Access paddle

You'll have a nearly 2.5 mile access paddle before the first real drop. There may be a few areas of minor swifts (riffles and rips), but mostly this will be flatwater. And . . . if you are curious what might exist upstream of our listed put-in . . . miles and miles of pretty much the same -- flatwater, riffles, and riffs, maybe a few very brief low-grade rapids (mostly just waves), and likely many many portages (or deadfall-dodging-and-ducking). There is evidence this may be canoed, but it is hard to recommend as a whitewater trip. And the same may be said of various tributaries.

You will also no doubt notice (most occasions this is boatable) that the water is very muddy/silty. This is due to (1) considerable logging upstream, and (2) mostly loose soils, not the rocky stuff of, say, rivers around L'Anse area.