Larder River Canoe Trip | Waterfalls, & Wild Whitewater | Best NE Ontario Backcountry Weekend Trip! 

Hehe i hear ya Jon, worse for this time cause its where i grew up.

Ha, doesn't backcountry camping teach patience? :D

Algonquin..

Love the Larder. I was blown away by the scenery here. I think we'll be back in the future for more adventures. Sounds like you have quite the crew for your trip!

Hey Dennis, thanks for watching! Gotta love the thrill of the run. Looks like Sheree caught the whitewater bug now too. Always helps to have a mixed bag of experience in the group so that others can learn and develop skills.

So glad you enjoyed it. Really lucky to call this province home. You can paddle a lifetime and never see it all

Much appreciated! Great river to paddle! Hope you get to experience it for yourself one day!

It's a great one to paddle. The scenery is top notch. Reminds me more of stuff you'd find in the car north of NW Ontario. A gem to paddle that won't disappoint!

@@ExploreTheBackcountry Awesome, makes me want to go even more! What about for someone with only beginner whitewater canoe skills - ok to do, or better to improve the skills first?

Glad you enjoyed it!! Such a great place to paddle

Thanks a bunch! We'll certainly get at least one more long format video out this season and then a few more medium ones (20-30mins). Takes about 3-5 weeks to edit up a 45min video, so glad it was well received!

Thanks for watching as always Paul!

Thanks!!

Our pleasure! Thanks a bunch!!

Thanks for watching! More to come over the winter months!

Awesome! Nice little run. I would love to return when levels are a little higher. At these flows, it was a great intro for Sheree!

Glad you enjoyed it! That's more powerhouse infrastructure. Raven Falls was also used for power generation. Cam actually paddled under it in one of the shots. It's pretty cool, though not as impressive as the larger powerhouse down river.

Thanks a lot 😊

Man you're gonna love it! Was one of our fav shorter trips. I want to return in May for even higher flows. Good mix of everything on that route. Will be checking out some of the other routes nearby next year, very scenic area!

Thank you! Cheers!

Awesome!! So glad you enjoyed it!

Ha! That post rapid rush is quite the feeling!! Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks so much! Bit of a challenge to edit with all the camera angles, but well worth it in the end, so glad you enjoyed it!

One of the best rivers around in Northeastern Ontario. We were blown away by it too!

Glad you like them!

Glad you enjoyed it! Was one of our fav trips!!

haha pretty much!! Leah always laughs at my excited whitewater celebratory laugh....

I was in the aria early 60's, don't remember much but the fishing under those drops were great! Lots of walleyes. My uncle traped all over that area, I am Algoma from western Ontario.

Thanks Bill! I'll be getting Leah to do some more voiceovers in the future! Especially for our Throat River expedition. Sheree, loved the whitewater! She was a bit scared at first but quickly grew to love the thrill of the run.

Awesome!! Such a great area to paddle.

Welcome aboard!

What better way to get experience than by doing it 👍 This trip looks phenomenal!

@@dillonhillier It was an epic trip last summer. I paddled from the town of Larder Lake at their marina across the lake and down the river to Raven Falls. Day two I only made it to Ward Lake and got rained out so set up camp early and chillaxed in the tent. Finished on day 3 on Wendigo Lake. Plan to go re-do the river and start on Raven Lake and go down to at least the Blanche River. Maybe do the Blanche as well out to Lake Temiskaming if I have the time. The videos on my channel although my editing skills aren't as good as this video was. But hey, it's all about being out there and having fun.

There is a good route on watabeag too. Nice waterfall.

@@louiestarrz would love more info on that route for watabeag, thanks for sharing.

@@ride-paddle-repeat hey msg me at curt_mallette@msn.com. ill send you some maps, and if you actually want to do it, I will cir le good camping spots, and a portage I cut

Watabeag looks like a nice area, quite a few routes in the area to check out. Will do in the future as it's fairly close to us.

@@ExploreTheBackcountry oh yah? Where are you guys from? I wouldn't do them passed the middle of July. For the most out of rapids mid June is good, weather permitting of course

How close can you drive? Theres the dam upriver i noted as having a way in

Haha, I'd have to check in with Anita, but I'm pretty sure she labeled any foul weather as my doing!!

@@ExploreTheBackcountry lol...!

Yes! Have the book, saw their write up on it after the trip. Description is somewhat helpful, but we faced higher water levels than the write up would suggest.

@@ExploreTheBackcountry I think there's also a description of the Misema River (east of Larder).

Little snowy at the moment, hehe, but I hear you. There's something special about the land of lakes and rocks!

Do you make them yourself?? Very cool! We have an old wood and canvas. Those classic lines are a joy to paddle.

Haha, not this time.... There will be one from our Throat River Expedition. We tend to have them for the longer trips!

Nova Craft Moisie in TuffStuff Expedition layup and an Esquif Prospecteur in T-Formex.

@@ExploreTheBackcountry I would guess the Prospector is a wetter ride. The Esquif equivalent to the Moisii would be the Canyon 16 or 17 foot. In my expert opinion! Hahahaha! I have an older 16 foot Royalex Prospecteur. The rocker is 4". The equivalent in Tformex is the" prospecteur sport" otherwise the prospecteur is a little less rocked... Maybe 2" not sure. All this from a conversation last summer on a river expedition... ;-) I grew up in the Larder area... You have inspired me to go back there and give that river a run!!! Thank you!!

@@blackspruceroutes without checking specs, I think you're bang on there. The Moisie is certainly the sportier of the two vs the Prospectuer and definitely runs a bit drier. I've paddled a Canyon, but never swapping runs like this trip so I can't get a direct comparison in feel, but it's real close to the Moisie. In general, the TuffStuff turns quicker as the hull is a bit more rigid. We did a 3 canoe expedition this summer and everyone rocked decked prospector hulls (Royalex, TuffStuff and T-Formex). Probably the nest overall combo for a big trip with varrying conditions. Larder Lake area is pretty amazing. i was blown away by the scenery. I think I want to take a crack at the Misema system next.... Happy paddling!!

Yup. That's Cams canoe! We paddled a Nova Craft Moisie

Northeastern Ontario, near Kirkland Lake

I’m doing exactly this trip

Sourced info from Jeff's Temagami Map and the book 'Discovering wild Timiskaming'

Relaxation by Geva Alon - via Artlist.io

Took me three days to watch it all. Leah Jennings. Got it