Northwest Territories Route InformationMembers post Northwest Territories Route information in our
Northwest Territories Routes section http://www.myccr.com/canoeroutes/415%20 ... anoeroutes and also in our
Northwest Territories Trip Reports folder http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewforum.php?f=124 I go through the TR folder each year and post corresponding entries in the Forum threads; that is, most entries in the folder are already referenced in the Forum threads.
For general information on the Northwest Territories and paddling there, go to
Northwest Territories Resources http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 23&t=30503 .
Regions for filing Northwest Territories Routes The four regions are based on drainage basins, primarily to minimise cross-listing.
Unfortunate consequences:
1. The Dease and the Kendall Rivers (almost always paddled together) are placed in different regions.
2. The Marian and the Camsell Rivers (often paddled together) are placed in different regions.
Corresponding reports will have to be cross-listed.
Arctic regionCoverage. Mainland waters flowing into the Arctic Ocean (except the Mackenzie River and its tributaries), plus waters on the Arctic islands, plus coastal Routes.
http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=42069Great Slave region Coverage.Great Slave Lake and its basin.
http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=38104 Hudson region Coverage.Routes on waters flowing into Hudson Bay and travel on the Bay itself.
http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 23&t=40971Mackenzie regionCoverage.Mackenzie River and its tributaries below Great Slave Lake (where the Mackenzie proper starts).
The limit of 60,000 characters required two posts.
Post 1. Routes up to but NOT including the Mountain River.
http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 23&t=40994 Post 2. Routes starting with the Mountain River.
http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 23&t=41022Thanks to
idylwyld and anonymous for assistance in deciding the regions.
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Lengthy trips in more than one basin. Athabasca River, Slave River, Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River. Sunwapta Falls to Tuktoyaktuk. Online, Journal, Photos.
ALLAN: Edit to conform with entry in Alberta.
Sources: Private site and Canadian Canoe Routes, Alberta Forum.
Author:
paddlethewaters. Blog and photos.
http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=83 Route description:
Stage 1: Sunwapta Falls – Jasper
http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=49 Stage 2: Athabasca River & Athabasca Lake
http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=52 Stage 3: Slave River & Great Slave Lake
http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=54 Stage 4: Mackenzie River & Beaufort Sea
http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=56 Stage 5: Homeward Bound
http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=58 Title at source:
4,000km Paddle from Glacier to Ocean -Canada- In Progress. http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 10&t=39840 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Athabasca River, Slave River, Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River. Fort McMurray to Tuktoyaktuk. Online, Notes, Photos.
ALLAN: Edit to conform with entry in Alberta.
Source: paddling.net
Author:
Norm Miller. Route description (condensed): Fort McMurray, Athabasca River, Fort Chipewyan and Lake Athabasca, Rivière des Rochers and Slave River, Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River, Tuktoyaktuk.
Ed note: The article was published also in
Paddler, now defunct.
DEAD link:
http://www.paddlermagazine.com/issues/2 ... le_2.shtml I tried but failed to find the article in
Rapid Media,
Paddler’s successor.
http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?16 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Carcross to Hudson Bay, via Yukon River, Ross River, South Nahanni River, Liard River, Mackenzie River, Pike’s Portage, Hanbury River and Thelon River. Online, Notes, Photos, Video.
Author:
Pete Marshall. Route description: Carcross, Yukon River, Pelly River, Faro, Ross River, continental divide, Moose Ponds and the South Nahanni River, Liard River, Fort Simpson, up Mackenzie River, Great Slave Lake, Pike’s Portage, Artillery Lake, Hanbury River, Thelon River, Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Hudson Bay.
Title at source:
The Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition.http:/www.canoekayak.com/canoe/en-route-the-trans-territorial-canoe-expedition/
http://www.canoekayak.com/canoe/en-rout ... tage-ii-2/ http://www.canoekayak.com/canoe/en-rout ... stage-iii/ http://www.canoekayak.com/canoe/en-rout ... -stage-iv/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Great Slake Lake to Baker Lake. Online, Notes, Photos.
Route description: Great Slave Lake, Pike’s Portage, Artillery Lake, ... , Thelon River, Baker Lake.
Title at source:
Caribou and Muskoxen. 770 Miles Across the Barren Lands.http://pawsandpaddlesadventures.com/kanu-touren/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Ottawa to Inuvik. Online, Journal, Photos.
Authors:
Trans CanEAUda group. Route description: Ottawa, Ottawa River, Mattawa River, Lake Nipissing, French River, Georgian Bay, “Lake Huron” (North Channel?), Sault Ste Marie, Lake Superior, ride from Thunder Bay to Grand Portage, Pigeon River, BWCAW (Gunflint Lake mentioned), … , Kenora, Lake of the Woods, Winnipeg River, Pointe au Bois, Winnipeg, train to The Pas, Saskatchewan River, Cumberland Lake, Sturgeon-weir River, Frog Portage, Churchill River, Missinipe, Snake Rapids, ride to La Loche, Methy Portage, Clearwater River, Fort McMurray, Athabasca River, Lake Athabasca, Slave River, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River, Norman Wells, Inuvik.
http://transcaneaudaen.wordpress.com/home/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Pike's Portage to Kugaaruk; via Lockhart River, Hanbury River, Baillie River, Back River, Hayes River and Arrowsmith River. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: Private site and Canadian Canoe Routes, Northwest Territories Forum.
Author:
loïcs.
Route description: Flight from Yellowknife to Fort Reliance, Pike’s Portage, Harry Lake, French Lake, Acres Lake, Kipling Lake, Burr Lake, Toura Lake, Artillery Lake, Lockhart River, Ptarmigan Lake, Hanbury Portage, Deville Lake and Hanbury River, Sifton Lake, … , Moraine Lake, Baillie River, … , Back River Features, Chantrey Inlet Lodge, up Hayes River, … , Darby Lake, … , Arrowsmith River, Pelly Bay, Kugaaruk, flight home.
CCR discussion:
Canadian Odyssey - Summer 2009.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 24&t=34453 Title at parent source:
Notre Odyssée Canadienne en Canoë / Juin-Août 2009 http://odysseecanadienne.free.fr/ This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Pike’s Portage to Chantrey Inlet; via Lockhart River, Hanbury River, Thelon River, Morse River and Back River. Online, Journal.
Author:
Jeremy Harrison.Route description: Float plane from Yellowknife to Harry Lake (first lake on Pike’s Portage), French Lake, Acres Lake, Kipling Lake, Burr Lake, Toura Lake, unnamed lake, Artillery Lake, Lockhart River, Ptarmigan Lake, Lockhart River, Hanbury Portage, Deville Lake, Hanbury River, Smart Lake (north tip of the lake), Sifton Lake, Lac Du Bois, Grove Rapids, Hanbury Lake, Caribou Rapids, Hoare Lake, Darrell River confluence, MacDonald Falls, portage around Dickson Canyon, Ford Falls, Helen Falls, Radford River confluence, Thelon River Features, view of Akiliniq Hills, exit Thelon River toward Morse River, upstream work with portages, lake 215, lake 188, lake 187, height-of-land portage, Morse Lake (at Toporama?), Morse River, lake 159, Upper Garry Lake, Back River Features, float-plane pickup near Hayes River confluence.
Title at source:
Trans-Arctic Canoe Expedition.http://www.transarcticexpedition.com/index.htmlThis entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Rae to Kugluktuk; via Marian River, Emile River, Coppermine River, Kendall River and Rae River. Online, Journal.
Source:
Borealis Paddling Expedition 2008. Route description: Rae, Marian Lake, Marian River, Shoti Lake, Tayonton Lake, up Emile River, Labrish Lake, Basler Lake, Mattberry Lake, Norris Lake, Discovery Lake, Mesa Lake, Grenville Lake, Parent River, Parent Lake, Redrock Lake, Coppermine River Features, up Kendall River, Dismal Lakes, resupply flight, … , Rae River, Richardson Bay of Coronation Gulf and Kugluktuk.
http://www.borealispaddlingexpedition.com/2008blog This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Vermette Lake NT to Stony Rapids SK; via Damant Lake, Wholdaia Lake, Selwyn Lake, Porcupine River and Fond du Lac River. Online, Journal, Photos, route sketches.
Ed note: Posted in both NT and SK.
Route description (condensed; from journal maps, not from text or topos): Vermette Lake, Rennie Lake, Damant Lake, Jarvis Lake, Firedrake Lake, Jost Lake, Anaunethad Lake, Wholdaia Lake, Flett Lake, Selwyn Lake, Porcupine River, Grove Lake, Fond du Lac River junction, Black Lake, Stony Rapids.
Authors:
Bill Layman and
Lynda Holland.
Ed note: It appears that the entry for Day 3 has been omitted and that some of the later dates (not the day numbers) are off.
Days 1 and 2.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_01.htm Days 5 and 4.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_02.htm Days 5 and 6.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_03.htm Days 7 and 8.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_04.htm Days 9 and 10.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_05.htm Days 11 and 12.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_06.htm Days 13 and 14.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_07.htm Days 15 and 16.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_08.htm Days 17 and 18.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_09.htm Days 19 and 20.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_10.htm Day 21.
http://www.out-there.com/b03_11.htm This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Wollaston Lake to Chantrey Inlet; via Fond du Lac River, Chipman River, Dubawnt River, Thelon River, Meadowbank River and Back River. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source:
Borealis Paddling Expedition 2005. Route description: Wollaston Lake, Fond du Lac River Features, Black Lake, Chipman Portage, Chipman River, Selwyn Lake, Dubawnt River Features, Beverly Lake, Thelon River Features, Meadowbank River, Back River Features, Chantrey Inlet, boat ride to Gjoa Haven.
http://www.borealispaddlingexpedition.com/z2005.html Route:
http://www.borealispaddlingexpedition.c ... route.html Photos and trip updates:
http://www.borealispaddlingexpedition.c ... dates.htmlThis entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Yellowknife to Kugluktuk. Great Slave Lake, Pike’s Portage, Lockhart River, Lac de Gras and Coppermine River. Online, Journal.
Source: Ray-Way library.
Authors:
Ray and Jenny Jardine.Route description: Yellowknife, Great Slave Lake, McLeod Bay, Pike’s Portage Features, Lockhart River Features, Aylmer Lake, (Thonokied River?), Lac de Gras, Coppermine River Features, Kugluktuk.
Title at source:
Canoeing the Coppermine River ... .http://www.rayjardine.com/adventures/20 ... /index.htmThis entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Yellowknife to Arctic Sound; via Great Slave Lake, Pike’s Portage, Aylmer Lake, Pellatt Lake, Contwoyto Lake, Napaktulik Lake and Hood River. Journal, Photos.
Whyte, David C.
The Hummingbird From Resolute: Memoirs of a Journey to the Polar Sea. Toura Lake Press, Scarborough ON (1997). Ed note: Toura Lake is part of Pike’s Portage.
Route description: Yellowknife, Great Slave Lake, Yellowknife Bay, Devil’s Channel, mouth of Campbell Bay, Hearne Channel, McKinley Point, past Etthen Island, Taltheilei Narrows, past Pethei Peninsula, Sosan Island, McLeod Bay, Waldron River mouth, Barnston River mouth, Bigstone Point, mouth of Hoarfrost River, Reliance, Pike’s Portage Features, Artillery Lake (Timber Bay) and Lockhart River, Ptarmigan Lake, Caribou Narrows, Clinton-Colden Lake and resupply, Thanakoie Narrows, Aylmer Lake, unnamed river, Savannah Lake, Glowworm Lake, Sterlet Lake, Hardy Lake, Pellatt Lake (cross into NU), Contwoyto Lake (Burnside basin and Back basin), Lupin Mine and resupply, Concession Lake, Rockinghorse Lake, river (Avaarik?), “Takijuk Lake” (likely Napaktulik Lake of the Coppermine basin; Toporama does not recognise Takijuk Lake), Arctic Circle, Tahikafaaluk Lake?, Hood River Features, Arctic Sound, float plane to Yellowknife.
This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.