of Toronto
• 2 hours north of North Bay, at the western end of Highway #558.

Flights are available via Air Canada or Air Ontario from many airports in the U.S. to either Toronto, North Bay, or to a smaller airport 30 miles north of us at Earlton.

Car rentals are available at Toronto or North Bay, airport limousine service is available from Toronto or North Bay, from Earlton a taxi is available to the landing (please feel free to call us for further information and approximate prices for these other forms of transportation).

We meet our guests at both 9:00 A.M. or 1:00 P.M. each Saturday and transport them by pontoon boat 1 mile down river and to the other side of the Montreal River to another dock at the base of the Mattawapika Dam. All the gear is then transported by truck, 1/4 mile to the top of the dam. From that point we travel, in one of two 22 foot power boats, 17 miles to Garden Island. It takes about 1 1/4 relaxing hours to get from Mowatt Landing to the lodge.

Mileage From:

• Toronto - 300 miles Pittsburgh - 650 miles
• Buffalo - 400 miles Detroit - 525 miles
• Cleveland - 600 miles Philadelphia - 780 miles
• Harrisburg - 750 miles Chicago - 825 miles
• Cincinnati - 800 miles Indianapolis - 800 miles
• St. Louis - 1050 miles Roanoke - 1000 miles