Wilderness Canoeing in Canada

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…

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…

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…

Distance 22 km [1166 km] Portage 0 [20] Very Fast Water 0 [40] Rapids 0 [36] In spite of our plans to make the day a big push towards Baker Lake the weather gods had other ideas and we awoke…

Distance 49 km [1144 km] Portage 0 [20] Very Fast Water 0 [40] Rapids 0 [36] We had a terrible night under attack from a plague of mosquitoes. We must have removed half a kilogram of dead insects from the…

Distance 36 km [1095 km] Portage 0 [20] Very Fast Water 0 [40] Rapids 0 [36] We woke to another smoky white morning with limited distance vision. Once again our camp was very ‘buggy’, thousands of dead insects on the…

Distance 41 km [1028 km] Portage 0 [20] Very Fast Water 0 [40] Rapids 0 [36] It was another ‘buggy’ start to the sunny, warm and almost windless day as we continued down the broad Thelon River, around various islands…

Distance 42km [987] Portage 0 [20] Very Fast Water 1 [40] Rapids 0 [36] We completed the portage around the Dubawnt Gates down a very steep hill and were in the fast flowing river by 10am. The river ran between…

Distance 37 km [945 km] Portage 1 [20] Very Fast Water 0 [39] Rapids 1 [36] Another productive and interesting day. The river is now broad and fast flowing and fun to paddle. Just after leaving camp we passed through…