STORIES

Wood Bison in the Spotlight

Learn about the NWT’s wood bison herds along the Nahanni from CBC Naturalist Brian Keating. This species-at-risk is coming back due to efforts to reintroduce populations to the territory.

An Arctic Community: Fort Good Hope

Joel visits Rádeyı̨lı̨kóé in the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories to learn about the region and its history. The K’asho Got’ine Dene have called the mountains and waters of the Sahtu home for millenia and with some new protections afforded to the region, the future of Fa?fa Neline (Mountain River) is looking bright!

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“Riding the Rapids”: CBC Radio Naturalist joins a Nahanni Adventure

CBC Naturalist Brian Keating joins on the journey of a lifetime on the Nahanni River. Listen about his experience on CBC’s The Homestretch.

Journeying on a Free River: The Snake

This July, Canadian River Expeditions returned to the Snake River for an enchanting 12-day journey.

The Beaver – Castor Canadensis

Neil Hartling shares his story of a close encounter with a beaver and some background on this fascinating animal.

Peel Watershed – Conservation and Adventure

In 2019 Canadian River Expeditions heads to the Snake River and we invite you to join us to experience the volume of this grand landscape and to truly understand what is at stake.

Green Corridors – Interior to the Coast

If you have been introduced to northern rivers through the magic of the Nahanni, consider your next adventure on a coastal beauty – you won’t be disappointed!

Paddle People: Neil Hartling

Neil Hartling remains a committed proponent of northern tourism. He believes it not only brings economic and social benefits to native communities, but encourages an ever-growing constituency of eco-advocates in the populous south.

Lair of the North Wind

The songbirds at your feeder depend on Canada’s boreal forest–and so do you.

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For Olivia Chow, 12 days on river offer chance to look back, move forward

Nearly a year after the death of her husband, Jack Layton, New Democrat MP Olivia Chow embarked on an Arctic river adventure – as she’d done with Jack in the past – to find solace and contemplate life without her soul mate.

The Wealth of the Caribou

You may see one silhouetted as a solitary figure on the horizon or 40,000 migrating across the river in front of you. In either case you will be entranced.

Canoeing the Nahanni River in Nahanni National Park Preserve.

My Nahanni Dream Came True

Jerry Daminato shares his story of finally paddling the Nahanni River after dreaming about it for years.