Mississagua River (Kawartha Highlands), Sat. May 2

Outing Type → 

This is a classic whitewater day trip in the history of the WCA that I'm looking forward to exploring for the first time. It's a very nice pool & drop river where all the rapids are obvious and there are portage trails along them. The rapids range in difficulty and there are some very challenging rapids and chutes, so you can make the trip as easy or hard as you want by choosing which rapids to run vs portage. It's 16 km but a long day as a result of all the scouting and portaging, so expect to spend around 6 hours on the river.

Update 04/28: there is no online gauge for the Mississagua but recent water management updates suggest that the flows will remain high. There will be some unrunnable rapids with many frequent portages, so try to pack efficiently to transition quickly from paddling to portaging, and be prepared to tackle a few longer portages as well.

 

The Basics
Event Location

Mississagua River, Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park

Date(s) & Time
Event Duration
1 day
Difficulty Rating
Intermediate
Itinerary
Itinerary description

Meet around 9 am at the put-in 

Start shuttling around 9:30 am

 

Expect to spend 6 hours on the river

Required Items to Bring

Whitewater canoe with flotation

Dry or wetsuit

Food/water for the entire day

Extra layers to put on if you get cold or wet

Recommended Items to Bring

Portaging yoke for the canoe

How to Get There
Event Directions

Put in: 44.687930, -78.329751

Take out: 44.576837, -78.358971