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Schefferville to Hopedale via the Ugjoktok River.
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A portage on our cross country route.
Dave Brown photo. - Ugjoktok-1.jpg
After a miserable day of portaging in rough, swampy country
in the rain, we finally found a place to camp on
"goose poop hill". Wendy Scott photo. - Ugjoktok-2.jpg
Wendy comtemplating an upstream stretch of river.
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Wendy and Al pushing downstream.
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Dave and Ann on a rapid on the upper George River.
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The semi barren country near the Quebec-Labrador border.
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A campsite on Lake Chapiteau.
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Heading south towards the Ugjoktok.
Some years before, we headed north
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On a small tributary leading to the Ugjoktok.
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Dave and Ann below the first falls.
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The end of a portage on the upper river.
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The entire river squeezes through this narrow cut.
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High above the river while portaging a gorge.
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A glimpse of the river far below.
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Firewood cut by Stu Coffin, Bob Davis and Dick Irwin.
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Wendy negotiating a rockfall near the end of a gorge.
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A tough place for portaging canoes.
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Near the end of the gorge.
Dave Brown photo. - Ugjoktok-16.jpg
Dave and Ann running a rapid on the lower river.
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Wendy and Al at the bottom of another gorge.
Dave Brown photo. - Ugjoktok-21.jpg
A scenic but difficult put in.
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Sunrise in a burned area on the lower river.
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The last falls before saltwater.
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Sunset on the coast.
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The island studded coast.
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Our last hike before Hopedale.
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Hopedale.
Al Stirt, Wendy Scott and Friends: Canoe Tripping in Northern Quebec and Labrador
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Ugjoktok River
In 1995 we traveled from Schefferville to the upper de Pas River and then traveled east, going overland, following streams and ponds, and eventually getting to the headwaters of the George River. We followed a route that Bob Davis had taken to get to the Kanairiktok River some years before.
We travelled down the George a short distance and then headed upstream to Lac Au Goeland and then up to Lac Chapiteau.
We headed southeast from there, eventually getting to the headwaters of the Ugjoktok.
It was rugged country with lots of portages over rough ground. On a portage around a large canyon, we found the old campsite of our friends Stu Coffin, Dick Irwin and Bob Davis. Their cut tent poles and firewood were still around after 20 years.
We followed the river to the Labrador Sea and then paddled up the coast to Hopedale.
This part of the Labrador coast was beautiful with plenty of islands for camping and wind protection.