Northern Tributary of the Kogaluk River, 1994

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2 ай бұрын

This is another canoe trip video that I digitized and edited from Dick Irwin’s Hi8 tapes. Dick filmed quite a bit on that trip and did a great job of capturing many aspects of traveling by canoe in the north.
In 1994 we traveled from Schefferville in northern Quebec to Nain, on the Labrador Coast.
We took a roundabout route in order to explore the country around the northern tributary of the Kogaluk River.
You can see a slide show of our three trips on the Kogaluk at: www.alstirt.com/kogaluk-river
Visit www.alstirt.com/canoeing for slide shows and videos of several other canoe trips in the Quebec and Labrador watersheds.

Пікірлер: 13

@stfhaha1963 Ай бұрын

Adventure of a lifetime

@blackspruceroutes 15 күн бұрын

Just makes me dream...once in a lifetime...like you said " We made up our minds, we made it happen"!!!

@raymondcava4669 Ай бұрын

Friggin awesome thank you for posting you got a love Labrador❤

@raymondcava4669 Ай бұрын

All these vintage videos need to be viewed by more people, today’s paddlers would benefit from these trips prior to a time when people made KZfaq videos of the same canoe trips. It sure would’ve been nice to have some drones filming along the way, but they didn’t have them back in those days.These paddlers built up some seriously great memories.❤

@Saltedbiscuit0007 Ай бұрын

Thanks for posting your trip! What a trek…loved your load out with all those humongous packs!

@ScottOethatBullMoosePatrol Ай бұрын

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

@CanadaGTA Ай бұрын

Great stuff. There always seems to be some magic to pre-internet trip reports or videos. Trips like this in 2024 are still impressive, but 30 years ago was a whole different ball game.

@gregshute5404 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing Al. I had forgotten that we shared the train ride with you till I saw my cameo while helping load canoes.

@jb1934 Ай бұрын

In the modern you-tube era, I've seen a bunch of trips in which certain aspects of the trip were designed specifically for youtube purposes. That hasn't to my knowledge yet included deliberately choosing a kevlar boat, let alone a 30 lb ultra-light. I have a 30 lb solo canoe myself, and it's not going to survive one single hit in rapids like that. I can see how the soloist could have paddled out in one of the tandems if the canoe was damaged late in the trip, but there's too much gear to do that in the early stretch along the dePas.

@dellamonk6792 Ай бұрын

How did he film the scenes where there are four of you paddling on the river together?

@vtal1 Ай бұрын

There were 5 of us. 2 tandem canoes and one solo canoe. Dick, who did almost all the filming, had the solo boat. Sometimes one of us used his camera to film Dick.