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Snake River, Yukon
We literally trashed a Royalex Dagger Legend. The bow split open in several places. One Royalex Dagger Venture showed considerable abuse too – deep gouges and cuts….
Thomsen River, Banks Island by PakCanoe
Located in the north east corner of Banks Island and predominately within Canada’s Aulavik National Park, the Thomsen is one of the world’s most northerly navigable rivers.
Yukon River by PakCanoe
But the boats proved themselves to be fast, stable, capable of handling big loads, dry in waves, and remarkably tough.
PakCanoe on the Soper River, Nunavut
Pat and I and the two kids (4 and 6) spent 12 days paddling on the Soper River on Baffin Island from Mt Joy to Kimmirut.
Ingraham Trail by PakCanoe
On this year’s summer jaunt to the NWT we took along the new portage yoke for our 170. Good thing. The various canoe routes of the Ingraham Trail out of Yellowknife nearly all involve portages.
Ranguana Cay, Belize by PakCanoe
We paddled out to the reefs surrounding the island (and often beyond), using the Pakboat as a platform to snorkel, diving and climbing in without difficulty.
Pakboats on the Hood River, NWT
At one point, at the end of a long rock garden, we decided to boof through a hole that would have swamped the hard boats – and didn’t take on a teacup of water.
Moisie River by solo PakCanoe
The 2001 trip would represent our most challenging conditions, because it rained for the first 14 days, and a river on the rise is always sobering.
Pakboats through Desolation Canyon and Gray Canyon, Green River
In addition to four oar rafts, we had ten rubber duckies (inflatable kayaks), a hard shell kayak, a solo whitewater Mohawk, and two 17 foot Pakboats with spray covers.
Pakboats on the Rio Verde, Mato Grosso
THE LOST WORLD, Rio Verde, Brazilian Mato Grosso 2001by Simon Chapman “Above us towered the Ricardo Franco hills, flat topped and mysterious, their flanks scarred by deep quebradas. Time and the foot of man had not touched these summits. They stood like a lost world, forested to their tops, and the imagination could not picture […]