Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: Wabakimi :: Another Trip Report re: Wabakimi
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arctic |
Knowing its location to be a critical link, it must have been FAR more travelled in earlier times. |
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jdrocks |
quote mrcanoe: "On www.myccr.com Petawa Creek adventure in this report: http://littlenorthcanoetrip.blogspot.com/ it took us 14 hours to track up this short creek in very high water. we did not use the lower portage, only the portage into Auger, plus one we bushwhacked around a huge jam. the creek gets such little use and is so easily clogged by blowdowns and sweepers, i question how much time should be spent on it. there was old chainsaw work evident when we went through, probably decades old. the trees we cut just to get through had to be in the hundreds. the previous party using Petawa Creek two years earlier quit when they got to Auger, and called Mattice to fly out, they were done in. i nearly clipped off my left thumb with a Corona saw while tracking the creek, and we had a hard freeze at our moose track camp, some wild times in there. the party in the more recent myccr report came down the Misehkow to the Albany as we did, although we started over near 599. they had much more favorable conditions, not the extreme late season high water we did. Wabakimi Project participants may remember that year as the season Phil had to retreat from the Albany, it wasn't safe. amen to that. |
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jdrocks |
quote CIIcanoe: "Hey Dave...I'm sure glad that thumb stayed attached...there was blood flowing down the Petewa... chuck, so was i, i kinda needed that thumb. i've got an ugly scar that has Petawa written on it...plus a story to tell. would make an interesting thumbprint, the two halves don't exactly line up. was thinking of you as i scouted rivers in NW Canada this year, Alberta, northern BC, YT, and up near the NWT border. it was a reminder, 50 years in Canada, and i've paddled only a tiny part of it. i check your photo page every so often to see what you're up to. all else well, planning trips for next season. |
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mrcanoe |
What route is that? The Petawa Creek route has been started at the top and bottom. It's the stuff in the middle that needs to be done. We probably need a team of four guys wanting to work hard for a full week to get that open. Are you up for it? 2014? The Attwood is open from one end to the other I believe. Bill Pyle did the Shabuskwia via Luella to Attwood section early this summer. The rest to Gowie Bay and the Albany River was done last year. |
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mrcanoe |
If you're interested in taking one of the project's trips, this report gives you a good idea of what goes on. |
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CIIcanoe |
Chuck 21 Day Canoe Trip to the "Little North" |
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mrcanoe |
For anyone interested in tripping on the Albany River, there's a report on the Petuwa Creek shortcut from the Albany to the Attwood River at the top of Attwood and Hurst Lakes. http://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=42036 |
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