{"id":13247,"date":"2019-12-04T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routechamplain.ca\/listings\/la-route-de-canot-vers-louest-mattawa-plaque-historique\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T10:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T14:59:45","slug":"la-route-de-canot-vers-louest-mattawa-plaque-historique","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/routechamplain.ca\/en\/listings\/la-route-de-canot-vers-louest-mattawa-plaque-historique\/","title":{"rendered":"Canoe Route to the West – Mattawa Historical Plaque"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here, when the canoe was the principal means of travel, explorers, voyageurs, missionaries and others bound for the West, left the Ottawa River and followed the Mattawa River to Lake Nipissing, the French River and the upper Great Lakes. For over 200 years the Mattawa River formed part of the route linking the St. Lawrence River settlements with the vast interior of the continent. Among the historic figures who passed here were: Samuel De Champlain, 1615, Jean Nicolet, 1620, fathers Br\u00e9beuf, 1626, and Lalemant, 1648, Radisson and Groseilliers, 1685, La V\u00e9rendrye, 1731, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 1794, and David Thompson, 1812.<\/p>\n

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The historical plaque is located on the northwest corner of Main Street (Road 533) and Mattawan Street.<\/p>\n

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Canadian canoe culture<\/h3>\n

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\u201cIf it is love that binds people to places in this nation of rivers and in this river of nations then one enduring expression of that simple truth, is surely the canoe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 James Raffan, adventurer, acclaimed author and Director Emeritus of the Canadian Canoe Museum<\/p>\n

Through the stories of five paddlers across Ontario, \u201cTHE CANOE\u201d\u00a0underscores the strength of the human spirit and how the canoe can be a vessel for creating deep and meaningful connections.<\/p>\n

Discover the different ways Ontarians have connected to our natural environment, each other and themselves through paddling.\u00a0Watch the full documentary\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is there anything more Canadian than paddling?<\/h4>\n

\u201cOntario\u201d is a\u00a0Haudenosaunee word meaning \u201cland of shining waters.\u201d With over 400,000 lakes, countless rivers and heritage waterways in Ontario, we are connected by and to water, and the canoe is a symbol of that relationship.<\/p>\n

Excerpt from Ontario Parks’ blog (Full article available here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

THE PATH OF GREY OWL<\/h3>\n

Re-trace conservationist Grey Owl\u2019s path into the legendary Northeastern Ontario\u2019s Temagami region – n’Daki Menan Aboriginal community. Experience the Old Growth Forest and beauty that captured Grey Owl\u2019s heart, traveling by land, air, and paddle into the heart of Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park. A film by Goh Iromoto.<\/p>\n