Category: 2022

  • Trip Report – Lower Petawawa – 16-18 Sept 2022

    Trip Report – Lower Petawawa – 16-18 Sept 2022

    While the original plan was to re-do the Upper Petawawa only two weeks after doing it the first time with a different group, our experience made us change plans and run the Lower section instead. It was also a good opportunity for me to run both sections of the river! The water was once again…

  • Trip Report – Upper Petawawa 3-5 Sept 2022

    Trip Report – Upper Petawawa 3-5 Sept 2022

    In preparation for our planned Nahanni trip next summer, my father needed a bit of a refresher whitewater trip! The objective was the Upper Petawawa from Cedar Lake to Lake Travers, about 40km of river. We had been planning a trip later in September but my father was unavailable then and as another group of…

  • Trip Report – 16 July 2022 – Petite-Nation River at 14.2m3/s

    Trip Report – 16 July 2022 – Petite-Nation River at 14.2m3/s

    Another great trip down the Petite Nation. For me, this was the first whitewater of the year having finally been cleared for action after my hip replacement. We we also officially breaking in our new Esprit Canyon (Burger used it before since I was not cleared) and I was breaking in my new paddle I…

  • Trip Report – 21-22 May 2022 -Rivière du Sourd

    (In progress) Trip down the Rivière du Sourd in the Réserve Faunique Papineau-Labelle (north of Ottawa on the Québec side) May 21st and 22nd 2022. We ran this river a couple times before in early spring when there is enough water, not sure how the conditions are later in the season. Unfortunately I was not…