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Thank you for watching! It certainly is an interesting lake to visit. Early in the season the water level is very low (I made a short about that, if you're curious) and your experience will be very different from what you see in the video. There was a large forest fire in that area this year, and I'm not sure how that will affect the reservoir. The Powell Forest is a fun trip, too! I'm curious if your trip was similar to ours. I don't think you can go wrong with either one, though finding camping spots on Duncan can be challenging and it is just the one lake. ua-cam.com/video/YsOkFWLHA_4/v-deo.htmlsi=Q2FscWtdNjqOXwee

Thank you for watching!

🤣 Why, thank you! Happy to hear you enjoyed the episode, though now I'm nervous about my music choices for the other ones. I hope they'll pass muster, too...! 😉

@@adventureben22 no worries there. Good luck on your channel….

With only one or two trips per year and long format videos it is slow going, but it is a lot of fun, so I keep chipping away at it. Thank you for taking the time to watch my videos, it is very much appreciated!

Dave! So nice to hear from you and I'm happy to see you found the video. I am very glad we got to see you again, that was a good start to our trip. We had a grand time. To be able to bring my friends to this remote corner of the world was a real treat. Speaking of treats, I'll try and bring you some more next time I find myself in the area. 😉 Until then: be well and all the best!

Hello Len, thanks for watching my video! What is your documentary about? Aside from this canoe route I don't know a lot about that area, but I'm happy to answer your questions if I can. You can contact me at: question for ben (at) gmail dot com, just remove the spaces.

Thanks for watching! The first half of the trip is in a Provincial Park and you are not allowed to fly drones in those. As soon as we left the park I started using it.

If I ever go there again I will make a point of taking a dip, just for you! 🤣

@@adventureben22 Never walk (or paddle) past a hot (warm) spring again, that's just wrong!

Haha! Fair enough!

It was a truly remarkable trip and that whole area is amazing. Thanks for watching, it is very much appreciated!

@@adventureben22 the whole series was well done and very entertaining to watch. Great job!

Thank you for the kind words. 😊 I hope to make many more videos in the future.

Dankjewel!

They often get a bad rep here in North America, but given what they are designed for they are great boats!

Het was heel bijzonder. Bedankt voor het kijken!

Zeker anders, maar ik heb rond Drachten gevaren en het is daar ook prachtig!

Thank you! That really was a special day.

You are very welcome! Thank you for watching.

I thought of you when we were there! 😆 Yes, they are quite a lot warmer than the lake, but they didn't seem too pleasant when we were there. I wonder if it is due to timing, you were there earlier in the season than we were. Though with hot springs that shouldn't matter, I suppose. 🤷‍♂️

@@adventureben22 Maybe I just have a thing for hot springs, even when they aren’t hot.

🤣 Fair enough! The view alone is worth a soak, isn't it?

@@adventureben22 both the view and the smell of wild mint made it a very memorable soak.

Een klein beetje maar...

@@adventureben22 😆

Thank you for watching, it is much appreciated! We rented a canoe from Mitchell's in Powell River. They let us park our vehicle there and we used Sasquatch Trails to shuttle us to the start and to pick us up again at the end. We agreed to meet at the public boat ramp at the bottom of Lois Lake. I wouldn't leave my vehicle at the boat launch. The put in was much more public, but since we didn't decide to leave our vehicle on either side I never looked into options for that. We decided to start on the Powell Lake side to make use of the waves. We're slow starters and knew the afternoon winds would be a challenge for us. Cardiac Hill is a challenge, but if you take a day and go slow it is quite doable. Because of Cardiac Hill, if you do go our way around (clockwise) and you rent a boat, it is worth shelling out for the lightweight boat. We ended up flying up Powell Lake and if I'd known that (you can't bank on it, though!) we would have taken a day to explore Goat Lake. In hindsight I am extra happy we went this way around. We didn't know this when we left, but the shores of Powell Lake are lined with never ending floating cabins, which was fun for a little bit, but it was bad for the sense of remoteness we were looking for. As soon as we left Powell Lake we got exactly what we wanted and it stayed that way for the rest of the trip. Lois Lake has some cabins at the end of the lake, but nowhere near as many as Powell Lake and that made for a much more pleasant ending to the trip. All in all I'm glad we did it this way around, but, in fairness, you can't go wrong. If you're on Facebook, there is a group dedicated to paddling the Powell Forest Canoe Route. You can find lots of good information there, too. Happy paddling!

@@adventureben22 Thanks so much for the detailed account. Your info is much appreciated. We haven't decided the direction of the travel but were leaning towards the counter clockwise. Humm... Finishing in the wildness instead of boat houses is much appealing. We will see. Anyways, thank you!!!

Thank you! That one was the biggest of the trip and a lot of fun to catch. 🤩 Thanks for watching!

Dankjewel! En bedankt voor het kijken!

Thank you for watching! Yeah, it is always fun to see bears. Saw a decent grizzly a little farther down the road, but didn't get him on video. There are a lot more episodes coming, enjoy!

🤣😂🤣😂 We hadden er een bij ons, maar die uit de tas graven leek meer werk dan even spitten. En als oer Hollandsche jongens was een gracht graven een aantrekkelijk alternatief! 😉 Bedankt voor het kijken!

Thank you for watching! I really should have learnt my lesson the first time around and gone earlier in the season! In the end it wasn't too bad, though. Just bad enough to remember it as a tough one and tell tall tales about it! 🤣

@@adventureben22 Those are the experiences that make the trip memorable! But I will admit while watching your video I may have thought "I'm glad did that trip when I did!" a few times. But the video also made me want to go back again.

It certainly was type 2 fun a few times. 😆 I'm happy the video makes you feel inspired to get out there again! We took 13 days to do the trip, so we had lots of time for extracurricular activities. The hardest part is behind us now. Fun videos to come!

Bedankt, kerel! Leuk dat je gekeken hebt! Elke week een nieuwe aflevering!

In all honesty we set up camp, made a quick meal and a cup of tea and went straight to bed. We were exhausted!

End of August, early September. It was pretty brutal. In the lakes the water level was fine, but the rivers barely flowed, especially the first section. The other two weren't that bad, but that first section took some effort!

Oh, we had a great time, puzzling our way through. Pretty challenging day, though. Episode 3 will have more challenges from that river...

Oh, we struggled, especially in the second half (next week's video!), but we loved every second of it. 😊

Sharing these experiences with friends was the best part! We had so much fun. 😊

Thank you! The Nation Lakes is a wonderful route to paddle, I hope you get to tick that one off your list soon.

Thank you for watching the video! This is in WMU 4-8, there are a lot of turkeys there.

@@adventureben22 Thank you so so much👍👍👍, have you ever tried 0r heard rock creek,christina lake,Grand forks wmu 8-15 ?

I haven't been out that way for turkeys, but I would be surprised if they weren't there. Good luck!

Thank you for watching my video, I am glad you enjoyed it! From what I understand the river can be quite high in July and judging by the size of some log jams and the size of the trees in it, the river can actually get quite serious. Water had been low the last few years, though. I would recommend asking the outfitter for guidance. They'll be able to tell you when the best time is. I know people who have done it in August and they had a grand time. You'll love the trip, have fun!

Thank you for watching it ... again! Much appreciated. 😊 You'll have a ton of fun! Most people do the loop counter-clockwise, but we decided to go the other way around. You can't go wrong either way, but we were very glad we opted for the tail winds on Powell Lake at the cost of portaging "Cardiac Hill" uphill. It bought us an extra day (made it to Goat Lake on day one) and we enjoyed finishing the trip on Lois Lake, which is a bit less busy with people than Powell Lake. But again, you can't go wrong either way! Have fun and safe travels!

I'm excited! I noticed you did the route "backwards." We are still in planning stages and we had talked about getting Powell Lake over with first but at the moment I think we are leaning towards starting at Lois Lake. I do like the idea of getting the "busy lake" over with first though! How did your 2nd trip to Nation Lakes turn out?

@@ruraldragonflyIt was amazing! My friends had no clue they were going on the trip until breakfast on the day they were getting on the plane! 😆 Very interesting to do the trip again, it was both the same and very different. I'm editing the video at the moment, but it is a bit of a monster production... Also! Bring good shoes to the Powell Forest Canoe Route, it really is 50% paddling and 50% hiking! Amazing and worth it, but good to know before you go.

Thanks. I was planning on good footwear.I was able to get away with my Teva's for last summers 500m portage but figured proper shoes were a must for this trip. Can't wait to see your Nation Lakes video.

@@ruraldragonfly will you make a slideshow/video of your PFCR trip, too?

We went in September. Bugs were there, but they were getting sluggish. Daytime temperatures varied, in the teens (Centigrade), I'm guessing. Both day and night temperatures dropped substantially over the 10 days we were there. We did have two frosty nights at the end. Water levels can be an issue in September, they are getting low by then.

Thank you! Yes, it is a very special place. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Hey! That's awesome, thank you for watching. We rented that RAM-X and it turned out to be a good go anywhere, do anything canoe. You'll have a great work horse with that engine on the back. I hope you'll have a ton of fun on your adventures. Again, thanks for checking out my videos. I don't make them very fast, but I always have one or two on the go that I chip away at when I can.

What makes you say that!? 🤣

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

Thank you.

Thank you!

Thank you for watching!

Thank you for taking the time to watch my video! That is awesome, you'll have a ton of fun. I'm curious how different it will be from your memory of the first time. Yes, 10 days is a leisurely pace with lots of time in camp and for breaks on shore. We only paddled 8 days and had two rest days. I'm sure early risers/faster paddlers can do the trip in 6 days if they put their mind to it, but we like to really take it in and experience the place properly. I would recommend taking at least 8 days, but am very happy we took 10 and I would not have been upset if we had had another few days to spend there... ☺️

If you ever find yourself in my area I'm sure we can figure out an adventure! 😉

Thank you very much, that is high praise! ☺️ It took a lot of effort to whittle down the video to this length. The first cut was much longer! 😆 Thank you for taking the time to watch it, it is very much appreciated!

Yes we do!🐺

Yes, they really are! Going up on Cardiac Hill was a slog. 😆 Still happy we did it that way around, it was nice to have the tail wind doen Powell Lake and get the hard work over with early on. We had such a blast on that trip! I learned afterwards about the bullfrog, those things are voracious! I hope they don't end up taking over completely... We'll be back out that way one day, that place is too beautiful to stay away from! 😉 Have you filmed anything spectacular with your drone recently? You showed us some of your orca footage and that was really cool. I hope you'll have time to check out my other videos.

It is a bit of personal preference. They are nowhere near as nice as a backpack for hiking, but they are generally used for food and easier to organize for that purpose. In my area I hang my food off cliffs at night for bears and bags tear easier scraping along the rock. You can sit on barrels when you camp. These barrels aren't bear proof, but they are air tight and don't smell as good to bears as a food bag does and they are somewhat bear resistant. I used dry bags for food for a long time, but I find the barrels easier for food storage. And the better resistance (again: not bear proof) to bears is a big plus for me. These barrels are purely for canoeing, though. The harness is fine for portaging, but I'd never take one backpacking.

I got all nostalgic and found a cool map image I have of that area from the owners of Douglas Lodge. Miss those epic areas; mason river, nations, babine river, Takla Lake. Fox you choose this over palm trees ;)

Thank you for watching. It really is an amazing area!