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Information, photographs and press trip inquiries, contact:
Scott Adams, Paddling Ontario Alliance
Phone: (705) 745-9343, Email: admin@paddlingontario.com
Trains and planes offer access to wonderful wilderness adventures from Paddling Ontario Alliance
The Paddling Ontario Alliance website is the ideal source for solitude seekers searching for wilderness opportunities accessible by train or plane. The POA is a group of 24 Ontario tourism operators specializing in outfitting services, accommodation and canoe and kayaking adventures.
For families, naturalists or wilderness buffs who want to experience boreal wilderness landscapes by canoe, but with some comfortable accommodation at the beginning and end of the trip, Wabakimi Canoe Outfitters and Eco-Lodge has a nine-night adventure, suitable for beginners through intermediate paddlers, in Wabakimi Provincial Park. Wabakimi is the world's largest wilderness paddling area... over 5 million acres! The company has an eight-bedroom, drive-to Ecolodge on Mattice Lake, just south of Armstrong. It s outfitted with a large common room with a spectacular lake view, a fireplace, hot tub, trip planning room, library, and canoes and kayaks, and it serves hearty meals. Participants spend a night here, then take the 'bush train' to the edge of Wabakimi to start paddling and portaging through the pristine wilderness. After fishing, swimming and wildlife viewing, a float plane whisks participants back for a final night at the Ecolodge. The cost is $2,445 Adults, $1,695 Youth.
Naturally Superior Adventures will take intermediate paddlers on the Agawa River White Water Canoe Adventure, on Victoria Day weekend. The trip begins with a scenic half-day train tour on Algoma Central Railway to Agawa Canyon Station. From this point the group paddles the fast and furious river, viewing Bridal Veil Falls and overnight camping near the powerful Agawa Falls. The $468 cost includes instruction and is designed for those with some whitewater experience.
Caribou Expeditions will take participants on a seven-day Rail-River-Sea-Kayak Adventure through the rugged landscape of Algoma, and along the coast of eastern Lake Superior. This trip begins at the city of Sault Ste. Marie, with a five-hour journey on a small two-car train that carries fishermen and vacationers to their back-country camps . The Caribou staff suggest that this is, perhaps, the most laid-back railway in North America. During the five-hour trip to the Michipicoten River, passengers are likely to be regaled by the conductor with stories of wilderness life, sprinkled with a fair dose of exaggeration. Participants paddle past dense forest for a day, down to Lake Superior, then spend six days sea kayaking the coast of this inland sea, with its spectacular scenery, that has been immortalized in the tales of the Ojibway, and in the paintings of Canada's best-known artists. The cost is $1,295.
New this year, Goldseekers Outfitters offers a remote, flat water, luxury camping Bloodvien River Trip that even novices can handle. It begins and ends with luxury five-star accommodation at Sabourin Lake Lodge in the boreal wilderness and a trip by floatplane. Participants travel through the untouched wilderness region known for its pictographs, and wildlife, including caribou, moose, wolves and bears. The locale is currently on the short list of areas being considered for UNESCO World Heritage Site status. The cost is $1976.
Canoe Canada Outfitters will offers the opportunity to explore one of the best preserved, pristine wilderness regions in North America - Quetico Park, 4,800 square kilometres of untouched wilderness, with no hunting, roads or development of any kind. Even motorized boats are banned from this park. Participants fly to one of the company s four remote entry stations and paddle back to civilization on exciting five or seven-day itineraries. The cost for five days is $720 USD pp, or $870 USD pp for seven days. The price includes all maps, transportation, park fees, food and elite light-weight outfitting.
For more details on Fly-in and Rail-in wilderness adventures visit the Paddling Ontario Alliance website at www.paddlingontario.com, phone: 705/745-9343 or email: admin@paddlingontario.com.
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