| Region: | River: | NTS Sheet: | UTM Type: | Zone: |
| Labrador | Pinware River | 12 P | NAD27 | 21 |
| River Description: |
| Big volume boating with one very cool class V rapid. A great run, and offers lots of play |
| potential, it has been compared to the Kicking Horse Lower Canyon in the Rockies. |
| Difficulty Rating: | Hardest Rapid: | Flow Information: |
| III+ | V | High water in May/June. By July the volume has |
| dropped considerably on this run. |
| How to get there: | Gradient |
| Put-in | Northing | Easting: | Section: | Avg |
| 5760432 | 534940 | Distance | 53. | km |
| Multi-day put-in. The new highway passes near the | Gradient | 4 | m/k |
| headwaters of the Pinware River. It may look like low |
| gradient, but it is a good high volume river and probably | 21 | fpm |
| makes an excellent multi-day. | Section: | Day Trip |
| Secondary Put-in | Northing | Easting: | Distance | 10 | km |
| 5733126 | 527190 | Gradient | 11 | m/k |
| Day trip put-in. To get to the Pinware River, go to | 56 | fpm |
| southern Labrador via the ferry from St. Barbe on the |
| Northern Peninsula to Blanc Sablon in Quebec. Upon |
| arrival, head east for about 1 hour and you will reach the |
| community of Pinware in Labrador. You will follow the |
| gorge until the river reaches the road at a definite steady |
| (if you go farther you leave the river for good as it heads |
| inland). Put in here by crashing through the alders on the |
| side of the road to the river. |
| Take-out | Northing | Easting: |
| 5726203 | 521289 |
| The take-out is the same for both runs and is just |
| upstream from the Pinware Campground. The highway |
| runs really close to this section. An alternative take-out is |
| at the bridge for RD. #510. The climb up out of the gorge |
| is quite demanding, but won’t require ropes or anything. |
| This take-out shaves four kilometers off the run. |
| Detailed Description of the River |
| First Descent: (????) Unknown canoeists. |
| Trip report submitted by Stephen Arns. It is based on his highwater trip in early June, 2002 |
| with Kevin England. This is continuous big volume III-IV boating with one very cool class V |
| rapid. Expect to find powerful, pushy water, big waves, holes, eddy lines and lots of |