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Pakboats on the Kuujjua River, NWT
Kuujjua River, Victoria Island, NWT Summer 1998 Dear Alv and Linda, This summer we spent four weeks on the Kuujjua River on Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories. This trip was one of our favorite trips, in fact it is Joel’s favorite tundra river because of all the wildlife (muskox, caribou, hawks, cranes and swans), magnificent […]
Pakboats on the Horton River, NWT
Horton River, NWT Summer, 1998 Dear ScanSport, During the month of July in 1998, we used three Pakboats to travel about 500 km of the remote Horton River in Canada’s North West Territories and it is my pleasure to tell you that the PakCanoes performed beyond our expectations. We began our journey with the canoes at […]
Pakboats on Reisa River, North Norway
Canoeing one man’s backyard. -from Paddler Magazine, April 1998 Too busy watching waterfalls spilling from the cliffs along Reisafjorden, I looked up as our car abruptly slowed for sheep meandering down the center of the road. Welcome to North Norway, where the government protects the rights of sheep on local roads. Snow clung to the 1,000-foot […]
Nahanni River Experience with PakCanoes
Nahanni River, Northwest Territories, Canada 1997 Dear Alv, First, let me thank you for the timely delivery of our 17 foot Pakboat. The sprayskirt proved essential and I appreciate the extra effort you made to get it to us on time. But most important, kudos to the boat. Our trip was a tough one on […]
Pakboats on Thomsen River, Banks Island
Banks Island, NWT – Wildlife by Canoe Joel and I just returned from the Thomsen River on Banks Island safe, sound, and quite rested. We had a magnificent trip! Tundra gray overcast, cold, windy and rainy but otherwise quite wonderful. We did a lot of great hiking, even yours truly – for whom hiking is […]
Soper River by PakCanoe
Canoeing Soper River, Baffin Island, NWT 1997 Dear Alv, A remote destination with challenging shipping options, what better place to try out a new foldable canoe. We headed north last August with a party of 12 to the Soper River on Baffin Island. Flying along as baggage in the belly of the First Air Jet were […]
Fishing in Belize by Puffin
Dear Alv,I’ve fallen in love – albeit with a Puffin SportKayak. Earlier, I told you that I took it out for the first time on one of those mild December days on Jamaica Bay. I was pleased with how quickly it went together and how well it handled, but as my wife and daughter were […]
Louisiana Bayous by PakCanoe
Alligator Viewing, Louisiana 1997 Dear Alv, I just wanted to write and let you know how much my wife and I have enjoyed our new canoe. We bought one of the 15 foot models in December and have been exploring the swamps and bayous of south Louisiana ever since. We live in an apartment, so […]
PakCanoe 150 through the Grand Canyon
Colorado River, Grand Canyon 1997 Dear Alv, Riding the river that carved the Grand Canyon is a pilgrimage to be savored. Our permit is here – what to use for a boat? Rafts are too big, kayaks are too small, and a rental canoe is a pig in a poke, or worse. An open boat […]
Hondo and Eslabon Rivers, Bolivia
Paddling Bolivia in a folding canoe, searching for a giant spider monkey, Bolivia 1997. Dear Alv Elvestad I thought you might be interested to hear about my recent expedition in Bolivia using the 16.5′ pak canoe I ordered from you this spring. The aim of our expedition was to explore several rivers in Northern Bolivia […]