Alberta Route Information. Canadian Canoe Routes information for Alberta comes from several sources.
CCR provides two means by which members may post their trip reports, the Routes section and the Trip Reports folder.
As well, I have gleaned information from the web and from books; these results are posted in the Forum threads.
With help from anonymous,
D.R.Zandee and
dunkin’, I designed four regions in which to file Route entries. The regions (which are based on drainage basins in order to minimise cross-listing) are shown on Marilyn’s clickable map in CCR’s Routes section, at
http://www.myccr.com/canoeroutes/410%20 ... anoeroutes Alberta Routes section. The link above, that is
http://www.myccr.com/canoeroutes/410%20 ... anoeroutes Alberta Trip Reports folder. http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewforum.php?f=110 I go through the folder each year and post corresponding Route entries in the Forum threads listed below; please note that members may have posted reports since my last scan (the date of which is given in the TR folder).
Alberta Forum threads. Ed notes:
1. Again, the information comes from the web and from books.
2. To reduce cross-listing, Routes with significant reaches in more than one region are filed in the paragraph
Routes with ... below.
3. The limit of 60,000 characters required more than one post for some threads.
4. The sort of regions in the following is north-south, rather than alphabetical.
Peace/Slave, Buffalo and Hay basins. http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=37129 Athabasca and Beaver basins. http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=37130 http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=41842 Central. North Saskatchewan basin. http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=37056 South. South Saskatchewan and Milk basins. http://myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=37128 http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 09&t=41903 http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 09&t=41904 Routes with significant reaches in more than one region. Athabasca River, Slave River, Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River. Sunwapta Falls to Tuktoyaktuk. Online, Journal, Photos.
Ed note: Posted also in NT.
Sources: Private site and Canadian Canoe Routes, Alberta Forum.
Author:
paddlethewaters. Blog and photos. http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=83 Route description (condensed): Source, Athabasca River at Sunwapta Falls, Lake Athabasca, Slave River, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River and Beaufort Sea, Tuktoyaktuk.
Segments. http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=49 http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=52 http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=54 http://www.paddlethewaters.org/?page_id=56 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.
Ed note: Posted also in NT.
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.
Author:
paddletothesea. http://www.paddling.net/places/showReport.html?16 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Athabasca River, La Biche River and Beaver River. Jasper to Saskatchewan. Online, Notes, Photos, Maps.
Ed note: Segment of a trip from Jasper to Hudson Bay.
Source 1: canoeing.com
Author:
Adam Maxwell. Route description (condensed): Athabasca River below Jasper, up La Biche River, Lac La Biche (lake and settlement), road travel (Rte 55), Sand River (likely), Beaver River, Churchill River, Hudson Bay.
http://www.canoeing.com/advanced/featur ... ummary.htm http://www.canoeing.com/advanced/featur ... whales.htm Source 2: Every Trail.
Ed note: Maps only.
Author:
railstowhales. Places mentioned: Jasper, Jasper National Park, Pedley, Fox Creek, Whitecourt, Grizzly Highway, Vega, Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland, Hondo (Smith and Hondo Natural Area), Island Lake, Calling River, La Biche River and Amesbury, Plamondon, Lac la Biche, Beaver River, Big Meadow, CFB Cold Lake, Beaver Crossing, enter Saskatchewan (Henry House).
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614565 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614571 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614578 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614600 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614602 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614610 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614612 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614614 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614617 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614618 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614620 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614622 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614625 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614630 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614631 http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1614680 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Athabasca River, Peace River and Smoky River. From Athabasca. Online, Photos, Map.
Source: Every Trail.
Author:
sergio.borroni.Route description (condensed; “1,073 miles”): Athabasca, Athabasca River, Lake Athabasca, Peace River, Smoky River, ... ?
Title at source:
1994 2° viaggio di mckenzie.http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=120435 This entry was written by Allan Jacobs.
Ottawa to Inuvik. Online, Journal, Photos.
Authors:
Trans CanEAUda group. Route description (condensed): 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.
Other sources for information on paddling in Alberta. Alberta River Reference. Ed note: Generated by CCR members on their own initiative.
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/view ... 09&t=12139 Borealis Canoe Club. http://www.borealiscanoe.ca/index.php?o ... e&Itemid=1 Alberta Resources. For general information on Alberta and paddling there, go to
http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtop ... 09&t=27680
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