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On May 14, 2008, the Quebec
Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks announced interim protection for 1,445 square kilometres (558 sq mi) of the Dumoine River watershed. No industrial activities are allowed in the new interim protected area covering almost a third of the
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or via the North River from Ten Mile Lake, paddling 100 kilometres (62 mi) in about 5 to 7 days; Lac
Laforge, covering 75 kilometres (47 mi) in 4 days, or Lac Benoit, running 60 kilometres (37 mi) in about 3 to 4 days. Access is by
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shows the layout of the
Dumoine River but not all the way to its source. It is named after the trading post built at the river's mouth towards the end of French rule. The post was abandoned in 1761, and
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The Quebec shore of the Ottawa River at the end of the
Dumoine River is undeveloped. For take-out, it requires either crossing the Ottawa River (2.5 km wide at this point) to Ontario's
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The section between Lac Benoit and Little Steel Falls (kilometres 60 to 50) is particularly engaging, featuring many Class 2-3 drop-and-pool rapids typical of
Canadian Shield rivers.
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Paddling down the
Dumoine is considered exciting and rewarding by canoeists because of the large number of runnable rapids and its fast, reliable current. Trips usually start at
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The range of rapids is large, from uncomplicated swifts to un-runnable falls. Beginning from Lac
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River. Lotter, in 1762, and Carver, in 1776, named it likewise and they identify Lake
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as three of a kind. All three are in the same area, have similar characteristics, and are very popular with
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took over its activities around 1785. But after 1800 this fort no longer gave any signs of life.
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boots nailed to surrounding trees as memorials to the loggers who had drowned there.
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that line the river on both sides) and Desire River respectively. A 1755 map by
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Rivers of the Upper Ottawa Valley - Myth, Magic & Adventure
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km 17, "Red Pine" - series of rapids ranging from Class 1 to 3
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669:"Facts about Canada: Rivers"
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418:History
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