DuNord to Umiujaq:

for 45 days myself and 11 other trippers traveled 835 km across the north Quebec wilderness under our own power in cedar canvas canoes. working for every meter we traveled, we fought fierce headwinds, intense continuous cold, and 14 hour days, traveling through the seal lakes, where we saw freshwater seals, down the historic Nastapoka river, paddling across Lac Au Claire, a double impact crater lake and down the DuNord river, a route traveled so infrequently we didn’t see a trace of other travelers, relying on notes from a trip most recently run in 2016. The river transformed as we paddled from a babbling creek we portaged, to a fiercely flowing river, including a gorge requiring a multi-day portage up the 400 meter cliffs that were notably growing as we drew closer to Hudson Bay. For weeks on end we endured heavy fog rain and cold wind as air blew across Hudson Bay, slamming into the coast and creating a dense fog locally referred to as the “death mist” as the northern towns are only accessible by airplane, meaning no food can be delivered while the fog sits. at the conclusion of the trip we paddled into Richmond gulf, a small gulf connected to Hudson Bay, and were hosted in the indigenous town of Umiujaq where we stayed for two days until our flight home. Paddling through pristine wilderness and through the high mountains proved rewarding despite the extreme physical challenges the landscape provided.

The trip consisted of the following intrepid trippers: Erica Wilson, Duncan Grant, Miles Gordon, Pete Wuten, Adrian Naul, Jas MacDonald, Hannah Anson, Nils Missilier, Ryan Dant, Teddy Offenberg, and Elliot Lapointe