Sara and I flew in from Fort Simpson NWT to Honeymoon Lake. What an amazing flight with a canoe strapped to the struts of a Cessna 185! After two hours of flying we arrived at our destination. In the absolute middle of nowhere. The pilot flew away and we were over 500 kilometers from our destination just past the the confluence of the Liard River. I think it was around 6pm when the plane landed and in early August dusk fell around midnight. We paddled across the lake and down a barely flowing meter wide outlet for about 300 meters until we emerged on the Nahanni River. A nice little ferry out into the current and a lazy draw downstream and we were on our way down river. The river was flowing at a nice clip and the scenery was changing so fast we had to stop and camp to slow down the absorbtion rate.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Flying into Nahanni River
Sara and I flew in from Fort Simpson NWT to Honeymoon Lake. What an amazing flight with a canoe strapped to the struts of a Cessna 185! After two hours of flying we arrived at our destination. In the absolute middle of nowhere. The pilot flew away and we were over 500 kilometers from our destination just past the the confluence of the Liard River. I think it was around 6pm when the plane landed and in early August dusk fell around midnight. We paddled across the lake and down a barely flowing meter wide outlet for about 300 meters until we emerged on the Nahanni River. A nice little ferry out into the current and a lazy draw downstream and we were on our way down river. The river was flowing at a nice clip and the scenery was changing so fast we had to stop and camp to slow down the absorbtion rate.
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