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Post by Northern NB Rob on Jul 25, 2022 13:38:19 GMT -5
I know this an NB Board, but has anyone ever been on the Nouvelle River? I'm scouting it Wed, but I can't find any info on kayaking/canoeing it and Nature Aventure in Matapedia said it was not a river they had ever been on and couldn't shuttle us. Quebec has become very snarky about shuttle providers going on the salmon rivers after June 15th. And I can't find any form of rover map, so I'll drive the entire river road, check as many spots as I can and if it looks like there is enough water and a river that looks reasonable, I'll take my chances and be ready to exit river if we hear any loud rumbles <input type="hidden" id="hippowiz-ass-injected" value="true"><input type="hidden" id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" value="none">
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Post by nrgotn on Sept 27, 2022 11:04:44 GMT -5
Any luck with your scouting on the Nouvelle?
I have looked for info on the Humqui river that runs to take Matapedia. Not much out there.
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Post by Ken Corbett on Apr 15, 2024 14:30:23 GMT -5
Any luck with your scouting in Gaspésie?
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Post by Northern NB Rob on Apr 27, 2024 10:08:10 GMT -5
I scouted the Nouvelle last year as planned. The road follows river right going upstream, looked great, then we scouted a few major log jams....then the road starts to climb up and away from the river a little. We drove a 5-7% grade hill for at least 10km it seemed...needless to say the river was a dent in the mountains when we reached the top. I found a little road in decent shape and followed it 7 km down until we landed at a small fishing camp (no one around, but trucks were there, ramps for 4x4's so they were out on the trails)...the river was about 25' wide and basically a solid mountain wall on the other side. Not knowing what happens from there to where we last saw the river, no maps, narrow, assuming some major descent/drops...NOT a river I'd risk. Maybe that's why there are no river maps out there. But it was a great day cruising the backroads of the Gaspe Region.
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Post by Ken Corbett on May 2, 2024 13:19:11 GMT -5
What a fine story, it felt like I was there myself. Sometimes you have to go see for yourself, especially when you can't find enough info. It was most likely the right decision, not to go on the river with little or no info. But hey, sometimes we go anyway, eh!
I was up in Gaspesie several [lol] years back, i was running the Bonaventure with Scooter and Hal. It was magical, especially up top, where the quick water ran bending betweeh high forested banks. I recall it took us four days to run from lake to sea.
There had been a bad burn there a couple of summers back, and the forests by the shores were blackened hulks pointing bleak or lying flat on the shores. On the third day, we rounded a sharp turn and came face to face with a gigantic logjam.
Following Scooter's lead, we swung to a narrow side channel, and humped our boats up on the logs. Right behindus, a prty of five or six kayakers, garbed in bright Neoprene suits, ran onto the log piles. They scurried frantically to secure themselves and their boats on the bobbing piles.
We couldn't help them, we were in the same predicament. It took us hours to hump our three loaded boats over endless piles of charred stups and spiky hulks. We finally reached open water in the late afternoon, and thankfully the sun and the breeze were on our shoulders. We saw the kayakers again further on downstream, but we were happy in our own company.
We drove Quebec road 132 from Amqui down to Campbellton last summer, beautiful country. I wished I were in a boat, not a car, as we drove by the river and glimpsed the canoes. I appreciate your trip stories about those northern rivers Rob, keep 'em coming!
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