Map of Clearwater River [ Jul 5, 1986 ] 1 / 50
Twin Otter takes 6 of us and canoes into Lloyd Lake [ Jul 5, 1986 ] 2 / 50
Start of Clearwater River. Peter and Marcel, Clive and I follow [ Jul 6, 1986 ] 3 / 50
We camp at mile 23. Clive and I nearly lost cache, camera and gear soaked [ Jul 6, 1986 ] 4 / 50
Rock paintings at mile 25, east shore, 8 feet up [ Jul 7, 1986 ] 5 / 50
Longwort [ Jul 7, 1986 ] 6 / 50
Mile 55 Clearwater River - a beautiful campsite [ Jul 7, 1986 ] 7 / 50
Clearwater River, camp at mile 55 [ Jul 7, 1986 ] 8 / 50
Mile 62, first gorge, very difficult portage [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 9 / 50
Virgin Rapids from Careen Lake [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 10 / 50
41 inches long by 4 and a half inches wide, 28 to 30 pounds [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 11 / 50
Peter and I portage rapids below Virgin River. Note, damaged canoe in accident [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 12 / 50
Marcel and Peter about mile 78, heading west [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 13 / 50
Clearwater Rapids, these were not runnable [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 14 / 50
Clearwater River, in some places there were lots of rocks [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 15 / 50
We rest as we drift looking for campsites [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 16 / 50
I bet we had porridge, Clearwater River [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 17 / 50
Jim Fletcher's eye was closed for half a day [ Jul 8, 1986 ] 18 / 50
Tom and Peter examine cabin at mile 155 below Descharme River [ Jul 11, 1986 ] 19 / 50
We stop to examine the cabin [ Jul 11, 1986 ] 20 / 50
Clearwater River [ Jul 11, 1986 ] 21 / 50
Clearwater Falls, 1450 yard portage, what a sight [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 22 / 50
Clearwater Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 23 / 50
Clearwater Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 24 / 50
Rapids below Clearwater Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 25 / 50
Clearwater Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 26 / 50
Telephone book cover [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 27 / 50
Telephone Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 28 / 50
Our lunch stop - mile 170 Telephone Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 29 / 50
Telephone Falls, limestone erosion [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 30 / 50
Telephone Falls, Tom and Clive admire rushing water [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 31 / 50
Telephone Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 32 / 50
We have lunch [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 33 / 50
Rapids below Telephone Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 34 / 50
Marcel and Peter site in the shallows of Telephone Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 35 / 50
Telephone Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 36 / 50
Telephone Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 37 / 50
Telephone Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 38 / 50
Telephone Falls [ Jul 12, 1986 ] 39 / 50
Methye portage, fern-like plants in lower areas [ Jul 13, 1986 ] 40 / 50
Lunch stop at Whitemud Falls [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 41 / 50
Whitemud Falls [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 42 / 50
Whitemud Falls [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 43 / 50
Lunch stop at Whitemud Falls [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 44 / 50
Whitemud Falls, let him go, Tom [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 45 / 50
Peter admiring Whitemud Falls [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 46 / 50
Pine Rapids, Tom and Jim navigate rocks [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 47 / 50
Horseshoe campsite at end of Cascade Rapids [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 48 / 50
We arrive at Fort McMurray. Milow, Tom, Jim, Clive, Peter, and Del [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 49 / 50
McFarlane River [ Jul 14, 1986 ] 50 / 50
