At 3:30 am, we wake up. We are camped on the narrow bank of the Harricana River in northern Quebec, with the great opening of the Hudson Bay before us. We pack our dry bags, put our wet shoes and socks on, take down our tent, load our canoes in the water. We do this by the light of our… read more »
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Vast & Wild: Crossing the James Bay by Canoe
October 16, 2012
New Years Day Paddle
January 12, 2010
January 1st 2010. My friend Bill Perkins wants to be the first one to paddle the Crystal River this year and this decade. So here we are at Fishers Landing with winter boots and many layers of wool and polypropylene clothing. His little ford station wagon is not quite stuck in the snowbank. We unload his old aluminum canoe and… read more »
January 1st 2010. My friend Bill Perkins wants to be the first one to paddle the Crystal River this year and this decade. So here we are at Fishers Landing with winter boots and many layers of wool and polypropylene clothing. His little ford station wagon is not quite stuck in the snowbank. We unload his old aluminum canoe and… read more »
Winter Greetings
December 12, 2009
Well, it’s finally happened. Winter is here, and my thoughts now begin to shift from rivers and giant pine trees to cross country skiing and hot chocolate. I live in Toronto where winter really never completely sets in. While there are people running around in minus 40 celsius rated down jackets and there is talk of storms of the century,… read more »
Well, it’s finally happened. Winter is here, and my thoughts now begin to shift from rivers and giant pine trees to cross country skiing and hot chocolate. I live in Toronto where winter really never completely sets in. While there are people running around in minus 40 celsius rated down jackets and there is talk of storms of the century,… read more »
Voyaging in the Les Chenaux Islands of Lake Huron
November 18, 2009
Recently, I took a four day Voyageur Canoe camping trip with the senior class from the Leelanau School where I work. In many ways it was a wonderful trip. The weather was beautiful which is always a gift in late September. We do this trip every year and most years end up with at least one day of paddling in… read more »
Recently, I took a four day Voyageur Canoe camping trip with the senior class from the Leelanau School where I work. In many ways it was a wonderful trip. The weather was beautiful which is always a gift in late September. We do this trip every year and most years end up with at least one day of paddling in… read more »
First Paddle of the season, Canoe Camp director escapes the office
April 6, 2009
For the past few weeks I’ve been watching the snow disappear from the High Peaks and the river rise at the Falls in Wadhams, mourning the end of ski season while eagerly anticipating paddling once again. The Boquet river runs out of Elizabethtown as a meandering, innocuous looking stream, disappears into Steele Woods where it becomes a raucous class 2+… read more »
For the past few weeks I’ve been watching the snow disappear from the High Peaks and the river rise at the Falls in Wadhams, mourning the end of ski season while eagerly anticipating paddling once again. The Boquet river runs out of Elizabethtown as a meandering, innocuous looking stream, disappears into Steele Woods where it becomes a raucous class 2+… read more »
The Ladies of Eagle Lake
March 11, 2009
A Northern Lights Journal Day 1: The first day was cloudy. We crossed the lakes pretty quickly because we had a tail wind. Since it was raining, we brought a stove for our trip. Tonight is rice and vegetable curry. Sweet! I think that some girls including me are feeling a little homesick, which I remember quite vividly. Now we… read more »
A Northern Lights Journal Day 1: The first day was cloudy. We crossed the lakes pretty quickly because we had a tail wind. Since it was raining, we brought a stove for our trip. Tonight is rice and vegetable curry. Sweet! I think that some girls including me are feeling a little homesick, which I remember quite vividly. Now we… read more »
A Collection of Northwaters and Langskib Journal Entries
March 11, 2009
Langskib Coulonge River – Day 9 We woke up and paddled a few clicks or so to eat breakfast. While eating we saw a muskrat and an osprey. We paddled through a shallow creek, did a little portage and a lift over. While paddling through the creek we say a big momma moose and it’s son or daughter (no one… read more »
Langskib Coulonge River – Day 9 We woke up and paddled a few clicks or so to eat breakfast. While eating we saw a muskrat and an osprey. We paddled through a shallow creek, did a little portage and a lift over. While paddling through the creek we say a big momma moose and it’s son or daughter (no one… read more »
Ladies of the Lady Evelyn lake Expedtion
March 11, 2009
A Northern Lights Journal Community Values: In our community we want for each other to be nice and helpful; happy, excited and not always depressed; supportive and optimistic; fun, honest, authentic, inclusive. We want for there to be no cliques, no gossip, to be fair, to use careful language , to be enthusiastic and to treat others the way you… read more »
A Northern Lights Journal Community Values: In our community we want for each other to be nice and helpful; happy, excited and not always depressed; supportive and optimistic; fun, honest, authentic, inclusive. We want for there to be no cliques, no gossip, to be fair, to use careful language , to be enthusiastic and to treat others the way you… read more »