Specializing in fully guided and outfitted canoeing trips and expeditions throughout North America. Smoking Rivers offers the best guided canoe trips in Maine.
Based in Maine and carrying on the Maine Canoe guide’s traditions of excellence. Guiding world class canoe trips and expeditions from Texas to the Arctic. We specialize in first class wilderness canoe trips and spare no expense to bring you the very best in customizeable trip options combined with exquisite cuisine and expert instruction to provide vacation of a life time. If you feel like breaki
06/10/2026
Next in the lineup, we keep the compass pointed North to one of the finest adventures on the Gaspe. The beloved Bonaventure awaits with its challenging white water, and remote boreal forest landscape combines to make a canoeist dream.
06/01/2026
This past weekend was supposed to have 1.5"-2" of rain with cold. However northern maine had different plans,
Don't let your weather app scare you away from a fun time. The adventure awaits!
05/21/2026
2nd round St. John river
All of nature's beauty. St. John hail storm
05/15/2026
A true beauty of the North Maine Woods, the St. John River, first round of photos. For those that brave the early season trip, the reward is like none other in Maine. Witnessing spring’s arrival to the North Maine Woods is always a special trip, but this year we had perfect water, fair conditions, and great company. Enjoy!
05/14/2026
Ok canoeing fans the photos have been stacking up the past 3 weeks as we held our annual poling and white water clinics along with our spring maine opener the magnificent St. John. First round of photos for those who are iching to be on the water.
05/13/2026
Check out this article of our founder, Jason Cross, in the May edition of The Maine Sportsman. Thank you Jim Fahey for the well written article.
05/12/2026
Northern Maine welcomes us home again with this classical St. John sunset on Night 1. This site always seems to say “Welcome to the boreal forest, you’re in the real woods now. Keep the needle pointing North, adventure awaits.”
04/18/2026
Rolling into the 2026 canoe season! We open our Maine canoe season next weekend with our poling and white water clinics. Dont miss your chance to have some fun and make some memories on the water!
Happy Holidays from the Smoking Rivers team, see you in 2026!
| Monday | 8am - 9pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 9pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 9pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 9pm |
| Friday | 8am - 9pm |
| Saturday | 8am - 9pm |
| Sunday | 8am - 9pm |