Environmental Philosophy
Canoe North Adventures supports environmentally responsible tourism and supports conservation efforts in the regions we travel. Our efforts can be summarized as follows:
We practice no trace camping on all of our northen trips. We camp on durable surfaces. Once we leave a campsite, other 
than footprints, nothing is left behind and there is no trace that we have been there. We are very careful to leave no food traces on any campsite and we pack out our garbage. We pack out garbage left behind by others. We leave any artifacts undisturbed.
In our marketing, we communicate the opportunities for wildlife viewing on river trips and allow respectful viewing so as not to disrupt animal nests, sites, dens or feeding areas.
If we encounter other people on our wilderness trip, we treat them with respect and consideration.
We have a great deal of respect for local First Nation culture and are respectful when meeting in local communities. We embrace the involvement of First Nations through interpretive presentations and activities that will grow our clients’ understanding of the aboriginal culture and its significance to the region.
Featured Adventures
- Tischu River
Our exploratory trip on the Tischu River, a tributary of the Keele River
News & Events
- Fall Newsletter November 2011
We have just posted our 2012 Expedition Program and you will see that we have offered two new winter trips including an ice-road adventure to Norman Wells! We are very excited to be offering a Coppermine River Adventure – this was my first ever arctic canoe trip when I was just 18 years old! Other [...]
- Celebrate Sahtu
On July 23rd, The Town of Norman Wells, North-Wright Airways and Canoe North Adventures will host a celebration that will showcase the wilderness of the Sahtu Region and recognize the collaboration of effort to brand the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories as a tourism destination with national and international recognition. This event will highlight the [...]
- Great Bear River Exploration
This past summer, Lin Ward, Susan Casson, Matt Casson and Karl Schiefer checked out the Great Bear River. North-Wright Airways flew them into the First Nation community of Deline on Great Bear Lake. Once canoes were loaded they only paddled a short distance out to a camp right on Great Bear Lake. Karl and Matt [...]
- The 2010 Operator of the Year Award for the Northwest Territories
The award was presented to Al and Lin by the Minister of Tourism at the Northwest Territories Tourism Gala Dinner held in Inuvik on Thursday, November 25th…
- Our Outfitting Centre
It has been a long-standing dream of Canoe North Adventures …
- The Redstone River Exploratory Expedition
The Redstone River is unique in that…
- Canol Heritage Trail Exploratory Hike, 2009
At Canoe North, we are always intrigued with the prospect of a grand adventure…
- Ice Road
The trip took eight days and the last two days …
- Exploratory Trips
In 2009, we are planning two more exploratory trips…
- New Air Services and Canoeing Base for CNA, 2009
at the North-Wright Airways float base in Norman Wells…
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