Wilderness Canoeing Experience and Book References
The following list is of wilderness canoe tripping that I have done. It is given in reverse chronological order.
This list excludes numerous day trips on rivers such as the Bird, Whitemouth, Roseau, Winnipeg (Manitou, Sturgeon, Whitemud), Ochre, Maskwa, Black, Pembina, Souris, Little Saskatchewan, Seine, Red, Assiniboine, Whiteshell, and Jackpine Rivers, as well as Cooks Creek, Beaconia Lake and Marsh, Gull Lake, and Lake Winnipeg.
Year 2012
Thelon, Dubawnt, Nowleye, Kazan, Ferguson, and Wilson Rivers, Nunavut
Back River, Nunavut. Lead organizer and trip leader. Three weeks from below Muskox Rapids Jim Magrum Lake to Upper Gary Lake Mission Island.
Black River, Manitoba
Manigotan River, Manitoba
Dog River, Ontario
Year 2003
Waterfound and Fond du Lac Rivers, Saskatchewan
Manigotan River, Manitoba
Jackpine River, Ontario
Dog River, Ontario
Year 2002
Quioch River, Nunavut
Pukaskwa River, Ontario
Dog River, Ontario
Year 2001
South Nahanni River, NWT. Lead organizer and trip leader. Three weeks from the Moose Ponds to Blackstone Territorial Park.
Year 2000
Seal River, Manitoba. I was the co-planner and co-trip leader for this Canadian Heritage River trip. Three weeks from Leaf Rapids to Hudson Bay.
Manigotagan River, Manitoba, Trip coordinator and leader.
Year 1999
Clarke and Thelon, and Hanbury Rivers, NWT.
Lead organizer and trip leader. Three weeks from the Clarke River to Beverly Lake.
Year 1998
Black River, Manitoba, Trip planner and leader.
Manigotagan River, Manitoba, Trip planner and leader.
Year 1997
Thelawiaza River, MB and NWT.
Acted as the organizer and leader. Four weeks from the Fort Hall Lake to Arviat on Hudson Bay.
High School Trip, Kap River, Lake Nipigon, Black Sturgeon Lake and Black Sturgeon River. Coordinated the trip for the high school.
Souris River, Manitoba, participated in the trip.
Year 1996
Harricana River, Quebec.
Co-lead this two-week trip from Joutel, Quebec, to Moosonee, Ontario, on James Bay.
Chapleau and Nemegosend Rivers, Ontario. Trip planner and Leader.
Temagami River, Ontario. Participated in the trip.
Madawaska River, Ontario.
Missinaibi River, Ontario. Organized and lead this three-week river trip from the height of land to Moosonee on James Bay.
Dog River, Ontario. Initiated and organized a trip down one of the late Bill Mason’s favorite rivers. This trip included paddling on Lake Superior to Michipicoten Harbour.
White River, Ontario. Planned and lead this trip.
Manigotagan River, Manitoba. Trip leader.
Black River, Manitoba. Trip leader.
Year 1995
Colorado, USA. Rivers included the Crystal, Roaring Fork, Colorado, Woody Creek, Upper Colorado, and Arkansas Rivers. Someone else organized this three-week trip.
Steel River, Ontario. Trip leader.
Petawawa River, Ontario. Did not participate in the planning of this trip but assisted with the trip leadership while on the river. This two-week trip traversed Algonquin Provincial Park from the western edge of the park to the eastern edge.
Pigeon River, Manitoba. Planned and co-lead a one week trip down the river to Lake Winnipeg.
Black River, Manitoba. Trip leader.
Manigotagan River, Manitoba. Trip leader.
Year 1994
Berens River, Manitoba. Participated in this trip down the Berens River to Lake Winnipeg.
Manigotagan River, Manitoba. Trip leader.
Kaninaskwa, Elbow and Bow Rivers, Alberta. Co-organized the trip and lead certain sections.
Wanipigow River, Manitoba, Trip leader of high school staff trip.
Manigotagan River, Manitoba. Trip leader.
Year 1993
Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba. Participated in trip.
Grass River, Manitoba. Organized and lead this river trip with a Boy Scout troop.
Bloodvein River, Manitoba. Co-planned and lead this weeklong Canadian Heritage River trip.
Bloodvein River, Manitoba. Co-planned and co-lead this Canadian Heritage River trip for the YMCA.
Manigotagan River, Manitoba. Trip leader.
Upper Missouri River, USA. Participated in a two-week trip down a USA Wild and Scenic River, the Missouri River.
Assiniboine River, Manitoba. Participated in trip.
Year 1992
Whiteshell area, Manitoba. Participated in trip.
Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario. Planned and lead a two-week trip with a Boy Scout troop.
Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Ontario. Co-organized and co-lead trip.
Bird River, Manitoba. Trip leader.
Book References
Manitoba & Saskatchewan Rivers
Archer, L. (2003). Northern Saskatchewan canoe trips: A guide to fifteen wilderness rivers. Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press.
Bayne, A. P. (1999). Bugs, sweat and fears: Beginner's guide to wilderness canoe camping. Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press.
Wilson, H., & Aykroyd, S. (1998). Wilderness rivers of Manitoba: a journey by canoe. Merrickville, ON: Canadian Receational Canoeing Association.
NWT and Nunavut Rivers
Downes, P. G. (1943). Sleeping island: The story of one man’s travels in the great barren lands of the Canadian north. New York: Coward-McCann.
Hodgins, B. W., & Hoyle, G. (1994). Canoeing north into the unknown: a record of river travel, 1874 to 1974. Toronto.
McCreadie, M. (Ed.). (1995). Canoeing Canada’s Northwest Territories: A paddler’s guide. Hyde Park, ON: Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association.
Wilderness Canoeing and Rivers
Eric Morse is consider the father of recreational wilderness canoe tripping. He was a modern day explorer of canoe routes. I highly recommend any of his books.
Morse, E. W. (1987). Freshwater saga: memoirs of a lifetime of wilderness canoeing in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Other Wilderness Canoeing Resources
Bayne, A. P. (1999). Bugs, sweat and fears: beginner's guide to wilderness canoe camping. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press.
Davidson, J. W., & Rugge, J. (1975). The complete wilderness paddler. New York: Knopf: distributed by Random House.
Jacobson, C. (2001). Expedition canoeing: a guide to canoeing wild rivers in North America. Conn.: Globe Pequot Press.
Kesselheim, A. (?). The wilderness paddler’s handbook.
Narvey, A. (1988). The Canadian canoeing companion: an illustrated resource guide to paddling Canada's wilderness. Winnipeg: Thunder Enlightening Press.
