All Outings

Updated April 29 with water level criteria and difficulty rating.

Rain is expected this week, so am adding go/no-go criteria to this trip. I will email participants Thursday night at the...

Novice
Saturday, May 3, 2025 - 09:00
1 day

Early spring day trip down the Lower Madawaska River from Aumond Bay to Buck Bay. This is a beautiful section of the river, with mostly Cl II rapids, suitable for novice-intermediate paddlers....

Novice
Saturday, May 3, 2025 - 10:00
1 day

The Black River empties into Lake Simcoe south of Washago. There is a fun short section from the HWY 169 bridge crossing to the next concession road crossing to the west where the river loops...

Novice
Saturday, May 3, 2025 - 11:00
1 day

Early spring day trip down the Lower Madawaska River from Aumond Bay to Buck Bay. This is a beautiful section of the river, with mostly Cl II rapids, suitable for novice-intermediate paddlers....

Novice
Sunday, May 4, 2025 - 10:00
1 day

We successfully ran the M|AD River today, Sunday April 27. Flow levels were 5.7 cu Meters ./second to 5.54 cu M /s. Flow levels were excellent, more than enough for easy navigation everywhere....

Novice
Sunday, May 4, 2025 - 10:00
one day

We're doing the lower section of the Magnetawan River. There's a Blackfeather trip starting on the Upper section at the same time, so we're only doing the lower part of the river to...

Intermediate
Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 09:00
5 days

Quick run down the Palmer Rapids section of the Madawaska River near Paddler Co Op on Monday morning. Targeted toward those who are attending the Palmer River Fest on Saturday and Sunday (Please...

Novice
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 09:00
3 hours

For the weekend of Friday 23 May to Sunday 25 May, 2025; we have reserved campsites 12 and 13 at Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. This is for the explicit purpose of running whitewater canoes...

Intermediate
Friday, May 23, 2025 - 19:00
3 days, two nights

I will be paddling this trip regardless. I did it before, solo, during the last part of Covid. I paddled last June from Georgian Bay to Lakefield and many in that group asked that I organize a...

Beginner
Saturday, May 24, 2025 - 11:00
7 days

Spring day trip down the Lower Madawaska River from Aumond Bay to Buck Bay. This is a beautiful section of the river, with mostly Cl II rapids, suitable for novice-intermediate paddlers. Water...

Novice
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 10:00
1 day

Spring day trip from Crotch Lake to Aylen Lake. This day trip takes place the day after we are paddling the Lower Madawaska on 31 May. This is an advanced section of the river due to long sections...

Advanced
Sunday, June 1, 2025 - 10:30
1 Day

We had run this trip for 15 years, the last year being 2019. Since the pandemic and a kitchen renovation we’d let it slide…until the wine and cheese in 2024 when we got a number of...

Novice
Saturday, June 7, 2025 (All day)
Full Day

The focus of the trip is the enjoyment of the land, not covering great distances. This is a self-organized and co-led trip. Each participant is expected to contribute to the organization and the...

Beginner
Sunday, June 15, 2025 (All day)
2-6weeks

Running the Lower section of the Missinaibi River from Mattice to Moosonee. 27 June is travel day to Mattice. We leave the morning of 28 June. We aim to catch the Polar Bear Express train from...

Intermediate
Friday, June 27, 2025 - 19:00
14 Days

We will be a group of 8. We currently have 4, probably 5. Generally all decisions on the river will be decided by consensus, UNLESS there is a safety issue at play. On average we will do 20-25 km/...

Intermediate
Monday, June 30, 2025 (All day)
2 weeks on the river