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site is dedicated to sharing information about canoeing and kayaking Canada's
Mackenzie River (Dehcho) and it's tributaries.
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Mackenzie Paddler News:
09/04/03: New Trip Description
Jon Bayley has posted an excellent new Hay River to Inuvik trip description. It is full of pictures and valuable paddling information. It is a large Adobe Acrobat document, and is available here. They have a website too that describes adventures crossing the Greenland icecap.
09/03/03: New River Forum
The forum has been out of service for a while. It's back! Please give
it a try, and post your questions and answers about
Mackenzie Basin regional boat travel.
05/28/02:
Mackenzie Highway Washout
Submited by: Joe Bailey
Last week the Mackenzie Highway washed out just north of Fort Providence.
I thought you would be interested in these shots.
These are of the Mackenzie already broken with the ice still along the
shores, spring is here!
05/21/02:
Ice Bridge
Submited by: Joe Bailey
In Yellowknife, the capital of
the Northwest Territories, most of the store shelves are getting pretty
bare, why? Yellowknife is accessed by crossing Mackenzie River (ice bridge
in the winter months and ferry in the summer months) and anytime in between
(freeze-up and break-up) Yellowknife is isolated from southern Canada.
Some supplies are flown across the river by helicopter, but only in situations
of necessity. For example milk is one such item and as such doubles in
price.
05/20/02: Ice Breaks on Mackenzie
Submited by: Joe Bailey
The Mackenzie River ice broke at Fort Simpson today at 9:55 am, it jammed
up for a bit, putting on a awesome display for the residents of nature's
pure, raw power as it churned and flipped over huge "house size"
ice blocks! When the ice jams, the river's water rises at an alarming
rate.
05/20/02: Mackenzie River Adventures
Offers War Canoe Trips
Submited by: Joe Bailey
Mackenzie River Adventures
(MRA) (Denendeh Eco-Adventures Ltd) is northern/aboriginal owned and operated.
MRA provides war canoe trips down the mighty Mackenzie River retracing
the voyage of Sir Alexander Mackenzie when he first explored this majestic
river in 1789.
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Please look around; you'll find the following...
- River Forum is a forum for Mackenzie Basin paddlers.
- Journals is a place for paddlers to post narratives of their river journeys online.
- Plan a Trip contains information to help you
plan a journey.
- Food provides ideas for eating well on your trip.
- Resources contains information about maps, transportation, lodging, and outfitters in the Mackenzie Basin.
- Library is a list of books about the Mackenzie River Valley and paddle trips.
- Links is a list of links about the Mackenzie River Valley and paddle trips.
- Contact is a list of paddlers that you can contact for information about the Mackenzie River.
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Site History
01/09/01 - This website is two days old.
01/10/01 - Ariane added a food page. Ariane has volunteered to be the food page editor, so send her your recipes and food stories. Norm and Harlow added some book listings to the Library. We could use reviews for any of these books, both gems and stinkers.
01/15/01 - Added some thoughts on bears and bad people. Norm Miller has posted some book reviews, which I should have up by tonight.
04/19/02 - The old wwwboard was so unreliable that it had to be replaced. The new boards are based on Zope Squishdot, which is quite robust. Sorry for all the downtime.