From Petawanga Lake we work our way back to Armstrong Station, paddling up Petawa Creek to Hurst Lake and then up the Witchwood River system to Whiteclay Lake. The second half of the trip is southbound and mostly upriver. The approximate distance is 180 kilometers. Paddling with the Albany current will take us to Petawanga Lake. The first half of the trip is downriver in an NE direction on the Misehkow River to where it meets the Albany River. Weather and wind will determine exactly when we get to go! In brief, the plan is this – drive up to Mattice Lake Outfitters just south of Armstrong Station for noon and hopefully get dropped off by their float plane at Rockcliff Lake by late afternoon. The weather forecast for the first fifteen days is a mixed bag and while I’d love to see a string of smiling sun icons right across the page, in the end you’ve got to take each day as it comes.Ģ013 Wabakimi Canoe Trip Overview – the Google interactive version is HERE – zoom in or out, change to satellite view, and get more detail We’ve managed to add some extra paddling days this time, thanks to my brother’s recent acceptance of that state known as “early retirement” and the indulgence of our wives, who get to watch the trip progress via the GPS co-ordinates sent from our Spot Connect! While the trip won’t be quite as long as the six weeks we spent paddling from just east of Pickle Lake to James Bay on the Otoskwin/Attawapiskat River systems (click on the blue text for the Google map) way back in 1982, it will be five or six days longer than any of our recent ones. We paddled them to Dawson City, some 500 miles downriver. The Grummans were Hudson Bay Company rentals out of Whitehorse. On the Yukon river in the summer of 1978 – my first great canoe trip! From the left that would be Graeme, Jim, me, Barb, Roy, and Obie.
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