Wilderness Camping (Paddle Canada)
– navigation
– risk-management
– paddling-skills
– camp cooking
– tarp set-up
– leave no trace
– portaging
Call us at 1 (867) 445-4512 for more information about our paddling courses!
Join us on an educational, hands-on canoe tripping course in the Yellowknife area. This course is designed for trip leaders (teachers, camp leaders, parents, self-guided paddlers) who will be leading their own canoe trip in the Northwest Territories! It’s also a good fit for those new to canoeing but keen to learn more for their own adventures! We’ll be paddling on a three-day local route. Participants are not expected to have experience but novice paddlers will also benefit from our Intro to Lake Canoe course.
This course is a chance to improve your paddling on a northern route – but the focus is on how to properly plan, prepare for, and lead a canoe trip in the northern wilderness.
We’ll focus on camp cooking, navigation, camp set-up, risk mitigation and outdoor leadership. It’s an opportunity to learn from outdoor professionals and guides the tips and tricks of leading a group of canoeists in the remote back country.
The course consists of one in-town evening where we will prepare for the canoe trip followed by a 3-day, 2-night canoe trip in the Northwest Territories, somewhere in the Yellowknife-area. June 20 – evening session, followed by June 21-23 – canoe trip.
Inquire about custom dates for groups of 6 or more!
Questions about our canoe tripping course? We’d love to hear from you at 1-867-445-4512!
I will definitely recommend this company, plus it is always great to support a company who is passionate and has the local knowledge.
Great education for the "retail camper" to help move to the "wilderness camper" level in the Canoe Tripping Course in the Cameron River system. Jackpine's competent guides covered mapping and navigation, gear review and suggestions, basic camping first aid, food prep and cleanup, leave no trace camping, canoe paddling and portaging tips, and technical water (rapids) analysis. There's a bunch more they covered, but there were many highlights in 3 days. Thanks, Jackpine!
-All paddling equipment such as a canoe, lifejacket, paddle, bailer, throw bag included. Participants are welcome to bring their own equipment if they prefer.
– Experienced instructor guides
– Group gear (tarp, kitchen equipment, utensils, water filtration, etc)
– Communication devices (satellite phone and Garmin Inreach)
– Food while on the canoe trip
– Personal camping equipment
A detailed personal clothing and equipment list will be emailed to participants following registration.
If you are unable to attend and you can send someone in your place, we can transfer your spot free of charge.
Cancellations with more than 30 days notice, 75% refund.
Cancellations with less than 21 days notice, 50% refund.
Cancellations within 14 days of the course cannot be refunded.
Please read carefully: Should your paddling course have to be cancelled, postponed or altered by a force majeure (including but not limited to: weather, poor visibility, or mechanical breakdown causing delayed or cancelled charter flights or helicopter journeys, fire, flood, pandemic, highway closures, community evacuations, ongoing or newly introduced travel ban or government statement), Jackpine Paddle and its partner operators are not obligated to provide a refund or offer alternative travel services.
The minimum age for unaccompanied minors in our courses is 16. Participants under the age of 16 are welcome to register if joined by a parent or guardian. Participants must be able to swim 50 m with a lifejacket but no previous paddling experience is required.