Glad to have you along for the ride Derek

Ho yes !

I believe Justin as well as these guys were in the Labrador backcountry at about the same time ?, July 2019 ?.

You're welcome, stay safe and healthy out there.

Thanks for the love Gerald

Thanks for joining us Len

Good to have you along Kevin

Thanks Grey

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Thanks for all the support Greg. You got it, if we were to lose a paddle in the rapids, there is a better chance that it would float and we would find it.

That's Chris! You'll learn much more about him over the next episodes :)

You got it Carol, it's for extra precaution if we lose one in the rapids. Even the paddles need a PFD!

That's a good question David. We were heading East and we had to go through a large watershed that flowed North. If we were to go with the flow we would have ended up in Ungava Bay in the Arctic Ocean. As far as we know, we are the only modern team to make this specific link though we relied on trip notes from past paddlers through certain sections.

mid-July to mid-August

@@NorthernScavenger Wow, if it were me I'd have done mid-Sep to mid Oct. I'd much rather deal with colder temps than nasty bugs!

You will see many of these type of camps all over the North. Although they look abandoned most are used seasonally. They are not fancy dwellings but make do for their inhabitants. As for looking like dumps, well yes, but recycling facilities obviously don't exist. The good thing is that in relation to the immensity of the land these campsites are few and far between. One of the most useful building materials used up there are tarpaulins. Also most of the building materials are brought in during the winter when the land is frozen rock solid and travelling is much easier on snowmobile than by canoe. The scenery is spectacular. But let me tell you on a miserable wet,cold, windy day I can think of a lot of other places I would rather be. However on a sunny warm beautiful day ..that's heaven. And of course don't forget that in late June the days are much longer than down south. The bugs....well that's another issue.

Hunters did not cause the decline of the Georges river caribou herds. They destroy their ecosytem themselves. It's a natural cycle.