Mississagi River - 8 days - 320km On Our Favourite Wild River - In Grey Owl's Footsteps

The Mississagi River. A mighty watercourse winding its way from the wild forests of the North, almost 300km through mountainous terrain, serene wetlands, crashing rapids, thunderous falls and wide, bay-filled lakes - finally terminating at her delta on Lake Huron. We loved this river before this journey, and love it even more after having travelled every kilometre of her course.
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Guided along the way by the words of Archie Belany (A.K.A. Grey Owl) who also had a deep reverence for this river and the region as a whole, we learn the intricacies of the river by tracing the path once travelled long ago by countless travellers, rivermen, explorers, trappers, and millennia of indigenous inhabitants of this region. The sense of historical significance is palpable in many places.
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The river takes on myriad different characters along her path; from a timid stream to a raging waterfall - from a lazy, winding marshland to a 20km almost continuous set of boiling rapids. This river has everything! The high waters of early-mid May helped us move swiftly through the twists and turns of this river, even making some normally runnable rapids too high for us to safely navigate.
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If you love something, you'll protect it. We need to protect as much of this wilderness as we can, while we can, and in whatever ways we each can.
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