- Ena Lake to Vermillion Lake -

The put-in for this trip is on Ena Lake with plenty of parking and a dock to make your launch easy. You will paddle past a few cabins before coming to the short portage into Vermillion Lake. Vermillion Lake is a beautiful area. With no residences you will love the feeling of seclusion despite only being a few kilometers from your vehicle. Large granite cliffs, dense forest and numerous islands to camp on make this an excellent route to explore. Be sure to check out the beach, hiking trails and waterfalls at the northwest end of the lake where Vermillion spills into Big Sand Lake.
View our Ena Lake to Vermillion Lake brochure.

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The Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls is on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe people whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial. The Township recognizes the Anishinaabeg as the customary keepers of the land and waters in the Lake of the Woods region. We offer our gratitude to the Indigenous Peoples and Métis Nation for their care for, and teaching about, planet Earth and our relations. We honour this history and heritage. We seek to follow a path of truth and reconciliation - uplifting the voices and stories of this Nation. With respect, the Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls affirms the inherent and Treaty Rights of all Indigenous Peoples across this land.