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Missinaibi
River
The Missinaibi is a river of reverence.
It is venerated for the legacy of its
age-old pictographs, glowing in the
setting sun at Fairy Point, celebrated
for its role as a vital northern trading
link between freshwater shores and a
salt water sea, renowned for its dual
nature as a river of the Abitibi Uplands
and the James Bay Lowlands, and exalted
by modern-day adventurers as the ultimate
whitewater canoe route. At 426 kilometres
in length, with a drainage area of 23,500
square kilometres, the Missinaibi is
one of the longest unimpeded rivers
in North America. Protected by its designation
as an Ontario waterway provincial park,
the Missinaibi runs wild and free, heading
northeast from its lake source north
of Chapleau to its confluence with the
Moose River. A century ago, the steep
cliffs of the lower Missinaibi rang
with the shouts of voyageurs, paddling
their pelts to the fur trading post
of James Bay. Today, they echo softly
with the hushed voices of awestruck
canoeists, stunned by the power and
beauty of the fabled Thunderhouse Falls. |
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