I would like to create a route through the Canadian Arctic based on the skills and interests of the participants. Some sections can involve just flat water and some more white-water.
I like travelling up creeks and down big rivers, across large lakes and sections of the sea. The routes that I am suggesting start in an area where the ice goes out relatively early which makes a long trip possible.
I hope to paddle when the wind is down, hike when it's windy, get fit while portaging, fish for some our food, and take time to watch birds and other animals.
I am open to other routes as well. I have done about 10 long self-organized Arctic trips and don't mind repeating some of it.
Possible routes:
The Hood River the long way:
Fort Fitzgerald,AB-Dog River-NonachoLk-Clinton-ColdenLk-ContwoyotoLk-Hood River-Umigmaktok-end south of Cambridge Bay (June-Aug)
The Back River the long way:
Fort Fitzgerald, AB-Dog River-NonachoLk-Clinton-ColdenLk-Back River-upstream on Meadownback River-Thelon River-Baker Lake; (June-Aug)
A loop through a part of the Kazan River and Nueltin Lake:
Pelican Narrows,SK-ReideerLk-WollastonLk-KasbaLk-DimmaLk-HicksLk-NueltinLk-end in Brochet or Southend; (June to Aug)
The Anderson River the long way:
Deline, Great Slave Lake-Anderson River from its headwaters-Eskimo Lakes-Inuvik; (July &Aug)