Ontario’s Blue-Water Lakes
So blue you won’t believe your eyes.
By Virginia Marshall
Wild Class I and II whitewater paddling in Spring
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Makobe-Grays River Provincial Park is a wild whitewater river that flows north through a series of narrow canyons. Summer paddling consists mainly of flatwater with some moving water, lining and numerous portages.
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