Solus wrote on Mar 19^th, 2012 at 1:36pm:

MT- How much did an evacuation from Woodland Caribou cost?  I take a lot solos, and due to the time of year (only seen 1 canoe in seven years) probably should carry either a spot or a cyanide tablet, but not certain I could afford to press the button.

Solus.......Ontario provides SAR free of charge. SPOT service however, has rescue insurance for $12 a year. I thought about that for 2 seconds and said "yea, I'll take that"........

Prouboys thoughts are well taken as well.......I have heard of people asking for evac because they were afraid of bears. As this technology becomes more common I can see unwarranted usage going up. It can easily be argued that my evac was essentially unwarranted as it was not life threatening just extremely inconvenient. I was between a rock and a hard place but sooner or later someone would of helped.

It did cost me $600 to rent a floatplane to go back and get my boat though. Lets see........2 day drive there........8 hours of paddling........one long night on the beach........one helicopter ride.......one floatplane ride (both rides on the same day weeeeeee!)........and 2 day drive home.  :P