Thanks buddy! Yea 3 weeks, but just had to get out... you know the feeling. Solid area for a gentle return to portaging though!

Hey Brian, glad you enjoyed it and could experience a vicarious adventure. Take care and stay healthy!

Thanks Dan! Yeah, those rapids were something else. So much fun. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Dennis! Great area to paddle. A longer trip would be to do the entire Missisagi Ruver system. Would reccomend if you're looking for a great wilderness trip in the area.

hah, thanks man. Yeah, those rapids were a rush! Love the scenery in this region too. Not well traveled too. Some real gem routes in the area.

Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah this was a fun one. Always wondered if I could pull off a loop trip here. Pretty awesome area!

Ha, yeah. Knee was stiff with minor pain, but doing pretty good! Gotta get cracking on the next vid I suppose!

Thanks Rene!!

Haha, yeah, they we're a blast though! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! Yeah they we're pretty pushy, but man oh man, what a rush!!

Yeah man, they were just super pushy. Speed and volume was pretty epic! First drop had like 4ft standing waves. Crazy fun. Thanks for the decking heads up. Lol, gave you a shout out in the video.

Yeaaa!!! Thanks for watching!

Thanks 😁😁

Ah same! Itching to get out on a trip. Making due by editing up past ones.... Those rapids were a blast!! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! Yea, really nice area, Algoma is something else.

Yeah eh? I drove by it for many years before eventually getting to paddle here. Worth it.

Thanks!!!!! So glad you've enjoyed them!!!

Ha, yeah I brought a rod. Only caught a small, slimey pike. Locals at the launch said it was a slow start to the season, and it was. I was pushing some serious distance (85k in basically 2 days), so I didn't spend a whole lot of time fishing on this one.

Ah thanks!! Was a blast to run! Super pushy, super fun! Couldn't kneel fully with the knee so a little extra sketchy though.

Yeah it's pretty good. Ran into a group of fishermen who were out all day and only caught 1 walleye between the 4 of them.... so a slow start to the season. Others at the launch had the same degree of luck. I just caught a small pike but was moving too much to fish a lot.

Explore The Backcountry I think you caught the equivalent of a twelve pound walleye in those rapids!

Woods Jacket. For Level Six products, I have an Emperor Drysuit (1 piece), a 2 piece (dry pant/dry top) , neoprene gloves and a bunch of safety gear.

Nope. Non-operational park. No permits required.

I had come off knee surgery 3 weeks prior and did not have full flexibility in my knee. So I had one knee kneeling and the other one (injured) bent in a semi kneel-sitting position. Best I could do but it worked.

Explore The Backcountry Clearly it worked. I thought you were so good you didn't even need to get your centre of gravity low for the rapids! Your good, but not that good.😃

Ah that was such a nice evening! Once the wind dies down it was so tranquil.

River J or goon. Yes I did a lot of that this trip as it's powerful for WW maneuvering, you don't want to ever use a classic J in WW. You'll see some regular J on the flatwater, but it carried over a bit more than usual on this trip just due to the WW. Sometimes I also am guilty of lazily switching back to a goon... Which is likely what's going on here. This was about 3 or 4 years ago so I'm gonna say it was laziness as I made more of a conscious effort to use proper J's more often on flatwater on preceding years. Old habits die hard tho. There's some Canadian and rolling strokes too peppered throughout if you've got a keen eye.

@@ExploreTheBackcountry Thanks for the clarification! I'm still learning, so your comments really help. Keep the great vids coming!!!

Yup, they are. This was last May, 2019. Still iced in up here too!

@@ExploreTheBackcountry Awesome video! Love your content! Keep 'em comin' and stay safe my friend!

Hey Susanna, you might not know me, but I spend a while editing trip videos (this video alone took 3 weeks to edit). I paddle about 70-100 days a year and edit slowly during the winter. I release videos months to years later (i.e our Rio Grande video was 3 years delayed), just look at my past released videos and the dates. I'm currently working on a Labour day trip and after that in the que is a 5 year old spring trip. If you require further proof, here is a whitewater short from the very same trip I posted 8 months ago: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ma1nd5uZvLaXhKs.html This is a shorter clip of the whitewater segment that begins at 15:30 of this video You can also check out my Instagram feed for all my trips. Check out this campsite shot posted 48weeks ago, it's the same one at 8:59 of this video: instagram.com/p/ByGCYLrBCQM/ Further, we're still iced in up here. Aubrey Lake has ice and snow in the bush and there's no way I could paddle it if I tried. I have nothing to gain by lying to you. We're stuck inside waiting this out and current trip plans have sadly been shelved.

I highly recommend the use of an adblocker extension. Understand where your coming from, but here's why I run ads: KZfaq has made it increasingly hard for small scale creators like myself to make any revenue off a production. The payout is well below minimum, typically a few cents per hour of filming and editing. For this video, at 8k views, this has turned into $32 of revenue. I likely spent about 72-120hrs editing this one - that's cents per hour. This helps pay a bit of the cost of our travels, equipment, own time, editing software and licences, website etc. We barely break even on paying for the technical fees alone. We'll look into an optional subscription service in the future as this may negate the need for mid-stream ads - we run far, far less than a TV program of the same length. Again, highly recommend you download and install an adblocker extension to your browsers if it is bothersome. This will stop adds on webpages and any KZfaq channel so you can watch without breaks. We'll absorb the monetary setback.