The St. Louis River is diverse enough for the experienced and beginning canoeists. You'll find frequent boulder-filed rapids rated Class I or Class II at normal water levels.
You can put in below the Highway 53 bridge on the upper river and will encounter only a handful of Class I rapids and a dam that must be portaged (RM 84.3). The steep banks on the northern river section support heavy woods of maple, aspen and birch mixed with small stands of conifers.
