Broadback River

Located in a boreal forest, this site boasts one kilometer of hiking trails. There are three lookouts. These allow you to observe a kettle (a cauldron-shaped cavity left by the passage of glaciers that has filled with water), an ancient riverbed and the Broadback River. Interpretation panels explain the particular features of the site and its flora. Here’s an excerpt: “With its moraines, drumlins, kettles, erratic boulders and, of more recent origin, its immense reticulated peat bogs, the James Bay territory is an inexhaustible source of traces of the passage of glaciers…”.

Moose, beavers and porcupines can be seen. The river is ideal for fishing. Canoeing and kayaking excursions of one or more days are available. Rustic camping available on site. Car parking is available at the rest area.

Located in ancestral territory, the Broadback River is a tributary of Rupert Bay south of James Bay near the village of Waskaganish. In Cree, it is called Chistamiskau Sipi.