Most serious paddlers have heard of the Missinaibi River - the longest unbroken stretch of paddling river in Ontario. This 2nd guide in our Missinabi series covers the route from the north end of Missinaibi Lake to the Town of Mattice, a distance of 191 water kilometres away (our 1st guide covers the Missinaibi and Little Missinaibi Lakes area).

The big feature of this section of the route is the abundance of challenging whitewater rapids, and while there are portages to get you around the ones you don't wish run, there are plenty that will give you a great ride.

Access to this area can be a challenge so we spend some time providing information about the various options (car, train, outfitters, shuttles, etc.), in addition to a comprehensive route description and other features to help you plan and take your trip.

This route also has, and our guide discusses and shows in some detail, the Hudson Bay Company fur trading post on Brunswick Lake. While the buildings are long gone, you can still visit the site of one of the HBC's most important posts, and the place where the arch-rival Northwest Company battled, sometimes literally, for fur-trading supremecy in the New World.

Our waterproof, 1:60,000 scale, completely original (like all our others) topographic map has extraordinary detail, and includes text and photos about natural and human history, canoe route descriptions, safety tips, contact info, great colour photographs - in short just about everything you'd want to help you plan and enjoy your trip.

We currently working on the Missinaibi 3 which covers the route between Mattice and James Bay.

Also consider our Missinaibi 1 - Lakes Area guide which includes the Shumka and Missinabie area between the railway and Missinaibi Lake, the Barclay Bay Campground and surroundings. And if you like remote, little-known areas of extraordinary paddling potential then check out The Shoals & Area, and it's entirely accessible by train too (i.e. less driving).

For an idea of the kinds of features you can see on our maps and some sample close-up sections go to our Features/Samples page.