Coal Rapids                       Sailing with             Conjuring House          A Different Kind             Thunderhouse Falls
                                                 Raincosts                       Rock                       of Campsite

The Missinaibi River is one of the most enjoyable rivers I've been on. It is large, long, varied, and remote. The scenery around Thunderhouse is simply spectacular, itself worth the 380 KM paddle from Mattice to Moosenee. The Missinaibi also has the best pickeral fishing anywhere. We'd be floating downstream in the current and just as we'd go to reel in the rods above a set of rapids they'd hit. Rory hit on a seven pounder atop one set of rapids. Luckily there was a pool in the middle of the rapid and he and Lori were able to land it there. We ended up having quite a feast that night. (I had to get one fish story in!)

In the summer of 1995, the water level was extremely low, so we were able to do things normally unadvised, like run coal rapids, a grade three set just above Thunderhouse Falls. In this water level the only thing that made it grade three was the proximity to the falls, which have claimed many lives over the years. Consequently I'd advise anyone not to run them.

There is an awsome campsite that looks down on the falls from about 100 feet. Conjuring House Rock is what you see looking downstream from this site.

The Missinaibi is a great place for river sailing, as it follows the summer prevailing winds northeast to Moosenee. This is a very good thing as there are 50 and 60 km stretches between some campsites. We arrived at the above campsite--which was simply a misquito infested flat spot amid the usually well treed shoreline--after one of these stretches.