Mattice-Val Cote

Mattice is another smaller community on the Trans Canada Highway where residents always have a smile for visitors. This community is well known to experienced paddles as a key departure point for the Missinaibi River, one of the most popular canoe courses in Ontario. Modern day paddlers take their cue from the voyageurs that traveled this river hundreds of years ago while trading in the furs, supplies and other goods that helped build the new nation of Canada.

If you're looking for the ideal spot to launch your boat or canoe, then take the time to visit Mattice. This small francophone community of the Trans-Canada Highway is located on the world famous Missinaibi River, and has become the perfect access point or wilderness adventure seekers. If you're an avid canoeing enthusiast in search of the ultimate adventure consider Mattice as the starting point for a canoe trip down the Missinaibi River to Moosonee, the Gateway to the Arctic.

History buffs may want to visit an historical Indian cemetery located 2 kilometres south of Mattice on the shores of the Missinaibi River.