Staying Home Sucks, home
1961 Mission City, BC Soap Box Derby Champion Raymond Mack
Mission, the nearest town, 11 km away. Photo: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Enterprise Channel

Kayak spot · Canada

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

87Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Wind 2 kn gusting 6, Air 14 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 89 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 88 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 86 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
11°C
Rain
1.5 mm

Fri 6 · 87 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
32kn
Air
12°C
Rain
9.6 mm

Sat 7 · 87 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 88 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 80 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
11°C
Rain
13.8 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 287, good
  2. Tue 389, good
  3. Wed 488, good
  4. Thu 586, good
  5. Fri 687, good
  6. Sat 787, good
  7. Sun 888, good
  8. Mon 980, good
  9. Tue 1088, good
  10. Wed 1173, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Enterprise Channel
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov87, good2 kn7kn13°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov89, good2 kn6kn14°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov88, good2 kn6kn13°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov86, good6 kn13kn11°C1.5 mm
Fri 6Nov87, good9 kn32kn12°C9.6 mm
Sat 7Nov87, good1 kn10kn11°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov88, good2 kn5kn12°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov80, good3 kn15kn11°C13.8 mm
Tue 10Nov88, good7 kn12kn12°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov73, good9 kn22kn9°C15.9 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Enterprise Channel

A launch on the Enterprise Channel. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. None within 10 km, the nearest 21 km away. The town to stay in is Mission.

  • River Enterprise Channel
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire None within 10 km, the nearest 21 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,190–US$2,190 each

about US$1,190–US$2,190 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to YVR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$523
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$315–US$523
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$181–US$342
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,190

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Mission

Closest

Mission

about 20 min by car · 5 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 5 places to stay in Mission · Booking.com

About Mission its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 9h 05m

About 9h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YVR, direct, then 1h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

  • Pitt Meadows Paddle Club (PMPC) 21 km

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits