The Dumoine River is an incredibly fun river to paddle and a breathtaking piece of wilderness. It is the largest unfragmanted boreal forest and last undammed wild river in Southern Quebec. Throughout history it has proven to be an important canoe route to the Algonquin First Nations and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society deems it a crucial wildlife corridor from La Verendrye Reserve through Algonquin Park and further south to the Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. To date, 93 archaeological sites have been identified along the Dumoine.
I have been lucky enough to paddle this river twice. Both times my group put in at a bridge just north of Lac Benoit and ended on the Ottawa River at Driftwood Provincial Park, not far from Deep River. In 5 action packed days we covered approximately 60 km and managed to run about 27 sets of rapids. The high level of anticipation never dwindled with another set of rapids popping up around each bend. Their clever names, such as Thread the Needle and Canoe Eater, certainly added to this. Evenings were spent swimming in the pristine waters, and enjoying the scenic shorelines. My favourite campsite was situated on a cliff overlooking the thundering Grand Chute pictured below. Definitely the most exciting whitewater river I've conquered to date!
To learn more about this fascinating piece of history and to find out how you can help protect this important watershed go to: http://cpaws-ov-vo.org/campaigns/dumoine-river
I have been lucky enough to paddle this river twice. Both times my group put in at a bridge just north of Lac Benoit and ended on the Ottawa River at Driftwood Provincial Park, not far from Deep River. In 5 action packed days we covered approximately 60 km and managed to run about 27 sets of rapids. The high level of anticipation never dwindled with another set of rapids popping up around each bend. Their clever names, such as Thread the Needle and Canoe Eater, certainly added to this. Evenings were spent swimming in the pristine waters, and enjoying the scenic shorelines. My favourite campsite was situated on a cliff overlooking the thundering Grand Chute pictured below. Definitely the most exciting whitewater river I've conquered to date!
To learn more about this fascinating piece of history and to find out how you can help protect this important watershed go to: http://cpaws-ov-vo.org/campaigns/dumoine-river