Photo: Fort Chipewyan – Fort Providence
Stage III Completed – Long Days, Hard Paddling, Maddening Insects & the Challenge of Great Slave Lake
I barely know where to begin for this blog. It feels such a long time ago that I last updated (and it was, as the Fort Smith update did not work – since corrected) and so much has happened. Slave River was hard the entire way up to Great Slave Lake. The river was muddy, …
Fort Smith & Ration Collection (2nd Upload attempt, from Fort Providence)
Upon leaving Fort Chipewyan we headed up the Rivieres Des Rochers, which, when it joins up with the Peace River becomes the Slave River as it continues on to Great Slave Lake. It was a hard paddle. We had put in at a creek called Mission Creek which leads out of the town and skirts …
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Stage II Completed – Thunderstorms, Repairs & The Crossing of Lake Athabasca
Bears, Bugs, Rapids & Wolves
We have arrived! 10 days after leaving Athabasca we paddled into Fort McMurray in scorching weather after an extremely trying week moving through big rapids, plagues of insects, and bear encounters. We have been very fortunate with the weather, having only one day of heavy rain and such strong winds we were forced off the river …
Picture Post – Jasper to Town Of Athabasca
Athabasca Update
Well, we have arrived in the town of Athabasca 1 week after leaving Whitecourt. Leaving Whitecourt was entertaining as it snowed whilst we were packing the canoe – we were dreading the weather to come after that! It was a cold and hard first day with high winds buffeting us and high waves – sometimes …
Whitecourt Update
We arrived in Whitecourt late last night and set up on the outskirts. The trip from Jasper started off rather brutally, with both Jasper Lake and Brule Lake being so shallow we lost the current and had to drag, haul, heave and lift the fully loaded canoe (around 160kg) through thick mud and deep sand, …
Stage I Complete
Final Pre-Trip Camp
