Fly fishing
The Main River
The Main River rises in the Long Range Mountains and runs 57 kilometres to the sea at White Bay. It was designated a Canadian Heritage River in 2001.
The river
A wilderness river.
- Source and mouth
- The Main River originates in the Long Range Mountains on the Great Northern Peninsula and enters the sea at White Bay.
- Length
- The river is 57 kilometres long.
- Designation
- The Main River was designated a Canadian Heritage River in 2001.
- The land
- The river passes through open marshland and old-growth boreal forest.
- Ecoregions
- Its ecosystems belong to two of the province's ecoregions, the Long Range Barrens (Northern Long Range sub-region) and the Northern Peninsula Forest (Eastern Long Range sub-region).
Wildlife
Who shares the river.
The river passes through terrain that is home to many species of bird, the Northern Peninsula caribou herd, moose, black bear and the Newfoundland marten, a species at risk.
On the water
Salmon and brook trout.
- The fish
- The Main River holds Atlantic salmon and brook trout.
- Catch and release
- Atlantic salmon fishing on the Main River is catch and release.
- Getting in
- The Main River is reached by ATV and by helicopter.
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