Bloodvein River Canoe Trip - Summer 2023
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- The Bloodvein flows from its headwaters in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, through Manitoba’s Atikaki Provincial Park, before draining into Lake Winnipeg, some ~340km away. It’s got a rich history of human use dating back thousands of years, and contains some of the best preserved pictograph sites anywhere in Canada.
We paddled approximately 230kms, navigating more than 100 marked rapids over 12 days on the water. Despite the ravages of forest fires in recent years, we encountered hundreds of Bald Eagles, caught seemingly endless fish, saw Pelicans, Otters, Moose, Snakes, Salamanders, Swans and vast fields of Fire Weed and other wildflowers as they reclaimed the area. It’s an official Canadian Heritage River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a pretty spectacular place to visit.
My favorite river to hunt moose for the past 25 yrs.
Are you shooting rapids in a Kevlar? Brave men are on this river! love it 🤘🏼
haha yes, those are Kevlar boats. To be honest it was a bit of a surprise when we arrived at the outfitter - we were anticipating, and would have preferred, to paddle plastic canoes, but this is what they had for us. That being said, it all worked out for the best and we just had to be extra careful when choosing our lines. There were a small handful of rapids that we had to portage because of the delicate boats, but most of the river was still runnable with careful scouting. And while most of the portages were short, the light boats were appreciated whenever we did have to carry.
Amazing adventure….
Been on the list for years! A beautiful edit! Thanks for this!
Looked like an awesome trip! Thanks for posting it.👍
I was also surprised to see the light canoes, but since everything is drop-and-pool, it could work.
Great trip video. I was fortunate enough to stay at Matawa Lodge (5:50) in 1991 on a fishing trip. It looks the same!
That's really cool, we wondered who it belonged to!
Great trip and I liked the video. I was just saying to my canoe partner that I needed to pick your brain on this trip as I planned to do it this year or next. And then boom, a video of it. Awesome! Looks like you rented the canoes, didn't know that was an option that changes my planning a bit.
Yea man, we rented from Albert at Goldseekers. The Bloodvein was amazing - highly recommend checking it out sometime if it's on your list 👌👌
Nice video guys! Come on back up and do the headwaters of the Bloodvein starting at Knox, up to Larus and west to Artery. Check out my free download of a map for WCPP and check in with Albert at Goldseekers in Red Lake. Cheers
Nice video, - nice Tour!!
bes trip, have a nice day. :))
Great trip and video, thanks for sharing. I own the same canoe though it's mostly flat water, it has flexed its way over a number of surprise hard hits on rocks and came out fine. I'm wonder how your crew liked them on a rapid filled river trip like this? Thanks.
Hi. Looks like an amazing trip!! Can i ask how much the float plane charter cost and who you went through? I was hoping to plan a trip but I'm worried that the cost of a charter is out of our budget.
I forget exactly what the cost per person was, but we used Simpson Air to fly us from Fort Simpson to Virginia Falls. They were great to deal with and can get you a quote for their current pricing.
lol, just realized I replied to the wrong video :) We used Simpson Air when paddling the Nahanni, not the Bloodvein. Doh. Our air charter for the Bloodvein was arranged by Albert at Goldseekers in Red Lake. Give him a call and he can help get you pricing and details for the trip.
Doing Bloodvein this next summer. Flying in from Bissett probably further east to Murdock lake. Were those canoes Kevlar? I was thinking maybe old Royalex canoes from them but they looked pretty shiny.
Yes they were kevlar boats. Probably wouldn't be our first choice for a river like this, but it's what the outfitter had for us when we arrived. They worked out surprisingly well and we were still able to run the majority of the rapids, albeit with careful scouting. There were a few rapids we opted to portage due to the kevlar boats, but they weren't as much of a liability as we initially feared.
None trip!
Interested in any notes you have?