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 …
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 …
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, …
