Canada’s ten provinces, and three territories to the north boast thousands of rivers, including the most northerly navigable rivers in the world.
There are five major drainages running across Canada: Rivers running north to the Arctic Ocean; west to the Pacific Ocean; north to Hudson Bay, including Ungava Bay and James Bay; east to the Atlantic Ocean, including the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Drainage system; and south to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River system. Almost three-quarters of Canada is drained northward to the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait. At 4,241 km (2,600 miles), the Mackenzie is Canada’s longest river, second longest in North America. It runs northwest through the Northwest Territories, from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.
There are lifetimes of exploring to be had in any of Canada’s provinces, many rivers have never been run by packraft. Packrafters are busy exploring Canada’s creeks, streams, lakes and rivers and here are some trip reports, organised by province!
Newfoundland/Labrador Trip Reports
Maritime Provinces Trip Reports