Maniwaki
S T A n D I n g W a V e S
Quebec, Canada
August 22-23-24
the legend is true.
Photo mAriAnn sAether
Canoe • Kayak • Rafting
2008
Defy
Lucifer!
Urban Legend
OTTAWA RIveR ReveAlS InneR-cITy SeCret WaVe
fROM MccOy’S TO chAMPlAIn, tight-knit groups The wave lurks within the stonewalled ruins of the
of paddlers have been passing hushed whispers mill, an impossible scout from shore.
around about the possibility of an un-tapped inner- “It forms in the ruins and has some dangerous
city monster wave on the Ottawa River. consequences—the river flows into some dead-
every now and then when the water runs high, end stone walls if you don’t make your ferry out—
rumours of this urban legend bubble to the surface. but all things aside the wave looked fantastic,”
Since early sightings more than two years ago staff says Saether. “It is amazing because it is huge,
from the Ottawa Kayak School have joined in the powerful, and has a lot of air potential.”
search for this elusive Bigfoot. Patiently waiting The wave is formed as swelling overflow goes
and watching, it was said to graze by some old through the ruins and over a stone ledge. The flow
mill ruins near the Deschenes Rapids section of picks up speed as it is constricted by the walls.
the Ottawa River, on the quebec side. Two reactionaries lead the way into a green wall of
Although difficult to fathom any kind of secret water, an approach Saether describes as similar to
on one of the busiest whitewater rivers in the looking down a bowling alley.
world and a two-time host of the World freestyle Missing the small eddy on the right after the
,
photographe
championships, pro paddler Mariann Saether got wave results in a 20-minute walk back to the top to
caught up in the hunt. start all over again.
Gauthier
“It was being compared to the infamous Buse- now that the controversy of the feature’s exis-
ater or a larger garburator and it seemed too good tence has been settled, the next to resolve is the
Michel
to be true,” she says. name. Some are calling it heavy D for the De-
But lo and behold this spring the river swelled to schenes Rapids, others call it the Ruins Wave.
4.6 on the nearby river gauge, providing perfect
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