Mattawa River

Location

 North Bay to Mattawa

Length

 58 km / 36 miles (about 4 days)
Management Mattawa River Provincial Park

Difficulty

 Lake Travel - moderate
River Travel - moderate
Portaging - easy
Remoteness - easy

Number of Portages

 9

Access Points

 there are access points from well-developed gravel roads all along the River’s south shore, and at Trout Lake

Topo Maps: 

1:50,000 scale: 31 L/07 – Mattawa

                       31 L/06 – North Bay

 

Description:

The Mattawa River offers lake and river canoe trips that range from 1 to 4 days in length.  There are 9 well-marked portages, all shorter than 500m, on this relatively short river.  This route is suitable for visitors with limited canoe experience, but highly skilled canoeists will also enjoy this route by shooting some of the rapids.  The river is navigable in both directions, though canoe trips generally commence upstream, and flow from west to east. 

Directions (to Trout Lake): 

From the HWY 11/17 junction near Seymour Street, head northwest on HWY 11/17, and turn right at Trout Lake Road.  Turn right onto Lakeside Drive.