Canoeing the Big Salmon, A Yukon Adventure Part 1
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- Canoeing the Big Salmon River from Quiet Lake down to its confluence with the Yukon River. 7 days of wilderness canoe travel with another 10 days to Dawson City in the second episode.
Part 2 From the Yukon Confluence to Dawson City is: • Canoeing the mighty Yu...
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The story of our trip on the Big Salmon and Yukon rivers feature in The Paddler Magazine
To outfit the trip we used: upnorthadventu...
Thank you to the Rourkes for permission to use pages from their wonderful guidebooks to the Big Salmon and Yukon. Accurate and so so informative on the history of the rivers: www.riversnort...
I am using gear by www.nrs.com
My website: www.RayGoodwin.com
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Nice video! I paddled the river this year. The logjams have gotten worse in the past years. There's a logjam after 1 km on the river. The first big logjam is impasseble. After 10 and 14 km there's been cutt troughs in recent years and the river is blocked by logs. Scurvy Creek has broken through. 10 km before the conjunction with the Yukon the river has changed a lot.
Thanks for the info! It is a very active river cutting through and creating loop constantly. It really surprised me that time but your information is further confirmation. It is a great river though. PS I have pinned your comment as I think the information is very important for anyone paddling this river. Thank you.
Great to see a group canoeing, like an expedition, not just a solo trip. I really liked how it showed what each member brought to the trip. Also loved the map details.
Glad you enjoyed it! And that is really useful feedback and matches, pretty well, what I was trying to achieve with the video. Again thanks.
Just what I needed Ray, thanks for taking us along. Stay well, atb
Glad you enjoyed it. Keep well
What beautiful country! I have paddled the YRQ and Y!K Yukon canoe races 5 times and just can't get enough of it. Ray, your video brings back such wonderful memories of that country. As the navigator and route planner, I know well the confluence of Big Salmon with the Yukon River. One day I hope to enjoy the river with a slow paddle trip as you have shown instead of racing. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! It is a very different pace and the Big Salmon is a treat to be savoured. Enjoy
Which years did you paddled the YRQ?
@@leonardomurua8015 I raced the YRQ in 2008 (voyageur), 2013 (voyageur) and 2017 (C4).
I raced trhe Y1K in 2009 (the first year of the Y1K) and 2011, both times in different voyageur canoes.
Great video Ray, makes the Spey look like a wee stream. What an amazing experience seeing the wildlife too.
Glad you enjoyed it. I am about to embark on editing this summer's trip to the Porcupine River in Saskatchewan, it makes this look small. Cheers.
I'm watching this first part again before your Dawson-bound video that you just uploaded.
Dedication sir. Here is hoping for more normal river levels when you get back to the Yukon in 2023. Fingers crossed.
Great stuff Ray, much needed these days. Hope you can return to the true north and free soon
It's been hard not getting over there to paddle. Cancelled again this year but hopefully next. PS watching your trip videos really inspired me. I learnt a lot from your story telling.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe sorry to hear 😔 I'm shocked you could learn anything from me, but that means a lot! Thank you good sir, I'm looking forward to the rest of the series
I keep forgetting how many of your awesome videos I still need to stream.
Please do! Mind there are some that are far more relevant than others. How long until you start on your big Yukon trip? I am quite envious.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe I put in May 27 on Bennett Lake
Got stuck at the head waters of the river in my canoe laker fishing. weather blew up and wound up have to spend some time before headed back to the camp sight. Fun video thanks
Having twice seen the wind come up out of nowhere on that trip I am not surprised. Glad it all worked out. Thanks
What a beautiful paddle! Lots of beautiful scenery and animals. Reminds me of paddles in n. ont. Going to have to add this paddle to my list of places to explore...keep on rocking it!
Thank you so much. It was fantastic. I am in Ontario at present having just paddled on Georgian Bay. Stunned by the area
Sweet! We are on superior, so we get the rugged rock bluffs and whitepines here too. Georgian Bay is amazing..loved my paddles around Philip Edward Island! Keep on enjoying that beauty!@@RayGoodwinCanoe
Amazing adventure. Thanks for the video!
Thank you. It is a very special place. Really enjoyed paddling it.
Outstanding, well done team. I just bought a canoe last week.
Thank you for kind comment. Is this your first canoe? Any have a lot of fun (safely) with your new canoe.
Great video … seriously, this is inspiring.
Thanks so much! Very much appreciated.
Stunning views.. well done...
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you
I have had a very curiosity down the Big Salmon too. Thank you so much.
You are so welcome!
Absolute treat to watch Ray; highly immersive and excellent editing. Thoroughly enjoyable and looking forward to part 2!
Thanks a ton! And thanks for the coffee, appreciated. Keep well.
Thanks Ray. A great watch. Always interesting to see your paddling techniques and the scenery too of course!. Thank you for sharing your hard work.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Looked a great trip Ray and you've done a cracking editing job 👍. Just the right mix of paddle, chat and camp footage with good narration 👍. Enjoyed it, look forward to part 2
Atb Rick
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you
Way to go Ray . Glad to see you guys over here in our neck of the woods. I’m sure you will just love it.👍🇨🇦
Looking forward to being in Ontario in September. Love my trips there.
I enjoyed that immensely. Very expert handling of these canoes. Wonderful stuff. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you so much.
What a beautiful place! Thank you for filming and sharing this adventure
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yup you can see the haze from the forest fires . And notice the smell for sure. And sometimes it can effect your breathing. This must be a big change from the UK . I’m sure this trip will be one of your best. My Wife and l did it over 40 years ago when were much younger. It was very special for us coming from Ontario Canada. Even if we have lots of bears and moose right in our backyard. The Yukon is spectacular. Cheers.👍🇨🇦
It is a tremendous place and I will definitely get another trip in there. I have done the Bonnet Plume up in the far north and that was tremendous. Anyway back out in Ontario in September to do the Missinaibi. Been missing those trips this last two years.
Great video. Brings back a lot of memories. Did the same rivers som 40 years ago
Glad you enjoyed it. 40 years ago I hadn't even sat in a canoe, I was a climber through and through. Good times.
This should have more views. Off paddling in the Adirondacks for a long weekend with the new Seaeagle TC16 inflatable canoe. Another Englishman in North America.
Sounds fun in the Adirondacks and I hope you enjoy the new canoe. Thanks for commenting.
great video, thanks
Glad you liked it!
Thanks Ray. Love the wildlife
We were lucky. Always great to see animals in the real world/habitat.
Great video Ray. It really captures what it’s like being on a trip. Brings back Spey memories and makes me think about future Canada trips.
Ps. Nice Jason impression “Luxury“
Glad you enjoyed it. I do try on the impressions.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe it was an "alright" impression I guess..
What a great journey, looking forward to part 2! 👍🛶
Coming soon I hope! I will get on with it.
lovely
Thank you
This was a superb watch, thanks for putting it together Ray. Now to plan expeditions as a remedy to my wanderlust!
Go for it! Expeditions are food for my soul.
Mint, came here off the suggested from OYZ , such mint content from you Canada boys
Thanks for visiting. PS I am British
Excellent what an adventure, really loved this.
Glad you enjoyed it: I have now started work on the second part.
Thank you Ray for the wonderful, beautiful and interesting video. Amazing scenery, river and wildlife! You got a new subscriber from Finland. Wishing all the best, and happy new year to you and yours 🙂
Thanks for the sub and kind comments. Have a great new year and many adventures.
Thanks, Ray. This is taking me back to my Yukon River trip a few years back; what I wouldn’t do to be paddling there again soon.
Yep this is the second year I have had to cancel my Canada trips. Gutted. But good memories
@@RayGoodwinCanoe, the wait will make the next trip even better when it happens.
Absolutely stunning journey ray , thankyou for taking us along , such beautiful scenery 🛶👌👏👏👍
Glad you enjoyed it. It is an amazing place
Fantastic trip Ray, I loved watching, thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching. appreciated
class trip and you had englands crutch irish people making it all good enjoyed this adventure well run great banter good fun but informing top notch thanks for putting this up cant wait to watch part 2 classsssssssss
Glad you enjoyed it. It was a good team and as you say, great banter.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe classs all the way
Looks quite the adventure! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Interesting trip .
It sure was. A wonderful place and good company
Nice trip. My buddies and I are talking about doing the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City before we get too old. The baby in our group is 53! 😂
Get it done, you will love it. Have a look at part 2 of my adventure which looks at the journey from the confluence with the Big Salmon to Dawson.
Very enjoyable Ray, what a beautiful trip, I’ll look forward to part two. Cheers, Ant 👍
Thank you. Appreciated.
Thank you for sharing, what an adventure, fantastic. Been a dream of mine for over thirty years to raft two canoes and deck them, have a tent and a chair and float down the Yukon, gold panning as I go. The upper Big Salmon has high sinuosity, above the average sinuosity of Pi 3.14. Looking forward to next instalment.
You can do it! You will like the bit about rafters (home made) in the second part, they were heading all the way down to the sea. Yep the Big Salmon has got to be one of the bendiest rivers.
Great video I use similar set up and have double bagged much equipment
I think the double bagging is the method of all of us that have been around for a while. We learn the hard way unless we are very wise. Thanks for commenting.
That was very enjoyable Ray, just what I needed. 😉
Glad you enjoyed it. hope you are well. Regards
Hi Ray,
Nice bit of team work around 23 minutes, you and shooter hit some low water, one call from you (the stern) and 'bang' we are going sideways, great water craft, great team work.
Learning from watching your trips
Thank you! It was a pleasure paddling with Shooter.
Such an awesome video! I can hardly wait to explore rivers like this!
Thank you so much. It is so special paddling rivers like this so start planning and have fun
@@RayGoodwinCanoe If you are ever passing thru Calgary I would love to arrange a paddling course with you. I love how you use your paddle in the water.
@@CyndiLH Thank you for those kind comments. I will keep it in mind but sadly no plans to be in that area (at present). Keep well
Excellent movie :-)
Thank you kindly.
Soon the rapids get ready.🤠
And the fast water was a lot of fun.
Much appreciated and enjoyed..... that's real country there. Safe travels !
P.S. English humility......👍👍
Thanks! 😃
Cool map booklet
Yep it really works well.
Lovely film Ray. Very evocative and inspirational. You caught some wonderful wildlife moments. Makes me want to be there! 😁👍
Glad you enjoyed it. I am looking forward to catching up with you in person. Keep well
Great stuff Ray, some great sights along the way, looks like a lovely river/lake
It was! A tremendous trip thanks.
Missing the owl 🙂 Nice river. Lot of falling horizonts 🙂 looking forward to next piece.
Oh no! I forgot to transfer the loon calls to the new end piece. They will be back for the next video I promise. Yep great river. Thanks.
Very high water in the entire territory this year (2021). Reports are of several new logjams and has it cut through some new meanders and undercutting old banks to create plenty of new sweepers.
Not at all surprised about how easily that river changes. Will be a bit more of a challenge for a while. Looking forward to getting back out there
Excellent Ray.
thank you. Took a bit of doing this video but got there in the end.
Nice river. Just imagine the size of flood water that deposited all the silty sand seen in those big sand banks! Massive catastrophic floods from the last glacial age, The river that now flows through these deposits is just a trickle.
Yep it would have been impressive as the glaciers retreated. Yep all that sand and gravel is impressive.
You had some pretty awesome weather so far, and for some strange reason no black flies or deer flies. You must be blessed. 🙂
We were lucky. We had the bug suits on a few times but generally it was amazingly bug free.
Gas to see Patrick on here. We paddle the same river. Looks like a great trip 👌
And he is such good bloke to expedition with. A real star.
What a lovely route. Thanks for sharing your trip! I live in the Northwest Territories (neighbour to Yukon) and think you represented our northern rivers well. :)
Oh wow! Thank you so much.
What a great video Ray, thank you for sharing. My next trip down the Wye won't be qite as remote!
Thank you. Mind I may do a trip on the Wye for myself this year. A long time since I have been down there.
Great video Ray! Good stuff!
Thank you. Appreciated
There's a big difference viewing wildlife in their natural habitat. In parks and conservation areas, they tend to know they are untouchable, but, in the wild, they truly show their animal nature, they know about the cycles of life, predator versus prey, and they behave obviously as they ought to. Even the porcupine did what porcupines do, avoided conflict, and the moose did not take her eyes off you, while the eagle was smug on the top of its food chain.
Yep, you don't get to see much wildlife but every view is a treasure. So different out in the wild.
part 2 soon please :)
Trying. Back onto the edit now.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe awesome, if you think you'll never end up doing it send me the raw footage and I'll do it for ya, I welcome the challenge
Hi Ray, great video, thank you! Is there a part 2?
I ran into problems with part 2 and got demoralised. Solved the issue and now plan to go back and complete it. Hopefully by mid July
When did you all put in? We did this trip in 2002. We put in at Quiet Lake on July 28 -- and had beautiful weather. You guys were fortunate that someone had taken a chainsaw to the logjam. It was portage for us. Thanks for sharing. Your movie contains great videos and commentary.
Hi, we did the trip in early July of 2019 putting in on Quiet Lake. Yep we had been warned about the log jam so it was nice to see a clear channel. And thank you for your kind comments.
Good stuff Ray
Thank you.
4 times, caught a dolly varden last time.🤠
Wow I am envious of that.
Beautiful :)
Thank you! 😊
well done :)
Thank you
Is that a Nova Craft Prospector 18 canoe? I would love to know what holds all that freight! And thank you for such a beautiful video trip that I can watch at home with zero mosquitos!
They were 17’. Great canoes and deep enough to hold a lot of gear/food. And thank you for your kind comment
Is there a part 2? I can’t find it and I loved part 1
Just finishing it. Should be uploading it tomorrow afternoon.
Ray, such a beautiful trip. Would you rate as easy, mod, hard etc? Would you recommend going with group and several canoes? So neat to watch!
It is not hard paddling down the river but you do have to have the ability to manoeuvre the canoe in quick moving water. There are lots of sweepers (fallen trees overhanging the river) so you need to keep your wits about you and move about the river. But largely the paddling is on grade 1 white water with a couple of sections easy grade 2. Better in a group but a fantastic trip that I would thoroughly recommend.
Well done Ray it’s worth all the editing. Your coffee link doesn’t work just yet
Many thanks Hamish. Appreciated. Not sure what went wrong with the link: now replaced and fixed.
Beautiful and inspiring trip. - thank you. I would like to do it one day. What did you find most difficult during the trip mosquitoes , bears etc.? What is the best time to come?
We paddled it in late July. You can check with an outfitter but there is only a relatively clear period of a couple of months when it is good. We were lucky and mosquitoes were not much of a problem but as ever all of us had full bug suits for the few occasions that they were about. Bears: We maintain very clean camps and walk the food barrels well out of camp each night. Even our wash kits go in the food barrels. We carried pepper spray. But bear sightings are rare and tend to be trip highlights: we only saw one on this trip. It is a fantastic river.
@RayGoodwinCanoe Many Thanks Ray for useful information. Unfortunately due to lack of participants and interest( I am using organised tours) I had to switch to Teslin River this year. My adventure will start late August and I am looking forward to it. I wonder if you ever paddled Teslin River?
Also I would like to purchase your book "Canoeing" ideally with personal dedication. Please send me link so that I can complete payment. Best Regards Pawel
Awesome! Beautiful trip, making me jealous. Thanks for sharing these shots with us. So many mooses (meese?)!!! Can you tell us when this trip happened? I'm curious as to the time of year.
First week of July. Thanks for your kind comments.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe Sweet!
Ray! Can I ask what month you guys went in? Thank you!
August
@@RayGoodwinCanoe Thank you!
Awesome video, looking forward to the rest. Where did you get the map book? That looks amazing is it from the guide service or did you make it?
In the description below video: 'Thank you to the Rourkes for permission to use pages from their wonderful guidebooks to the Big Salmon and Yukon. Accurate and so so informative on the history of the rivers: www.riversnorthonline.com' Follow the link for the book/map, really good.
Hi Ray! My name is Marcelo, I'm from Brazil and I'm planning for August 2022 a trip across the Big Salmon and Yucon River to Dawson. Your video has been very helpful to me, but I have a question, I have an inflatable Tomahawk AIR-K 440 Kayak, would it be possible to do this trip on the Big Salmon River with this inflatable kayak or would I have to go with a rigid canoe? Thank you very much for your videos. Greetings from Brazil
Hi Marcello, Yes an inflatable kayak would work well on the Big Salmon. But choosing the start point will be important. We started way down on Quiet Lake so it was a long paddle to the first river section: I would advise getting dropped off as far along Quiet Lake as possible. Have a great adventure.
Where did you get the amazing map book of your route?
Graham had used the on line maps and then printed off sections before making them into his own map book. He had added detail with arrows.
Would you recommend this over the Yukon trip (whitehorse to Dawson)? Thx
Hi, after the Big Salmon confluence with the Yukon we paddled on to Carmacks and then on to Dawson to finish there. The Big Salmon was in whole different league to the Yukon and was definitely the best way to do the trip for us.
Love your videos. Always very informative. I just bought a GoPro and was wondering what you use to attach your camera to the boat?
thank you. I use kit from railblaza: railblaza.co.uk I have one of their starports mounted on each end deck of my canoes using their screws to fasten to wooden blocks below the decks. I then use their camera boom 600 to mount the camera. Quick and easy to set up. BUT: a knock may undo the locks on the joints and it has happened to me and the boom has come apart. So my GoPro is independently tethered to the canoe. PS I am about to do a short film on this as lots of folk ask.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe I ll be looking forward to it
Awesome. The girlfriend and I are planning a trip down the Yukon river from Whitehorse to Dawson City. Any particularly perilous spots on the river? Any advice? Great video
I would be careful on Lake Laberge. The type of sudden wind shown at the start of my trip can happen at any time so follow the edge around and don't be tempted to go straight across. 2nd At Five Finger Rapid make sure you take the far right channel: the guide book emphasises this route. Use Rourke's guide book and a link for it is in the description below the video. Follow all the advise about keeping food out of your campsite at night: you will see bears. Have fun
Enjoyed the video Ray! Thanks for the upload. I paddled the Teslin and Yukon a few yrs ago and really want to return to pass the big salmon. What month did you paddle?
Glad you enjoyed it! We paddled it in the very first part of July.
Loved that mate
Ps is this the trip you did just before you came out for the family thing a couple of years back ? I’m guessing, yes given the Yukon bit
I ont even go into how good it will be to even get out again, punters or not, nowadays ... tbh, still not thinking of anything further than “the new bloody normal” because I dare not
Love to yours
Yes, July 2019 and only now sorting the video out! I am so looking forward to getting back to normal. Best wishes and here's to getting back to the Ardeche.
Beautiful Ray, would love to be there, two questions, what time of year did you do this trip and when do we get part two 😀😀☕☕
Stay safe, Nige.
Thanks. We did it in early July 2019. Part 2 I am aiming to complete within two weeks.
Itching for part two 📹📹☕☕, forget the coffee, brown Scottish water waiting for you on the 16th, 👍👍
Will be out before you head for the Lakes. The brown Scottish stuff sounds good.
Thank you so much for not ruining it with music. Forehead to put music in there, I would never watch it. 👍
Like you I like the sounds of the river and lake. Better than any music I could choose.
Will there be more parts coming? :)
Working on it now! Been slow on this one I am afraid. Now back to editing.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe Good to know that more is coming :)
In wich month of the year you made the Trip?
First week of July for this section.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe Thank you. Not to much water in the Salmon this time...