A group of us set out to do this trip in early July of 2023, but we had to cancel due to an active fire close to our route, and seriously low water levels too. For this reason I want to do this trip 2 weeks earlier than we planned to do it in 2023.
This is serious whitewater river and as such, I am looking for paddlers with good CIII experience, and good with planning a 12-14 day back country trip. We will be begining on streams and lakes and take 2-3 days to work our way into the North French River watershed. We will paddle 3 or 4 tandem boats and share meal preparation. This not a beginners trip, for people who want to learn how to do 'up north' trips. It will be challenging and a lot of fun as well.
We will travel to Cochrane on a Friday, and get a car shuttle to our put in on the saturday. We will make our way west to the North French watershed and then make our way down the river to where it eventually joins the Moose River, just 20 km south of Moosonee. To return to our cars we will return on the Polar Bear Express Train with all our gear to Cochrane.
This is not an expensive trip! I expect the entire cost (not including food and gas money) will cost us around $400 cdn.
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