Paddling the Hart River

In between working on the house and getting packed and ready to leave our home in Whitehorse for 9 months, we managed to fit in an 18 day canoe trip on the Hart River in the northern Yukon. For non-Yukoners, this involves a 4 hour drive north from Whitehorse to Mayo, then a 30 minute float plane trip north into Elliot Lake. The trip down the Hart to Canyon Creek on the Peel River is about 300 kms (mostly north), where a float plane takes you back to Mayo. By the time the float plane picks you up at Canyon Creek, you're not too far from the Arctic Circle.

Canoes are strapped on for the flight to Elliot Lake.