Labrador
Adlatok River, Harp Lake. Notes.
Source: Thomas, Alister. Canada’s Best Canoe Routes.. Boston Mills Press, Erin (2001).
Authors: James Cottrell and Bob Henderson.
Route description: Float plane from Goose Bay – Happy Valley to Harp Lake, hiking and paddling; undocumented paddle to the coast.
Title at source: Harp Lake: The Labrador Experience.
Adlatok River. Notes.
Ed notes:
1. Toporama does not recognize “Ugjoktok”. From the context, I believe that the chapter refers to the Adlatok River, which reaches salt water near Ugjuktok Bay (the name appears on the map but is not recognized by Toporama). The chapter does not refer to the Ugjuktok River, which lies in the Torngats.
2. Serious ww river: “falls, chutes, rapids and unrunnable canyons”.
Source: Murphy, Dan; Jim Price and Kevin Redmond. Canyons, Coves and Coastal Waters; Choice Canoe and Kayak Routes of Newfoundland and Labrador. Breakwater, St John’s (1996).
Route description: Float plane to “the starting point” (“east of the Labrador-Quebec border”), Adlatok River, up “Hart River” (not at Toporama) to Hart Lake, return to Adlatok River, salt water and pickup by float plane.
Title at source: Ugjoktok River.
Adlatok River. Schefferville to coast, via Rivière de Pas and Rivière George. Online, Notes.
Ed notes:
1. The online source is incomplete; when I find time, I'll return to this entry and fill in what I can of the Route description.
2. See also Coffin, Stewart. Black Spruce Journals. Heron Dance Press, Williston (2007).
Route description: Train to Schefferville, ... .
http://www.wildernesscanoe.org/trip_rep ... r_1982.pdf
Churchill River. Churchill Falls to Happy Valley / Goose Bay. Notes.
Source: Murphy, Dan; Jim Price and Kevin Redmond. Canyons, Coves and Coastal Waters; Choice Canoe and Kayak Routes of Newfoundland and Labrador. Breakwater, St John’s (1996).
Route description: Churchill Falls (road and air access), Churchill River, river confluences (Portage, Metchin, Elizabeth, Fig), Winokapau Lake, river confluences (Shoal, Cache), Beaver Brook confluence, Minipi River confluence (Minipi Rapid?), Gull Island Rapids, Gull Lake, confluences (Pinus River, Upper Brook, Lower Brook, McKenzie River, Caroline Brook), Muskrat Lake, Goose Bay (of Lake Melville), Happy Valley / Goose Bay.
Eagle River. “Park" Lake to Sandwich Bay. Notes.
Ed note: CI-CIII ww, CIV-CV in the canyon.
Source: Murphy, Dan; Jim Price and Kevin Redmond. Canyons, Coves and Coastal Waters; Choice Canoe and Kayak Routes of Newfoundland and Labrador. Breakwater, St John’s (1996).
Route description: Float plane from Goose Bay to Park Lake (not at Toporama, which however recognizes Parke Lake, which however lies not on the Eagle River but rather on a tributary), Eagle River, canyon (6 km portage), Sandwich Bay; egress by float plane or by paddling to Cartwright.
Hubbard Memorial Expedition.
North West River to Adelaide Lake and Kangisualujjuaq.
Ed note: Posted also in Quebec Route information.
Author: Brad Bassi.
Route description: Northwest River, Little Lake, Grand Lake, Susan and Goose Rivers (NRCan names), Mountaineer Lake, Elson Lake, Beaver River, Hope Lake, Metchin River, … , resupply at cabin on Orma Lake Road, Smallwood Reservoir, Adelaide Lake, height of land, George River, Lac Hubbard, Lac Elson, Lac Cabot, Lac Lacasse, Lac Resolution, Lac Advance, Indian House Lake (Lac de la Hutte Sauvage), Lac Nekuashu Kapikashimut, Lac Slanting, Lac Kashapuatshitik, Chutes Helen, Kangiqsualujjuaq.
Ed note: Michikamau Lake (mentioned by Bassi) was obliterated by the Smallwood reservoir and it doesn't appear at Toporama. Its location is shown, for example, in the sketch in
Davidson, James West and John Rugge. Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure, available (in part) online at http://books.google.com
Another map (due to Lester Kovac) showing Michikamau Lake is available at
http://www.cartespleinair.org/Canot/10/ ... sKovac.pdf
Report (to be completed):
http://www.bassioutdoors.com/Hubbard_Me ... ition.html
Kanairiktok River. Online, Journal, Photos.
Source: Canadian Canoe Routes, Newfoundland and Labrador Forum.
Author: hooligan.
Route description: Drive to Goose Bay, float plane to pond not far from the Smallwood Reservoir and about 12 km from the river, ... , past Shipiskan Lake, Snegamook Lake, MacDonald Falls, Kanairiktok Bay, Hopedale Run, Hopedale, ferry to Goose Bay, drive home.
Title at source: Kanairiktok River TR.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 04&t=35133
Kanairiktok River. Shipiskan Lake to the coast. Notes.
Source: Murphy, Dan; Jim Price and Kevin Redmond. Canyons, Coves and Coastal Waters; Choice Canoe and Kayak Routes of Newfoundland and Labrador. Breakwater, St John’s (1996).
Route description: Shipiskan Lake by float plane from Goose Bay, Kanairiktok River, Snegamook Lake (float-plane access), rapids and falls (Marshall Falls, MacDonald Falls and others), Kanairiktok Bay; get picked up by float plane or paddle to Hopedale.
McPhadyen River. Online, Photos.
Source: Lodge Porch.
Route description: Float plane from Labrador City to unspecified point on the McPhadyen River, Menihek Lakes, train.
Thanks to Wolverine.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 04&t=34766
http://www.lodgeporch.com/2008/09/by-ca ... thern.html
Naskaupi River.
Author: Philip Schubert.
Route description: Orma Lake, Marie Lake, Naskaupi River, Caribou Lake, Seal Lake.
Ed note: This is part of Philip’s effort on the Hubbard – Wallace – Elson story. See also the links Retracing the Hubbard and Wallace Saga, Hubbard Rock and Innu Portage given above; the latter describes the ancient portage below Seal Lake; check out the latter if you wish to continue down the Naskaupi.
http://magma.ca/~philip18/FrameStartOfTrip.htm
Notakwanon River. Online, ALLAN
Author: Tom McCloud.
Route description: Smallwood Reservoir, Adelaide Lake, Lac Hubbard, Lac Elson, Lac Cabot, George River, Lac Lacasse, Lac Resolution, Lac Advance, exit George River, Lac aux Goélands, Lac Rochereau, Lac Chapiteau, lake 501, Notakwanon River, “Esker Lake”, … , Davis Inlet.
http://www.myccr.com/PDF%20files/Notakw ... Report.pdf
Notakwanon River. Online, ALLAN
Author: Paul Ferguson.
Route description (1995): Float plane from Goose Bay to small lake, 8 miles from the Notakwanon. Chain of small lakes, Notakwanon River, falls and portage, rapids, falls and portage, more rapids, tidewater (Merrifeld Bay), Daniel Rattle, Davis Inlet, Air Labrador charter to Goose Bay.
Ed note: Paul's article in Kanawa (1997) is based on this trip.
http://4323326313671936442-a-1802744773 ... UEYw%3D%3D
Notakwanon River. Notes.
Source: Thomas, Alister. More of Canada’s Best Canoe Routes.
Boston Mills Press, Erin (2003).
Author: Shawn Hodgins.
Route description: Schefferville, Rivière de Pas, up the Rivière George, Rivière Dumans, ... , Notakwanon River, Merrifield Bay, Davis Inlet.
Title at source: Notokwanon River: Breathtaking, Bodacious and Buggy.
Notakwanon River. Notes.
Ed note: Significant ww.
Source: Murphy, Dan; Jim Price and Kevin Redmond. Canyons, Coves and Coastal Waters; Choice Canoe and Kayak Routes of Newfoundland and Labrador. Breakwater, St John’s (1996).
Route description: Float plane from Goose Bay to “headwater lake”, Notakwanon River, Merrifield Bay; paddle to Nain or get picked up by float plane.
Pinware River. Country Cat Pond to Pinware settlement. Notes.
Ed note: CI to CV ww.
Pinware River Provincial Park.
http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/env/parks/park ... index.html
Source: Murphy, Dan; Jim Price and Kevin Redmond. Canyons, Coves and Coastal Waters; Choice Canoe and Kayak Routes of Newfoundland and Labrador. Breakwater, St John’s (1996).
Route description: Rte 510 from Pinware settlement, Country Cat Pond, creek, Pinware River, bridge (access/egress but difficult), Pinware settlement and park.
Ugjoktok River. Information.
Commercial trip:
http://www.battenkill.com/trip/lb.htm
For more information, see the Adlatok River entries.
Torngats traverse. Saglek Fiord to Ungava Bay; via Palmer River and Koroc River. Online, ALLAN
Authors: Michael Peake and friends (HACC).
Route description: Saglek Fiord, Nachvak Fiord, Palmer River, height-of-land portage, Koroc River, Ungava Bay.
http://www.canoe.ca/labrador2001/
Labrador links, Off Topic.
Author: Katherine Suboch.
1. Winter travel in the Menihek Hills.
http://www.bigbluesky.ca/site/MenihekHills/
2. Torngats hiking; Nachvak Fiord to Ramah Bay.
http://www.bigbluesky.ca/site/Labrador97/
3. Torngats hiking; Nachvak, Trout Trap, Komaktorvik fiords.
The Search for Torngak’s Lair
http://www.bigbluesky.ca/site/TorngaksLair/
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