Windbound Narrow Island Distance: 4km – [cumulative total 163 km ] InReach: Day 6 On the water 0830 paddling into increasingly impossible head wind Sat in sheltered cove all day Now back Day 5 camp Paddled 4 Made good 0km…
Day 5
Hearne Channel to Narrow Island Distance: 34km – [cumulative total 159 km ] InReach: Day 5 Head wind all morning then wind eased D 34km Had coffee at fishing camp for Cdn vets ex Afghanistan Also hit first patches of…
Day 4
Hearne Channel Distance: 31km [cumulative total 125 km] InReach: Day 4 Paddled in sunshine and light winds Did about 31km Stopped a bit early when a pebble beach suitable for camping appeared All well J&K Camp: 62.069°N 112.591°W Got away…
Day 3
Misery Island to Hearne Channel Distance: 35km [cumulative total 94km ] InReach: Day 3 Morning slow going in thick fog making navigating hard Sunny afternoon Got much wet gear dried after we camped All well J&K Camp: 62.004°N 113.179°W It…
Day 2
SE of Wool Bay to Misery Island (SE of Cabin Islands) Distance: 29km [cumulative total 59 km ] InReach: Day 2 Steady rain all night and much of today Rugged rocky shores make unloading and camping difficult Did 29km part…
Day 1
Great Slave Lake – Yellowknife to Island 5km SE of Wool Bay Distance: 30 Km InReach: Day 1 Paddled out of YK 0830 5 deg C with fog Did 30km and camped early due thunder storms nearby All well J&K…
Toronto to Yellowknife
Introduction June 6th to June 12th After a year of planning and frustrations due to the changing transportation options to Yellowknife and purchasing a suitable canoe from another country, leaving Toronto by train we felt our journey was finally beginning.…
Baker Lake
Now that the immediate joy of a hot shower two days running has sunk in it is time to try and express our reaction to the journey of the past fifty days. It is a complex reaction as we are…
Day 50
Distance 25 km [1245 km] Portage 0 [20] Very Fast Water 1 [41] Rapids 0 [37] Heavy rain started about 5am and it continued steadily until after 9 am. Due to the heat last night we had only closed the…
Day 49
Distance 54 km [1220 km] Portage 0 [20] Very Fast Water 0 [40] Rapids 1 [37] We awoke to a strong headwind but determined to use the favourable swift current to make miles towards Baker Lake. The first priority of…