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# Boreal River Expeditions: Boreal River Expeditions specializes in whitewater rafting, multi-sport, and experiential education programs. We run 3-day to 3-week river trips on the Mutehekau Shipu (Magpie River) in Quebec, the Ottawa River, the Rio Pacuare, Costa Rica, and other amazing rivers!

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## Sitemaps
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## Posts
- [Carrying Forward the Esprit Rafting Legacy](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/esprit-rafting/): For over 30 years, Esprit Rafting has been a cornerstone of the Ottawa River paddling community. Founded in 1992 by Jim Coffey, Esprit built a reputation for well-run rafting trips and international adventure travel.
- [Boreal Forest Animals of Mutehekau Shipu (the Magpie River)](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/boreal-forest-animals/): Want to experience these boreal forest animals first-hand? Join us on a Mutehekau Shipu Rafting Expedition.
- [Imagine the Nahanni River](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/imagine-the-nahanni-river/): Located in Canada’s Northwest Territories, the Nahanni River, or Nah?ą Dehé is many people’s bucket list trip, and for good reason. The diverse wilderness, timeless adventure, and unique history make it an unparalleled river trip.
- [6 Best Multi-Day Rafting Trips In Canada 2025](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/best-multi-day-rafting-trips-in-canada/): Looking to plan an epic adventure? Here is a list of the best multi-day white water rafting trips in Canada. Trips for all skill levels.
- [DIY Magpie – a guide to unguided expeditions for paddlers on Mutehekau Shipu](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/diy-magpie-guide-unguided-expeditions-paddlers/): This article is a resource for people who want to paddle the Magpie or West Magpie on their own without guides. For a guided trip, see the all-inclusive adventure trip page.
- [Getting to know Kichi Sibi (Ottawa River)](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/getting-to-know-kichi-sibi-ottawa-river/): Home to Algonquin Peoples, habitat for more than 24 at-risk species, hiding the longest underwater cave system in Canada, and serving as an interprovincial border, Kichi Sibi (Ottawa River) is a truly unique waterway. Leader of the Ottawa Riverkeeper organization for 14 years, Meredith Brown is an advocate and activist for Kichi Sibi. When asked what makes Kichi Sibi so special, she emphasized its intricate impact on its surroundings: “The river shapes our land, impacts our well-being, and is the lifeblood of our communities.”
- [Becoming the river: a journey down the Muteshekau Shipu (Magpie River)](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/becoming-the-river-a-journey-down-the-muteshekau-shipu-magpie-river/): After a night’s sleep, the group met Lydia Mestokosho-Paradis and her aunt Rita Mestokosho, who are both Innu from the community of Ekuanitshit. They conducted a ceremony to prepare the student group for eight days on the Muteshekau Shipu (Magpie River), including gifts of red bracelets and bandanas to protect them.
- [The Story of my Grandparents’ Last Trip on the Nah?ą Dehé (Nahanni River)](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/joyce-and-bill-mason-last-trip-on-naha-dehe-nahanni-river/): Five years ago, Joyce moved from the family home on Meech Lake to an apartment in Ottawa. There she runs the resident library and is spearheading a project to bring all of the residents' life stories together into one shared album. Due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, I haven’t been able to sit on her couch since December 2019, but when I chatted with her over the phone, I could hear her become more animated as we delved down memory lane and into her 1988 Nah?ą Dehé (Nahanni River) trip. It was my grandfather’s last canoe trip, and an experience I’ve always understood to be special for our family, but I had never heard Grandma’s side of the story. She mentioned two things in particular: the feeling of smallness, and the day she joined the “Bill Mason Swim Club” – a capsize that illustrates the dynamic of the trip.
- [River Trips of the Nah?ą Dehé (Nahanni River) Watershed](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/river-trips-of-the-nah%c9%82a-dehe-nahanni/): Flowing west to east through the Territories of the Sahtu Dene, Métis, and Dehcho Dene, the Nahʔą Dehé (South Nahanni River), is one of the most sought-after river trips in the world.
- [What’s my raft guide thinking at the top of a rapid?](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/whats-my-raft-guide-thinking-at-the-top-of-a-rapid/): By Willa Mason, Guide and Instructor
- [3 common myths about rafting trips](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/3-myths-about-rafting-trips/): By Danny Peled, Boreal River
- [The Pacuare River and Hydroelectric Peril](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/pacuare-hydroelectric-peril/): The Pacuare River is a world famous destination for whitewater paddlers and eco-tourists. The river boasts warm water, dense virgin tropical rainforest, abundant wildlife, and waterfalls-galore. It’s hard to overstate the lushness of vegetation along the Pacuare, with incredibly bio-diverse plant and tree species covering the steep surrounding hills and canyon walls.
- [What is packrafting?](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/whats-packrafting/): By Boreal River Guide – Ty Smith
- [Quebec’s Côte Nord (North Shore) Region](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/quebecs-cote-nord-region/): The Magpie River flows through the heart of Quebec's Côte-Nord region. This is the area north of the St-Lawrence Gulf from the Saguenay Fjord to Labrador. Along the rugged coastline, river after river spills into the St-Lawrence, bringing freshwater to sea. These rich estuaries are all wild Atlantic Salmon runs. As well they're feeding grounds for whales, seals, dolphins, and colonies of puffins.
- [Teenagers Kayak the Magpie](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/teenagers-kayak-the-magpie/): In July 2018, a team of sixteen teenagers (ages 12-19) paddled the Magpie. Led by 3 Explore Expeditions staff in Kayaks and two Boreal River guides who rowed the gear rafts, the group paddled great whitewater, took in stunning scenery, learned new rescue and camping skills—and had an amazing time!
- [Experiential Education, Grit and Protecting What You Love](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/selwyn-house-expeditions/): Deegan is a physical education teacher at Selwyn House School, a private school for boys nestled on the side of Mont Royal in Montreal. He says part of the answer to that grit problem can be found through experiential education.
- [Letter from Falling Creek Camp leader](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/letter-falling-creek-camp-leader/): Photos provided by Jez from Explore Expeditions and Falling Creek Camp
- [Magpie River therapeutic retreat](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/magpie-trip-living-with-cancer/): The trip was special 20th anniversary for Sur la Pointe des Pieds (On the Tips of the Toes). It's a foundation that takes young people living with cancer from across Canada on outdoor adventure trips to get them out of their daily routines.
- [The Magpie : A river that makes you stronger](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/magpie-river-makes-stronger/): “The waves are huge, and the rafts looked so tiny in the photos and video I saw beforehand,” Lydia Mestokosho-Paradis, a 26-year-old Innu artist, says. “I never thought I could do it.”
- [Protecting the Magpie](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/protecting-the-magpie/): In September 2017, outside of Hydro-Quebec’s headquarters in Montreal, a flash mob appeared. They were protesting Hydro-Quebec’s “behind the scenes” blocking of any attempt to protect the Magpie River from damming.

## Pages
- [Ottawa River Wilderness Expedition](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/river-expeditions/ottawa-river-expedition/): Experience one of North America's most iconic rivers on a fully guided 4-day Ottawa River rafting expedition.
- [Mutehekau Shipu (Magpie River) Expedition](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/river-expeditions/mutehekau-shipu-expedition/): You can read this blog post if you'd like to learn more about the Côte-Nord region of Québec, the people, and Mutehekau Shipu.
- [HOME](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/): Ottawa - Mutehekau (Magpie) - Pacuare Trips & Experiential Education
- [Ottawa Kayarafting in the City](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/river-expeditions/ottawa-kayarafting-experiental-education/): 5.0 | Read reviews
- [Costa Rica Sky to Sea Multisport Adventure](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/river-expeditions/costa-rica-sky-to-sea-multisport-adventure/): 5.0 | Read reviews
- [Page de remerciement du bulletin d’information](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/page-de-remerciement-du-bulletin-dinformation/): Merci de votre participation et bienvenue dans la communauté
- [Newsletter](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/newsletter/): Subscribe here, and every month we'll email you a small dose of wilderness fun:
- [Experiential Education on the Ottawa River](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/river-expeditions/ottawa-river-experiential-education/): Boreal River's training standards set the bar for outdoor education and adventure travel. Our team brings decades of combined experience leading experiential education programs and guiding wilderness trips in Canada and internationally. All guides are certified as Wilderness First Responders (80-hour advanced medical training) and Whitewater Rescue Technicians Level III. Many are instructors in those disciplines with our sister company, Boreal River Rescue.
- [River Expeditions](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/river-expeditions/): Connect with nature, bond with your group, and learn valuable skills on a river rafting expedition
- [Our Environmental Commitment](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/our-environmental-commitment/): We have deep respect for the woods and waterways with whom we live, work, travel, and play, and for the people who have thrived with that land and who continue to thrive in a relationship with it today. We follow guidance from the people on whose territories we travel.
- [Cancellation Policy, Insurance, & Payment](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/cancellation-policy/): We highly recommend that you purchase Trip Cancellation insurance to protect you from unforeseen circumstances (see 'insurance' below).
- [Contact Us](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/contact-us/): Questions about whitewater river trips? Call or email us anytime
- [Blog](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/stories/): We're not sure if it's the thrill of the whitewater, the breathtaking scenery, connecting with nature, or making new friends, but Boreal River Expeditions river trips inspire lots of great stories.
- [About the Area](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/about/about-the-area/): Mutehekau Shipu (the Magpie River) flows through the heart of Québec's Côte-Nord region. This is the area north of the St-Lawrence Gulf from the Saguenay Fjord to Labrador. Along the rugged coastline, river after river spills into the St-Lawrence, bringing freshwater to sea. These rich estuaries are all wild Atlantic Salmon runs. As well they're feeding grounds for whales, seals, dolphins, and colonies of puffins.
- [About Us](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/about/): Boreal River Expeditions runs 3-day to 3-week river trips.

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- [Gallery](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/?p=1480)

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- [Ottawa River](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/?p=5109)
- [Magpie for kayakers and canoeists photo gallery](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/?p=958)
- [Experiential learning expeditions photo gallery](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/?p=959)
- [Packrafting Expedition photos](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/?p=894)
- [Magpie River Adventure photo gallery](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/?p=591)

## Categories
- [Experiential Education](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/category/experiential-education/)
- [Explore Ottawa & The Outaouais Region](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/category/ottawa-river-outaouais-region/)
- [Interviews & Success Stories](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/category/interviews-and-success-stories/)
- [Magpie River](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/category/magpie-river/)
- [Nahanni](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/category/nahanni/)
- [Packrafting](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/category/packrafting/)
- [Protecting our Rivers](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/category/protecting-the-magpie/)
- [Rafting](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/category/rafting/)
- [Success Stories](https://expeditions.borealriver.com/category/success-stories/)