Its been many years (over 20) that I’ve been to that lake. We found the portage going into the lake was rather dangerous and had a few fairly deep swamps we had to get through and opted out. Instead we dragged the canoes and gear up the Magline river to get to the lake. That took us a few hours or so to do, but we made it. Once we were there, the lake was awesome and not another group of people around. Not sure how the portages will be nowdays, but I would definitely get a newer map. finding the portage was a chore all its own. Good luck and have fun. The fishing was fantastic.