Well folks, way too many years have gone by since I first posted.  I never intended to be on the site daily, simply a result of work load but heard there was a lot of traffic in recent months so I dusted off my password and checked it out.  Just so you know I'm still alive and well and thought I should tell you what we are up to these days.

New map, as I see the post announcing our new map, yes its finally here and a very good product at that. The people at CHRISMAR took the map out of our hands and I think you will be happy with it.  It corrects all of the little glitches that were found over the years, enjoy!

World Heritage - While we have been busy over the past 8 years with our partners putting together our submission for UNESCO World Heritage Site status for a large area that includes Woodland Caribou, we had our day in front of UNESCO last year only to be told "we like it, it has merit, but there is a little more work to do". So we are back at the drawing board to tie up some loose ends for another presentation, likely in the spring of 2015. Wish us luck and check out the project at   (You need to Login or Register

As you have very likely heard we had a weather event we are calling a SNOWDOWN a little over a year ago that had effects on the entire park. With the help of our own organization giving us two additional crews for a couple of years, a local canoe outfitter clearing some trails and just your average run of the mill paddler clearing their way (and not asking for any compensation - thanks) excellent progress was made. We expect that the few trails remaining will all be "punched open" next year.  At that time we will begin the task of retracing our steps to widen the trails back to our usual standards.  If you are at Canoecopia this spring come and visit, I will be making a presentation about the SNOWDOWN event and the progress made.

Lastly you will notice a few additional routes on the map. Most of which have been identified by Martin Kehoe (thanks Martin) over the past few years.  We have now been able to take them under our wing, so to speak, but we still have a few details to work out on a couple of them so we didnt put the portage detail on the map. We will make it available to you upon request. We just didnt want people to assume that because it is on the map its good to go.  The CHRISMAR folks plan on doing more regular map updates than we were able to do, so the new info will be on the next map I'm sure.

As usual we are happy to answer any questions you may have.  Use is still about the same at 6-700 padders a year, so you can be assured of that solitude you are seeking.

We still happy to be part of the QJ experience.

I'll try and provide a few more updates if time permits.

Doug