Mattawa River Provincial Park | ||
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General Info | Difficulty Ratings | |
| Distance: 38 km Duration : 2 days Loop Trip : no | River Travel : intermediate Lake Travel : intermediate Portaging : Moderate Remoteness : novice | |
Portage Info | Maps Required | |
| No. of Portages : 9 Total Length: 2257 m Average Length: 251 m Longest Portage : 450 m | Topo Maps (1:50,000) 31 L/6 North Bay 31 L/7 Mattawa | |
Handicapped Accessibility | GPX Data for this Route | |
 Suitability : poorSome very steep, rocky portages (rugged) |  You can download the GPX data file for this route by right-clicking the link below and selecting save target as (or Mac Equivalent) from the options menu. What is GPX Data? | |
Route Description | ||
| Hwy 17 east of North Bay, along South side of Trout Lake to Picnic area.
Start at Trout Lake East on Mattawa River East through Turtle Lake P 200 m R (Portage de la Mauvaise Musique) Northeast through Pine Lake P 456 m (Portage Pin de Musique) Southeast through Talon Lake East on Mattawa River P 330 m (Portage de Talon) East then north through Pimisi Lake P 157 m L (Portage des Perches) P 100 m R (Portage de la Cave) P 287 m L (Portage de la Prairie) P 402 m R around Paresseux Falls (Portage des Paresseux) East on Mattawa River P 150 m R (Portage des Roches) P 185 m R (Portage Campion) Finish at Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park | ||
General Comments | ||
Trip Log / Diary | ||
| See Mattawa River - Trout Lake to Town of Mattawa. This trip log outlines a longer trip from the west end of Trout Lake to the town of Mattawa, but includes this portion of the trip. This trip eliminates the beginning (Trout Lake) and the end (Mattawa River from the park to the town of Mattawa) | ||
Photo Gallery | ||
| Cliffs on the Mattawa River - just past the Talon Portage. (Photo Credit : Richard Munn) | |
| Parreseux Falls on the Mattawa River (fairly low water). (Photo Credit : Richard Munn) | |
| Sunset at Elm Point. (Photo Credit : Richard Munn) | |
| Morning mist on the Mattawa between Elm Point and Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. (Photo Credit : Richard Munn) | |
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