The Sayward Forest Canoe Route is situated in the Sayward Provincial Forest, just north of Campbell River. The area's undulating topography is largely covered with immature second-growth timber and numerous lakes and creeks.

The B.C. Forest Service constructed a number of portage trails which join a series of lakes to form a canoe route. There is 7.3 km of trails connecting lakes in a circular route.  This recreational area is now managed by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts and information about the former forestry recreation sites and trails is available at:  http://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/

Access to the circuit can be obtained from Highway 28 (Gold River) via the Camp 5 Road or from Highway 19 (North Island Highway) via the Menzies logging road. For your safety, use extreme caution, obey all warning signs and give industrial traffic the right-of-way. Use your headlights at all times and park well off the travelled surface.

Although most of the lakes within this route remain ice-free for most of the year, the preferred time to do the route would be summer or early fall.

The recommended direction to circumnavigate the route is counter-clockwise commencing at any one of the numerous available starting points. The excellent road access to most of the lakes within the route also allows the route to be canoed as a whole or in part. The entire route requires approximately 3 - 4 days to complete and covers approximately 50 kilometers.

Orange markers and portage signs located along the route indicate portage trail locations.
Don't forget your life jacket!