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| Wabakimi Wilderness Canoe Trip | |
| Wilderness canoeing at its finest. | |
| If you are looking for the very best in wilderness canoeing, Wabakimi Provincial Park is hard to beat. Paddle and portage through the stark beauty of the Wabakimi wilderness area, halfway between Thunder Bay Ontario and and Hudson Bay. The five million acre Wabakimi wilderness area includes over 1800 miles of lakes and rivers. You will marvel at the notion that a wilderness this vast still exists in North America. Choose from dozens of canoe routes that offer spectacular views, exciting fishing, and thundering water falls. Dine on your fishing and berry picking haul--as well as the abundance of good food that we bring. Wabakimi is a true wilderness area, remote, pristine and as wild as any place on earth. | |
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WI leads trips to this destination but currently has no dates scheduled. If you have a group of people interested, we can set up a customized adventure just for you! Please contact us if you are interested in a group trip to this destination. info@wildernessinquiry.org 612-676-9400 800-728-0719 |
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| Wilderness Inquiry | 808 14th Ave SE | Minneapolis, MN 55414 | (612) 676-9400 | info@wildernessinquiry.org | |
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| Wabakimi Wilderness Canoe Trip | |
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| Sample Itinerary | |
| DAY 1: Travel from Minneapolis to the remote Wabakimi Wilderness Area--a long drive but well worth it. Get to know your trip mates and get a good nights rest at the Wabakimi Wilderness Eco-Lodge in Armstrong, ON. DAY 2: Rise early, get your coffee and breakfast and shuttle to the put-in spot at Caribou Lake. After a brief introduction, load your gear into the canoes and slip into the water. DAYS 3-7: There are dozens of canoe routes in the Wabakimi Wilderness. Some routes are more challenging than others, but all offer the very best in wilderness canoeing. Regardless of the route choice, you will paddle and portage through the stark beauty of this northern canoe country. Wabakimi's boreal forest consists of black spruce, tamarack and jack pine, and supports all of the species that originally lived here--even the Woodland Caribou. There are also black bears, lynx, white pelicans, and plenty of gray wolves in the park. The terrain is rugged, with rivers connecting placid lakes carved out of the granite of the Canadian Shield. One of the best features of the Park is that relatively few people camp here. You will enjoy campsites that are thick with Caribou Moss and lush vegetation--like Minnesota's Boundary Waters used to be 50 years ago. Another highlight is the fishing -- most people consider Wabakimi the very best walleye fishing they have ever encountered. It is not uncommon for a group to catch a superb walleye dinner for nine in less than an hour. There's a place called the "walleye kitchen" on the Boiling Sands River that cannot be beat! You can also hike through the woods and fill your hands with blueberries, some of which you might keep for delicious pancakes. We always try and schedule a "layover" day on this trip, usually picking a choice campsite where you can stretch out in the sun and catch up on a good book. There are several great sand beaches for swimming, and numerous dunk holes where you can cool down in the sky blue waters. DAY 8: Rise early on your last day in the wilderness to see the sunrise and say good-bye to your home of the last week. Your goal for the day is to paddle down to the take out and load up the waiting van with canoes and memories. Begin the long, but beautiful drive back to Minneapolis and arrive at Wilderness Inquiry around 10 pm. |
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| More Info & Registration: http://www.wildernessinquiry.org/wabakimi |
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| Wilderness Inquiry | 808 14th Ave SE | Minneapolis, MN 55414 | (612) 676-9400 | info@wildernessinquiry.org |