3 common myths about rafting trips
We love the thrills, but what’s even more incredible about rafting is how it opens some of the world’s most spectacular places to people of…
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The Pacuare River and Hydroelectric Peril
The balance of wilderness conservation and industrial ambition in Costa Rica By Boreal River Guide – Ty Smith, MSc Pacuare: The Quintessential Jungle River The…
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What is packrafting?
Everything you ever wanted to know about packrafting—but were afraid to ask By Boreal River Guide – Ty Smith Going to the frontier is always…
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Quebec’s Côte Nord (North Shore) 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…
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Teenagers Kayak the Magpie
Group from Explore Expeditions has the wilderness adventure of a lifetime In July 2018, a team of sixteen teenagers (ages 12-19) paddled the Magpie. Led by 3…
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Experiential Education, Grit and Protecting What You Love
School trusts Boreal River for staff training and student expeditions What is hard work? That’s an important question these days when many young people are…
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Letter from Falling Creek Camp leader
12 young whitewater kayakers from the US paddle the Magpie Photos provided by Jez from Explore Expeditions and Falling Creek Camp Dear Boreal, I wanted…
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Magpie River therapeutic retreat
Outdoor adventure for 15 youth living with cancer “Forward hard!” Jean-François Bourdon, a Boreal River guide, shouted, his raft plunging toward a boulder. Close behind…
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The Magpie : A river that makes you stronger
Outdoor education with Indigenous youth “The waves are huge, and the rafts looked so tiny in the photos and video I saw beforehand,” Lydia Mestokosho-Paradis,…
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Protecting the Magpie
The movement to protect the Magpie River In September 2017, outside of Hydro-Quebec’s headquarters in Montreal, a flash mob appeared. They were protesting Hydro-Quebec’s “behind…
