Hey it's my pleasure. I appreciate that! Thanks for watching.

Thanks very much Greg. That's great to hear, yeah get in as many trips as you can. I did a group trip on the Churchill River in 2016. We paddled from Black Bear Island Lake to Missinippi. It was a wonderful trip, and the fishing was amazing. I hope to get back up there again someday. It's canoeing paradise!! Thanks, take care.

Thanks Mark. Yeah still have many trips in mind. So many rivers, never enough time.

It definitely was a great way to spend 6 days. A very enjoyable trip. Thanks.

Yes, the longest canoe trip I have done yet. Thanks for checking it out Darrell.

Yeah there were a few spots with swifter current in that area. The river really slows down after Ft. Assiniboine. Thanks again for watching Dan, take care.

Thanks very much Kevin. I hope you guys have a great trip. It's a big, wide river in that stretch... very impressive. Take care.

Thanks very much. Glad you check it out. Take care.

Yep, I was hungry for sure. Thanks for watching Darren.

Thanks very much Luke. Take care.

Thanks so much Terry. Glad you could come along. Take care.

Thanks Priscilla. Yes it is a big beautiful river. Always good to dine beside the river.

Thanks very much Jim. Yes it is a very large river by this point... and this was low water. Take care.

Not in the mountains or foothills, but you really feel "out there" on this stretch. Big, slow river for most of it, but it is an impressive valley to follow. Thanks Jocelyn, take care.

Haha, yes it is very similar to yours.

Hello Charles. Yes, I paddled past Ft. Assiniboine in late morning on the second day. The first part of this trip seemed to have some good camping spots. Downstream of Ft. Assiniboine, the river really slows down and camping spots are few and far between. Thanks for watching, take care.

Hey thanks very much. I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying them. The yellow canoe is a Clipper Prospector 16'. It is good for lakes and rivers, and capable up to moderate whitewater. It can fit a lot of gear and handles nicely. The red canoe is a Mad River M.E. It is a whitewater canoe, very maneuverable, with lots of rocker to handle the waves. It is not a good canoe for paddling on flat, slow moving water. The yellow Clipper is definitely the more versatile of the two. The red Mad River is used for certain, specific trips, usually involving rapids or technical paddling.

@@nickharland3795 oh wow Ive heard those mad River Me's are the best whitewater canoes out there. I've also heard that they were discontinued in '95 and that thing is mint so I assumed it was a clipper! Thanks for the info!

Hey right on!! Too bad I missed you. I did not see any other paddlers over the whole trip. Just a few jet boats. Thanks for watching, take care.

Quite the quiet stretch. The section from the pembina to highway 2 is a bit Lake like eh, not sure if I’ll do that again any time soon.

Yeah quite slow, and with the width of the river, it feels like you are not even moving. I'm glad I paddled it, but likely won't do this one again.

You're welcome Udo, it is my pleasure. Sorry to hear that, was it video quality or connection? Thank for taking the time to watch.

Yes, it is a Prospector 16' in the kevlar/duraflex lay-up. I really like this canoe. Thanks for watching Joshua.

@@nickharland3795 ok nice, it seems very durable! I'm thinking of getting a clipper and was curious.

Yeah they're great canoes. Mine has been very durable.

Thanks very much Ray. I will try again at the upper Athabasca River. Also hope to get some time on the Red Deer River this summer.

I've paddled the stretch from Hinton to Whitecourt once. It took me 4 days, at a medium flow. There are a couple of class I rapids on the 2nd day, otherwise it is pretty easy paddling. Lots of nice camping in this stretch. Thanks for watching.

The days paddling were long and didn't do much fishing. I only got a few cast in, and didn't catch anything.

I didn't catch any, but yeah there are walleye, pike, goldeye, whitefish and probably others.

Yeah good beach and shoreline for camping is scarce. It was a concern the whole time, but worked out well in the end. Thanks Matthew, take care.

I plan on doing Athabasca to ft mac next hopefully next year but we will see

Yes I am looking at that one too. Probably a couple years away still. That one is quite a trip, some major rapids between Grand Rapids and Ft. Mac.

@@nickharland3795 definitely some rough patches to portage around but would be some awesome country one of these days I'll make the trip from ft mac to the Arctic ocean also but there are lots of rough patches through there also

@@matthewgirard52 there is a video out there of a couple taking the athabasca from Jasper to the arctic in a 2man kayak. Excellent video.

Yeah man I'm always up for a river trip.

@@nickharland3795 you have Instagram man?

Sorry I do not, or facebook.

@@nickharland3795 hmm fair enough man. I figured it’d be easy to coordinate that way