That is where we will be launching! about 150 km total... so we were thinking of plowing 30 ks per day... so probably 12 hour days every day of paddling....
This will not be a relaxing trip we are hopping to push ourselves and travel a lot.
Thanks for the input.
cheryl wrote:
I am not sure if this will help, but we started at Km 187, due to an error of our shuttle driver. It was a very narrow dirt road and a small bridge. From the trip log "We paddled 7 km and then pulled up on a sand bar to see where we were. After having a good look at all of the maps, D. pulled out the GPS we had brought for emergencies and the topo’s and discovered that we had put in at km 187 on Hap’s map. We were 55 km’s higher than we should have been! We would have to paddle 40 km Sunday (only 13.7 km as the crow flies). But the current was good, 6-7 km/hr, so we would make good time despite meanders."
"The meanders were long and sweeping, and the terrain changed every half hour. Sand dunes, sand backs, clay banks, poplar, pine (balsam, red, white, jack, etc.), birch, blue and other spruce, and hardly any Labrador tea. A few swifts and a C1 to break up the monotony. Really, for someone who hates meanders, I was quite enjoying these long sweeping ones. I had been told that there would be no view on this river, but sometimes you can see 400m to 1km, and the hills are lovely to see. No drag-overs, lining, dragging, or beaver dams. 1 short 45m portage around a falls that was easy – just dragged the canoes over. A few spars and strainers, but never a problem getting around them. Not a hard day- current is pretty consistent of 5-7.5 km/hr "
We took 7.5 days to get down to Black River in.. starting at 8:30 and finishing around 4. The couple with us took a 20 min tea break in the afternoon, and we took30 min for lunch, and 15 at some point for a swim. So if you can make those 30 km/day, it may be close if you have weather, but you mght be able to do it.