Fly in canoe trips to Hudson Bay/James Bay/Albany River
Canoe through hundreds of miles of virgin waters. We have many canoe routes to choose from including several in Wabikimi Provincial Park, St. Raphael Provincial Park and Polar Bear Provincial Park. Canoe for a few days or several weeks. We are able to do additional supply drops and check flights. Fish for walleye, northern, speckle trout, lake trout, and sturgeon.
For the more adventurous, we can drop you off on a river system that will take you as far north as the Hudson Bay coast or James Bay. Along the route you’ll canoe past several Indian villages and see amazing pieces of history such as paintings on the rock cliffs.
If you’re quiet, you’ll see wildlife in their natural habitat closer than you’ve ever seen before. There is no better way to fall asleep than listening to the loons calling and the gentle sound of the river flowing past your tent. Seeing the stars and the northern lights in the crystal clear northern air is something you will never forget.
West Caribou Air Service will help you select a river system and finalize details that are suitable for your ability and desired distance. Please contact us for further information or to book a trip.
Wabakimi Provincial Park
Situated in the heart of Northwestern Ontario, Wabakimi Provincial Park is a world class canoeing, high quality fly-in fishing, hunting, and recreational area. It is also renowned for its Boreal Forest reserves.
Located northwest of Lake Nipigon and about 31 kms northwest of the community of Armstrong.
Originally established in 1983 and with an area of approximately 155,000 hectares at present, Wabakimi Provincial Park is now the second largest park among the Ontario Parks just after Polar Bear Provincial Park (2.4 million hectares). At present the park includes Whitewater Lake, Whiteclay Lake, Shabuskwia Lake and the Flindt and Allan Water river systems. It extends from the Brightsand and Kopka River Waterway parks in the south to the Albany River Waterway Park in the north.
Polar Bear Provincial Park
Ontario’s largest provincial park (2.4 million hectares), accessible only by air, this Wilderness park features unspoiled low-lying tundra. Polar Bear Provincial Park is home to many species including woodland caribou, moose, marten, fox, beaver, goose, black bear and polar bear. Seals, walruses, beluga and white whales frequent the tree-lined Hudson and James Bays. In late spring, hundreds of species of bird descend upon the region.
This is considered the most temperately located mainland tundra in the world. Vegetation includes various mosses, crowberry, mountain cranberry, stunted willow, spruce and tamarack which gradually rise in height the more south they grow. In early summer, the tundra becomes an exquisite heath of plants in delirious bloom. Adding to the spectacle, the many ponds that dot the landscape turn rust, yellow, green, turquoise, black, ivory, brown, and other colours, depending on the plant micro-organisms and minerals in the water.
