Our guided expeditions will take you to some of the most remote and wildest places remaining in North America. Because of the extreme remoteness of these trips we do require persons participating to be at a moderate fitness level as a minimum. Special arrangements can be made to accommodate physically challenged persons on certain trips. Please call for details. Your safety is our first concern; our professional guides will assess each situation and decide on the safest course of action. Should you require fixin’ up, each of our trip leaders is trained in wilderness first aid. In addition to their training, we supply them with a satellite phone which allows them daily contact with our base so if there is trouble we can be there in a matter of hours. Previous paddling experience is not required on most guided trips. Your guides will take the time to orient and instruct everyone before we depart from Red Lake and will continue to teach paddling technique and theory throughout your expedition.
Our guided expeditions are open to everyone; couples, families, groups and singles are all welcome. We include accommodations before and after your trip, all paddling and camping equipment, shuttles, food, flights and fun. All you need to bring is your own clothing, toothbrush and fishing gear. Trips are based on a 6-person minimum and rates may be subject to change. Custom expeditions of any group size can be arranged and tailored to your needs.
Trips include air transport between Woodland Caribou Provincial Park and Red Lake, meals, all equipment except personal items, permits and qualified guides. Rates are based on 6 person minimum. Smaller groups can be accommodated with an additional flight surcharge. We do our best to honour our listed prices but because our trips are priced out well in advance of the season, from time to time situations beyond our control may result in rate increases.
Your adventure begins with a 30-minute floatplane flight from Red Lake. You fly into the far northwest corner of Woodland Caribou Provincial Park to the world famous Artery Lake Pictograph sites. In the following days we view some of the best pictograph sites in North America. Discover why these areas are so significant to our aboriginal peoples. As we travel through this land we find prairie plant species surviving in a boreal setting and as we pass by a recently burned area you have a chance to study burn ecology first hand, your guide will help reveal secrets of the forest and the subtle beauty that surrounds you.
Skill level required – novice flat water
Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
Caribou Trails – WCPP
Come with us as we search Caribou Country for the elusive Woodland Caribou. Paddle the small intimate lakes of south central Woodland Caribou Park that these elusive and threatened creatures are known to frequent during the summer months. Caribou, Pictographs, unique forest ecology and a silence that soothes the soul are what you can expect on this trip.
Skill level required – novice flat water
Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
On the Path of the Wolf – WCPP
Journey through Caribou Country as we search for the areas top predator. We travel the small intimate lakes of central Woodland Caribou Park frequented by these majestic creatures during the summer months as the search for their elusive prey, the woodland caribou and moose. Wolves, Caribou, Pictographs, unique forest ecology and a silence broken only by the haunting call of the wolf will leave you soul stirring memories of a lifetime.
Skill level required – novice flat water
Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
The Fisherman’s High – WCPP
WCPP Base Camp Fishing Trip. We’ll fly you and your party, along with a guide, into one of the most beautiful and isolated Walleye Lakes in WCPP. There right from your scenic campsite you can reel in Walleye and Northerns until your arms hurt or…. swim, sunbath, hike or just lounge while our guide takes care of the details. You can afford to do what you want, when you want, no need to worry about breaking camp, paddling, portaging and setting camp again because you have nowhere to go, except possibly to the other side of the lake to try for a trophy of a lifetime . And if you think you are going to be roughing it, think again. In addition to our standard complete outfit gear, we will include a three man tent for every two people, extra thick luxurious therma-rest mats, a complete kitchen pack and we’ll even include a kitchen sink, a two burner propane stove, propane lanterns, comfortable camp chairs and a screened shelter to keep the bugs at bay while you cook and dine. In addition to shore lunches and fish dinner even your meals will be special with the foods you would not normally consider taking on a canoe trip.
Skill Level Required – novice – flat water
Remote Location
Trip Date and Duration – By request only this season
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Trips include air transport between Opasquia Park and Red Lake, meals, all equipment except personal items, and qualified guides Rates are based on 6person minimum. Smaller groups can be accommodated with an additional flight surcharge. We do our best to honor our listed prices but because our trips are priced out well in advance of the season, from time to time situations beyond our control may result in rate increases.
Rough it in style on a guided Opasquia Base Camp Fishing Trip.
We’ll fly you and your party along with a guide into a lonely lake with hungry Walleye and Northerns. There you can reel in fish until your arms hurt or…. swim, sunbath, hike or just lounge while our guide takes care of the details. You can afford to do what you want, when you want, no need to worry about breaking camp, paddling, portaging and setting camp again because you have nowhere to go, except possibly to the other side of the lake to try for a trophy of a lifetime. And if you think you are going to be roughing it, think again. In addition to our standard complete outfit gear, we will include a three man tent for every two people, extra thick luxurious therma-rest mats, a complete kitchen pack and we’ll even include a kitchen sink, a two burner propane stove, propane lanterns, comfortable camp chairs and a screened shelter to keep the bugs at bay while you cook and dine. In addition to shore lunches and fish dinner even your meals will be special with the foods you would not normally consider taking on a canoe trip.
Skill Level Required – novice – flat water
Extremely Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
Opasquia Park Paddle – Opasquia Provincial Park
After a three-hour float plane trip deep into the heart of our Northern Boreal Wilderness, we off load the plane and say good-bye to our last physical connection with civilization as the plane flies off into the distance. From here we paddle and portage the rivers and lakes in one of the wildest places on the continent. Keep an eye open for the elusive woodland caribou, moose and possibly even a rare wolverine. Listen for the distant howl of the wolf or the haunting cry of the loon, sounds that stir the primitive soul. The portages are so seldom used that moss and lichen still cover most trails. A fishery of unbelievable quality waits for you to test your skills with trophy northerns and walleye. Signs of the indigenous people of the north are here for the sharp-eyed traveler to see. This is after all, their land that we visit.
Skill Level Required – novice – flat water
Extremely Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
Opasquia Explorer – Opasquia Provincial Park
After forty years of years of living in this vast Northern Wilderness, we are compelled to continue to explore the furthest reaches and expand our knowledge of our multi-million acre backyard. Join us on this adventure as we boldly go where even we haven’t gone before.
Skill Level Required – novice – flat water
Extremely Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
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Trips include air transport between Artery Lake and Red Lake, Ground shuttle pick up/vehicle drop off at Matheson Island and/or shuttle to Winnipeg Intl Airport, meals, all equipment except personal items, permits and qualified guides. Rates are based on 6 person minimum. Smaller groups can be accommodated with an additional flight surcharge. We do our best to honor our listed prices but because our trips are priced out well in advance of the season, from time to time situations beyond our control may result in rate increases.
Artery Lake to Bloodvein Village – WCPP
After flying in to view the word famous Artery Lake pictographs we head down stream on a paddling adventure that is at the same time a satisfying adventure for the experienced white-water enthusiast and the thrill of a lifetime for the novice paddler. With up to 112 sets of class I-III rapids to run there is no shortage of fun and adventure on this very remote, seldom visited pool and drop Wilderness River.
Skill Level Required – novice/intermediate – white-water
Very Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
Includes in-town accommodations before and after your trip
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Trips include ground transport to Berens Landing, air transport between Family Lake and Red Lake, meals, all equipment except personal items, permits and qualified guides. Rates are based on 6 person minimum. Smaller groups can be accommodated with an additional flight surcharge. We do our best to honor our listed prices but because our trips are priced out well in advance of the season, from time to time situations beyond our control may result in rate increases.
Berens River Adventure
Your trip quite literally starts at the end of the road. From there we take you across the height of land that separates the Berens/Albany/English River watershed. As you descend from the top of the Berens River Plateau you are on one of the prettiest rivers we have the privilege of paddling. Spectacular rapids and falls are created as the river pours through narrow openings in the shield, leaving you in awe as the river thunders ever downstream to finally drain into Lake Winnipeg.
Skill Level Required – novice/intermediate – flat-water/white-water
Very Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
Berens Lake to Family Lake
This trip quite literally starts at the end of the road. After a 2-hour ride north of Red Lake, we put in at Berens Landing to paddle one of the most threatened rivers in all of Ontario. Logging is scheduled to start around the head waters of this river in the not to distant future, so if you want to be able to say that you paddled this river while it was still in it’s pristine state, you should consider doing this trip within the next two years. The Berens River as it flows through the Canadian Shield, is one of the prettiest rivers we have the privilege of paddling. Spectacular rapids and falls are created as the river pours through narrow openings in the shield, leaving you in awe as river thunders ever downstream to finally drain into Lake Winnipeg. We pass by several native settlements as we paddle through their territory. Your adventure can end on Family Lake where we return to Red Lake on a floatplane, or take the skills you learned while on this trip and continue onwards with our Pigeon River trip. Either way the Berens will have provided you with great scenery, great fishing and a bit of history as you traveled one of Ontario’s most spectacular wilderness rivers.
Skill Level Required – novice/intermediate – flat-water/white-water
Very Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
View Map of Berens River | More Information on the Berens River | Photo Album
Trips include air transport between Family Lake and Red Lake, return fight from Pigeon River mouth, meals, all equipment except personal items, permits and qualified guides. Rates are based on 6 person minimum. Smaller groups can be accommodated with an additional flight surcharge. We do our best to honor our listed prices but because our trips are priced out well in advance of the season, from time to time situations beyond our control may result in rate increases.
Family Lake to the Village
Explore one of North America’s best-kept remote white-water secrets. Cliffs, canyons, rugged scenery and awesome water await those who dare. When combined with our Berens River trip you have an opportunity to experience the wilderness expedition of a lifetime.
Skill Level Required – intermediate/expert – white-water
Extremely Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this seasons
View Map of Pigeon River | More Information on the Pigeon River | Photo Album
Poplar River System
By request only this season
Skill Level Required – intermediate/expert – white-water
Remote Location
Throat River System
By request only this season
Skill Level Required – intermediate/expert – white-water
Remote Location
Sachigo River System
By request only this season
Skill Level Required – intermediate/expert – white-water
Remote Location
Severn/Fawn River Provincial Park
Starting from Sioux Lookout we fly 280 miles north to Big Trout Lake. From there we paddle 165 miles to Fort Severn on Hudson Bay. A wildlife and trophy brook trout haven, the Fawn begins in a boreal forest, passes through sub-arctic forest to end on the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Come with us and experience a challenging and unique river unlike any of our “southern waterways”.
Skill Level Required – intermediate/expert – white-water
Extremely Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration – By request only this season
View Maps: Poplar River | Throat River | Sachigo River | Severn/Fawn River | Photo Album
GUIDED KAYAK RIVER AND LAKE TRIPPING
WILD RIVERS AND BIG LAKES
Kayak the wild rivers south of the Berens or Big Lake kayak adventure on the beauty of Trout Lake.
Caribou Country Explorer
Our location on the southern edge of the Berens River Plateau provides us with almost unlimited opportunity to explore new rivers each season. East, west, north or south, if you have an explorers spirit and would like to discover new territory, join us as we travel new and challenging routes. Routes, dates and rates are to be decided as our group of explorers takes form.
Skill Level Required – novice/intermediate – flat-water/white-water
Very Remote Location
Tentative Dates – By request only this season
Call for more information
Trout Lake Trippin’ – A Sea Kayak Adventure
Located 20 miles east of Red Lake, Trout Lake is an area of sublime boreal landscapes and spectacular scenery. A rich variety of wildlife inhabits this area including woodland caribou, moose, wolf and bald eagles. As the glaciers retreated they left behind the dominant geological feature of Trout Lake, a 500’ moraine that rises prominently over the western shore. This 160 square mile lake with 388 islands scattered throughout its crystalline spring fed waters is an ideal sea kayakers playground. Let’s go ‘yakin’
Skill Level Required – novice / flat water
Remote Location
Trip Dates and Duration -By request only this season
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