Skill Assessment
We divide the skills of our padder into three categories:
- Novice paddlers are not beginner paddlers. They are comfortable in a canoe and around water. They may not have any river experience but have spent time in a canoe on lakes and are comfortable with basic paddling strokes. The pace on the river will be fairly relaxed and the leaders will be very involved in upgrading skills and training on the river.
- Intermediate paddlers should have spent a fair bit of time on either lakes or rivers and be comfortable around water. Although not all padders have river experience, you should have basic canoeing skills and ready to take on a new experience that could take you outside your comfort zone and into a safe and fun challenge. The leaders will be very involved in upgrading skills and training on the river. It will be expected that group members contribute to the team development of the group.
- Advanced paddlers should be ready to take on a more challenging outdoor environment that could be remote and be ready to play their part in as a team player with adaptability and good attitude important to the trip. Although extensive skills are not required, more advanced ability is important.
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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