MRWR1: Women’s Retreat Canoe Trip

Season: July 01 to August 18

We will all meet in Yellowknife at the Tim Horton’s parking lot at 8:00am, meet and greet with other paddlers and your North Staff and canoe guides, grab a coffee or tea and breakfast sandwich and we’re off!!

We’re on the road to our destination put in point at Jean Marie River, pop. 77. We’ll stop at the beautiful North Arm Park to stretch you legs and get some photos and fresh air. Next, we will look for and hopefully we will see the world’ biggest wild wood buffalo! Then we arrive into Fort Providence, just in time for lunch.  

After lunch, we’ll take a quick drive into the community to visit the Residential School Memorial and get some nice photos by the river bank. Then we’re back on the road to Jean Marie River. 

Along the way we will stop at the beautiful Sambaa Deh Territorial Park and do a bit of hiking to the waterfalls! Afterwards a refreshing stop, we’re on our way and arriving into to into Jean Marie River late afternoon. Here we will set up our tents and camp and prepare dinner. After dinner, feel free to go for a walk and explore this small Indigenous traditional community.  

Next morning, after breakfast, we pack up camp and soon we’re own the Mackenzie River, canoeing and camping!! For the next 2 days and 1 night we will canoe and camp on the Dehcho, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the river with each passing kilometre.

The peacefulness, the tranquility, just the soothing sounds of your paddle in the water. Getting to know the river, your new canoeing friends and getting to know yourself.

On each day and evening of your trip, an added bonus! We will show you things from the land as we make our way down river and we will share our stories and talk about our special connections to the land.

After canoeing and camping 2 days on the river, we reach our destinations, the oldest community on the Dehcho, Fort Simpson! We will spend the night in the community, getting to know the community and if available, the leaders will come down and visit us.  

We will have a delicious traditional foods BBQ at our camp in the local campgrounds and then down for a good night’s rest. Next morning after a hearty breakfast, we’re on the road back to Yellowknife.

First trip of the 2022 summer season departs Yellowknife July 01, with our last trip of the season departing Yellowknife August 15. Oh, just a little reminder, everything is provided, you just need to bring your friends, family or colleagues and your spirit of adventure!

MRWR22-01-01: Jul 01 – Jul 04
MCWR22-01-02: Jul 06 – Jul 09
MRWR22-01-03: Jul 11 – Jul 14
MRWR22-01-04: Jul 16 – Jul 19
MRWR22-01-05: Jul 21 – Jul 24
MRWR22-01-06: Jul 26 – Jul 29
MRWR22-01-07: Jul 31 – Aug 03
MRWR22-01-08: Aug 05 – Aug 08
MRWR22-01-09: Aug 10 – Aug 13
MRWR22-01-10: Aug 15 – Aug 18

Price: 4 Day $1695.00+GST/person

min: 10 person; max: 20 persons