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Riviere Temiscamie371 viewsAfter 2 days of portage from Lac Albanel we are on the Riviere Temiscamie enjoying supper
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Riviere Mistassibi475 viewsMaryse reading while I paddle Lac aux Foins
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Riviere Mistassibi429 views
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Riviere Mistassibi346 views
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Riviere Mistassibi365 views
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Riviere Mistassibi424 views
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Riviere Mistassibi337 views
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Riviere Mistassibi318 views
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Riviere Mistassibi417 views
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Riviere Mistassibi428 views
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Sunrise over Pekans940 viewsPhoto taken from bridge over Pekans River. Most of the Pekans/Moisie expeditions start here.
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Ledge on Pekans River877 viewshttp://maps.google.com/maps?q=52+21+23.98N,67+3+26.97W&t=h&z=12
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Ledge on Pekans River1022 viewsPortaging around L5 on Pekans River
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52+33+47.98N,67+15+15.43W&t=h&z=12
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Paddling through the ledge1006 viewsPekans River.
Location: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52+35+31.86N,67+17+6.17W&t=h&z=12
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Quiet deep-water canyon on Moisie545 viewsBetween km 228 and 229 of Pekans/Moisie route, there is nice, quite narrow canyon. Water is very calm there, which means the river has to be very deep there.
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51+46+56.3N,66+29+10.26W&t=h&z=12
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Campsite at the waterfall on Moisie River844 viewsAs we were approaching waterfall at km 262, we noticed smoke rising on the right side. There is a campsite at the end of the portage and there we found a group of 8 canoeists from France. They spoke very little English and we spoke very little French. Quiet deep canyon on Moisie They travelled in 4 funny looking SEPAL canoes (fiberglass). Guy called Jean has a form for it in Charlevoix, QC. Such canoe is capable of carrying 5 big barrels. They were taking 3 weeks paddling through Carheil (Fermont, QC start)
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Pekans - Moisie portage890 viewsIt took us a while to find start of Pekans/Moisie portage. Very buggy - blackflies. Portage trail wasn't easy to follow esp. at the start. At one point, side path splits off to the right (but then ends soon). Main trail goes straight up the rock and it's hard to see. We portaged in two and a half passes. It was a very hard portage: rocky, muddy at the places, with one gully to cross.
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Pekans Canyon (R2)857 viewsGeorge and Lew running R2 in Pekans Canyon
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Waterfall on Pekans River1010 viewsMarilyn posing in front of the waterfall.
After about the 1/3 of the portage, we found a paddler's full gear: tarp, PFD, thermarest, clothing, 2 paddles, 60l barrel with no harness (nobody dared to open it). Quite scary to think what happened to this person.
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Moisie River386 viewsMarilyn and Dan paddling Moisie River.
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
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Fish Ladder Waterfall on Moisie (Katchapahun)529 viewsAt the Fish Ladder we took a portage on river right. It is a very steep path up, along a path behind the cliffy hill. Despite the steep profile, the path is relatively in a good shape. Nice camp on the other side, lots of boardwalk & the cabin. We portaged around first R3 (ledge) using the boardwalk.
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51+5+34.97N,66+17+39.47W&t=h&z=12
http://www.panoramio.com/map/#lt=51.093047&ln=-66.294297&k=2&z=8&tab=2
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Moisie - Unloading at the campsite505 viewsCampsite on island at km 162, past confluence with Caopacho River.
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
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Caopacho River443 viewsConfluence with Caopacho - nice views of beautiful waterfall on Caopacho.
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
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George and Lew paddling Moisie River581 viewshttp://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
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Moise - Trestle rapid321 viewsView from the bridge - downstream.
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
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Moisie - Railroad bridge over Trestle rapid329 viewsWe hiked up to the bridge - there is a nice staircase there, first wooden, then steel. While we were on the bridge, locomotive came and we had to run to hide. Later Paul & Joe claimed they saw another person somewhere up there. Maybe it was a ghost? Ghost of a drowned paddler...
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=50+18+55.2N,66+12+6.86W&t=h&z=12
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Moisie - Trestle rapid621 viewsView of the railroad bridge and tunnel.
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=50+18+55.2N,66+12+6.86W&t=h&z=12
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Lunch on Moisie341 viewsOn August 11 we had one portage, starting in the creek, then branching left over the ridge. Part of broken yellow Esquif canoe on the other side. We had lunch there and used it for a table. It is a huge campsite spot.
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=50+34+17.99N,66+8+36.31W&t=h&z=12
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Moisie River319 viewsPaul and Joe paddling Moisie River.
http://www.geocities.com/lester_kovac/moisie.htm
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Campsite and access point on Waswanipi River1341 viewsJust off the James Bay Road
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