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Notakwanon River.
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Pushing upstream heading east.
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Campsite before an upstream portage.
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Al with a Lake Trout.
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Al at a Lake Chapiteau campsite.
The semi-barren country is typical
of the Quebec/Labrador border
at this latitude.
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A portage near the height of land.
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Wendy with the monster pack at the height of land.
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The river starts as a series of shallow rapids
as it leaves the headwater lakes.
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Al and Wendy running a technical rapid.
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A short and steep drop.
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We lined around many serious drops.
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A tricky spot.
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Rapids going around the bend..
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Scouting our next move.
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A scenic lining spot.
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The right angle falls.
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A miserable night on the rocks.
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Rapids on the lower river.
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Bluffs near the bottom of the river.
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Meanders on the lower river.
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After getting few fish upriver, we finally
get some Arctic Char at the coast.
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Coming in to Davis Inlet (Utshimasits).
Al Stirt, Wendy Scott and Friends: Canoe Tripping in Northern Quebec and Labrador
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Notakwanon River
Wendy, Al, Dave and Ann paddled the Notakwanon in 1990. It was one of the few trips that we started by chartering an Otter 
to fly us in.
We started on Cabot Lake on the upper George and then went upstream to Lac au Goeland and up to Lac Chapiteau. We then headed north to the Notakwanon headwaters.
We paddled to the Labrador Sea and then to the Innu village of Utshimasits (Davis Inlet).
In the middle of the trip. Dave dislocated his shoulder while scouting a rapid. We were at least a week's travel to the coast and the possibility of help. We realized that we were in a precarious situation because we had no way to get in touch with anyone. We were fortunate that Ann managed to get Dave's shoulder back in.
It was a difficult trip and was the last one that we negotiated without some kind of signaling device to contact the outside world in case of emergency.