Snake River, Yukon July 1996

Nahanni River Adventures

Guides Henry Madsen Lana Madsen Jason Cameron Participants Barbara Bowman Bill Bowman Pat Morrow Baiba Morrow Oliver Kent Robin Kent Marilyn Komarnisky Stephen Bernard Doug Vokins Diane Davies Robert Campbell

This exploratory 12-day canoe trip began in Whitehorse at Neil Hartling's house where we picked up the canoes and all of the gear.

Neil drove us up the Klondike Highway to Stewart Crossing, then east on Hwy 11 to Mayo.

There we met Ernie and the single-engine Otter of Blacksheep Air. The canoes were nested so that we only had to make two trips. We had a tonne of gear including a propane tank. Henry joked that Ernie's bulk might prevent us from taking off, but the Otter has a very powerful engine.

We flew into Duo Lakes, a very exciting flight right through the Wernecke Mountains.



We offloaded and put the canoes back together. Henry and Lana gave us a briefing, then suggested a hike in the nearby mountains. James names them Mount Cameron, and Pat referred to them as such in his later book. We also had the chance to try a bit of fishing; the lakes were teeming with small lake trout.