Its location is described from both ends so that it can be located during bad weather by canoe parties travelling in either direction along the route. The trail is actually an old winter road for most of its length. From the West Channel side, this portage starts from a cove on the east shore of the bay extending southeast from West Channel. Along the west shore of West Channel there is an interesting side trip possibility up Neagle Creek. At this point the creek opens out into an extensive, cat-tail lined marshy area where there are many beaver, muskrats and waterfowl.
Fishing is good in the main channel and there are a few rocky camping sites.
The more adventurous canoeist may explore upstream, hauling canoes over beaver dams, to a point where Neagle Creek becomes a rocky little stream. There are remains of an old stucco and log building visible from the water, and a large pile of tailings at the water's edge. Further up the slope there are several water-filled shafts, a core shack and rusting heavy machinery. At this mine, native gold is reported to occur in visible specks, or blebs, in white quartz and also in yellowish mica in cracks in the quartz. There are also tiny crystals of pyrite and arsenopyrite.