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River Trek
Young Adventurers
Information
About Navigators
The Noire River Navigators canoe trip is 9-days for children ages 12
to 14 years old.
Dates are:
July 26 - August 3
Trip cost is
$1280
(Canadian
dollars, some taxes apply)
*25% deposit required to register
Check out some of the useful and interesting information below.
Sample Packing
List
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What about
the food?
Nothing is better than a delicious meal made on an open fire...
Where does the
trip take place?
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Designed as a stepping stone
from the Young Adventurers trips
to more challenging programs like River Trek,
Navigators is an opportunity for children from 12 to 14 to enjoy the
"thrills" of whitewater canoeing. This trip provides an appropriate
challenge for "older" twelve's or "younger" fourteen's.
The same relaxed pace as the Young Adventurers program allows our staff
to help foster a sense of confidence in moving water through instruction,
practice and games.
Most participants arrive to Navigators with little or no canoeing or
camping experience, so instruction in basic canoe-tripping and whitewater
paddling skills are provided on a daily basis. Participants are taught
and nurtured by mature guides who understand the difficulties young
teenagers can face in a challenging environment. With a staff to tripper
ratio of 1:4, each participant receives the attention they need.
The Noire River is regarded as one
of the finest beginner level rivers in Canada. Easy whitewater combined
with a swift current make the Noire perfect for a first whitewater canoeing
experience. The program takes place on a short section of the mid-lower
Noire. This section, normally run in 4 or 5 days, provides excellent
instructional sites on twelve sets of narrow and easily navigable rapids.
With only four portages, this route provides lots of time for paddling
and practicing new skills. Our relaxed schedule allows us to enjoy most
sites for 2 days and 2 nights. At each set of rapids, the participants
are given the opportunity to challenge themselves to their own level.
They can run the rapid or they can choose to walk around while encouraging
their tripmates from the river’s shores. All Navigators portage
around any rapids deemed by the Guides to be beyond the skill level
of the group. This trip covers almost 75 km of the Noire River as the
group paddles through short rapids and flatwater meanders, culminating
with an exciting long, but safe rapid near the end of our journey.
As with other canoe trip programs, each participant is counted on to
help with daily activities such as cooking and campsite setup
and takedown, but the fun is equally shared as well. Warm summer nights
around the campfire are filled with stories and song. The triumphs of
the day retold, the triumphs of tomorrow eagerly anticipated.
| Typical
Day on Trip |
- Wake up
- Breakfast prep (and campsite take down if we are moving that
day)
- Breakfast
- “Chalk talk” and dryland lesson on river dynamics
- On the water
- Instructional lesson on a whitewater paddling skill (e.g.
paddling strokes)
- Paddle to our first set of rapids
- Scout the rapids and plan a route through
- Run the rapid
- Play and learn at the bottom
- Lunch
- Portage to the top and run rapid again
- Paddle on to the next site
- Arrive at the campsite
- Swim and games (e.g. Frisbee on the beach)
- Dinner prep and campsite set up
- Dinner
- Evening Activity (e.g. journal writing, bracelet making…)
- Campfire
- Flashlights out
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