I enjoyed the trip . Thank you both for sharing you special time together with me.. 👵 🎥 🎬 📷 🎼 🚮 Thank you for reminding us all to clean up after ourselves !!
What a gift for you and your son to have this father-son trip recorded. My husband has been to Canada several times to fishing camps and tried to describe the beauty of the wilderness to me. I get it now. 😊
Thank you. Yes, it was this canoe trip that made me decide to start filming any adventures I go on. A great way to remember them as well. My son has matured so much since this trip, we hope to do another one in the next year or two.
What an awesome trip for you and your son. I live beside the north saskatchewan in Battleford and canoe it often. But here the scenery is not quite as nice and there is no rapids.
Thank you! I always think very fondly of this trip, it was our first big one and such a success in so many ways. We will definitely do it again sometime in the next few years.
Looks like an awesome trip! I am...or was planning to kayak Edmonton to North Battleford solo this June. By the scenery you guys had I might decide to do this stretch instead...
You will not regret starting in Nordegg. A kayak would make it even more fun as you can hit the bigger rapids if you want. Let us know how your trip goes!
Great trip! We've canoed Genessee to Devon a few times, but we want to start further upstream. This is a great look at the type of conditions we'll encounter. Thanks! I agree 100% about the beauty not being by accident. I ALWAYS take an anchor or tie off the canoe. Levels can fluctuate a foot over night. Bet you wont do that again. :) Did you find you were packed a little heavy with the coleman stove and lawn chairs?
Thanks Billy! Yes we definitely were more careful after the lost canoe incident. Normally one of us would pull it way out of the water, but we both walked away without thinking. Surprisingly, the stove and chairs were not a bother, the chairs kept the tent off the bottom of the canoe (dry) it was more the amount of clothes I brought that I would not do again. One pair of pants, shorts, couple of shirts is all I will take next time.
Great film! My friends and I are doing Nordegg to Rocky this upcoming weekend. Would love to know your recommendations for campsites, what to expect, and if a two-day river float would be enough to cover the distance. Thanks!
Thank you! Sorry I didn't get to this sooner as you are probably at Rocky by now. Honestly, there are so many places to camp you won't have trouble finding any. I hope your trip went well. You can do it in two days, a bit tight though depending on how much paddling you do.
Great video. Thank you for sharing your trip. I think you and you son have inspired a lot of people to give it a try. I have just started looking into paddling myself and I want to get the right canoe. What would you recommend in a canoe? Size, material made from etc. Thanks
Thanks for your kind words, I had no idea these films would impact so many people, I'm absolutely humbled. As for the size of a canoe, ours is 17 feet, a bit big but we can carry more equipment with two people. Could go three people, but then I wouldn't have the luxury of my coleman stove and other things haha. For two people, you can get away with a 14 or 15 foot. Material, for rivers you want something durable as you do scrape rocks sometimes, the plastic Coleman like we have is almost indestructable, but not a very agile canoe. Although we did ok with it. Really, I would recommend just buying a used canoe the first time around, if you don't like it, you can always sell it and get something that better suits you. Hope this helps.
Wow, small world Evan. Did you ever meet Wayne? Since that day I always wondered what he was like, and what happened to him. I get the feeling he is the kind of guy I would hang around with.
@@ParklandFilms oh yeh I met him several times the little town we live in is do East of that memorial. There is another bench like that somewhere else.
Great video! I'm excited for when my son is old enough to do some trips like this. Would love to get to that part of the country for some paddles! I'm out east in NL:) Did you film this with a go pro? You had some amazing shots.
Thank you! Good to hear from someone out east. If Alberta is too far, there are some great places in Ontario to take canoe trips as well. Lots of lake country, connected by rivers. Someday I will go out there for some paddling. I filmed all of this with my Samsung S5 phone. It was water resistant which was a must! The phone was wet for the whole trip. My GoPro went missing years ago but I have a replacement so my next canoe trip will have some more action shots!
Edmonton Fire Rescue keeps warning people to stay out of that river. It kills so many people who try and swim across it or have a boating capsizing accident. The undercurrents are so powerful they can suck you under even in a life preserver and hold you down. Must be the stretch that runs by Edmonton.
I enjoyed the trip . Thank you both for sharing you special time together with me.. 👵 🎥 🎬 📷 🎼 🚮 Thank you for reminding us all to clean up after ourselves !!
Thanks! Yes, that was a great part of that trip, never had to clean up any garbage.
What a gift for you and your son to have this father-son trip recorded. My husband has been to Canada several times to fishing camps and tried to describe the beauty of the wilderness to me. I get it now. 😊
So glad you are safe!!!!
What a mighty God we serve.
Thanks, and he has sure given us a beautiful world.
Six years out from a bone marrow transplant for leukemia I know this to be very very true. Every day above dirt is a good day indeed. 😎😎😎
Good video with nice narration. Well done.
Thank you!
I love that you are game for adventures and that you seem to enjoy them and film them.
Thank you. Yes, it was this canoe trip that made me decide to start filming any adventures I go on. A great way to remember them as well. My son has matured so much since this trip, we hope to do another one in the next year or two.
Great job on the film Ryan! Steven will recount this story and maybe duplicate the trip with his son.
Thanks Brian! We both enjoyed the trip immensely.
awesome video, Ive canoed the Nordegg to Rocky stretch 4 times with buddies
Very nice, great way to spend time with your son...
Thank you Jim, we can't wait for the next trip. Might go down the Athabasca from Jasper this summer.
What an awesome trip for you and your son. I live beside the north saskatchewan in Battleford and canoe it often. But here the scenery is not quite as nice and there is no rapids.
Thank you! I always think very fondly of this trip, it was our first big one and such a success in so many ways. We will definitely do it again sometime in the next few years.
Looks like an awesome trip! I am...or was planning to kayak Edmonton to North Battleford solo this June. By the scenery you guys had I might decide to do this stretch instead...
You will not regret starting in Nordegg. A kayak would make it even more fun as you can hit the bigger rapids if you want. Let us know how your trip goes!
Great trip! We've canoed Genessee to Devon a few times, but we want to start further upstream. This is a great look at the type of conditions we'll encounter. Thanks!
I agree 100% about the beauty not being by accident.
I ALWAYS take an anchor or tie off the canoe. Levels can fluctuate a foot over night. Bet you wont do that again. :)
Did you find you were packed a little heavy with the coleman stove and lawn chairs?
Thanks Billy! Yes we definitely were more careful after the lost canoe incident. Normally one of us would pull it way out of the water, but we both walked away without thinking. Surprisingly, the stove and chairs were not a bother, the chairs kept the tent off the bottom of the canoe (dry) it was more the amount of clothes I brought that I would not do again. One pair of pants, shorts, couple of shirts is all I will take next time.
Thanks for the tips
Great film! My friends and I are doing Nordegg to Rocky this upcoming weekend. Would love to know your recommendations for campsites, what to expect, and if a two-day river float would be enough to cover the distance. Thanks!
Thank you! Sorry I didn't get to this sooner as you are probably at Rocky by now. Honestly, there are so many places to camp you won't have trouble finding any. I hope your trip went well. You can do it in two days, a bit tight though depending on how much paddling you do.
Great film of a fantastic trip! Do you mind If we share it?
Great video. Thank you for sharing your trip. I think you and you son have inspired a lot of people to give it a try. I have just started looking into paddling myself and I want to get the right canoe. What would you recommend in a canoe? Size, material made from etc. Thanks
Thanks for your kind words, I had no idea these films would impact so many people, I'm absolutely humbled. As for the size of a canoe, ours is 17 feet, a bit big but we can carry more equipment with two people. Could go three people, but then I wouldn't have the luxury of my coleman stove and other things haha. For two people, you can get away with a 14 or 15 foot. Material, for rivers you want something durable as you do scrape rocks sometimes, the plastic Coleman like we have is almost indestructable, but not a very agile canoe. Although we did ok with it. Really, I would recommend just buying a used canoe the first time around, if you don't like it, you can always sell it and get something that better suits you. Hope this helps.
My good friend made that bench. I went to school with Wayne's daughter.
Wow, small world Evan. Did you ever meet Wayne? Since that day I always wondered what he was like, and what happened to him. I get the feeling he is the kind of guy I would hang around with.
@@ParklandFilms oh yeh I met him several times the little town we live in is do East of that memorial. There is another bench like that somewhere else.
@@ParklandFilms he passed in New Zealand i think.
Really nice family
Awesome trip .
I often remember how incredible this trip was. Hopefully next year I can get the time to do another one. Need a new canoe first...
Great video! I'm excited for when my son is old enough to do some trips like this. Would love to get to that part of the country for some paddles! I'm out east in NL:) Did you film this with a go pro? You had some amazing shots.
Thank you! Good to hear from someone out east. If Alberta is too far, there are some great places in Ontario to take canoe trips as well. Lots of lake country, connected by rivers. Someday I will go out there for some paddling. I filmed all of this with my Samsung S5 phone. It was water resistant which was a must! The phone was wet for the whole trip. My GoPro went missing years ago but I have a replacement so my next canoe trip will have some more action shots!
Edmonton Fire Rescue keeps warning people to stay out of that river. It kills so many people who try and swim across it or have a boating capsizing accident. The undercurrents are so powerful they can suck you under even in a life preserver and hold you down. Must be the stretch that runs by Edmonton.
Good video but next time slow the camera movement down....im still dizzy.,
I'll try!
Spent 40 plus years roaming this river for gold but never did that area as too far away