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From Timmins travel west on Highway 101 to Foleyet a distance of about 100 km. The town of Foleyet is about one km off the highway and is worth a visit to see their new tourist information centre.
Back on the highway head west again for about 10 km and at the top of a large hill with communication towers turn left heading towards Ivanhoe Provincial Park. A swim in the park is a great way to get cooled off on a hot day. The sand beach seems to go on forever.
Just before the entrance to the park there is a bridge over a dam. This is the beginning of the Ivanhoe River Trip. On the south side of the dam a road turns off beside the river. Follow it down a ways past the rapids, about 200 m. There is room here to park a vehicle here. The first part of the trip is through a gravelly channel that was made to accommodate the river which is actually a new channel that drains Ivanhoe Lake and it controls the level of the lake. The old dam gave way in the early 1960's and caused severe flooding of the town of Foleyet.
As with most river canoe trips, the level of the water determines if it is passable. This river is best run in the late spring or early summer as the water levels can get low and there are too many rocks showing to make the trip enjoyable. There are two rapids in the first part of the trip. Care should be taken if they are run but they are easily lined down if the water is low. The finishing point is right in the town of Foleyet where a vehicle should be left. There is a short road down to the river from the highway on the east side of the railway tracks. As you are coming near to Foleyet you will pass under a railway bridge. The take-out point is just before the second railway bridge which is right in the town of Foleyet. It should only be a short walk to the place where you left your vehicle.
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