Crossing the Avalon Wilderness Reserve of Newfoundland: The Call of the Loon (Canoeing)
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Video description: This is the story of my approximate 120 km hiking and canoeing trip across Newfoundland's rugged Avalon Peninsula in July 2015. It was also my first attempt at documenting my expeditions.
I left from Trepassey in the south, scaled up the Northwest River, and moved through the reserve finishing at Peak Pond on the Salmonier Line. This was a great journey that can be completed by anyone who has moderate skills in the backcountry. Even just doing the canoe route from Mt.Carmel or Cape Pond (alternate starting points) to Peak Pond is a very unique wilderness experience so close to our capital city St. John's.
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It is absolutely wonderful to see someone roughing in on the Rock, and showing her in all her glory! Great videos, Justin.
Thanks Justin for pointing out to people not to leave garbage in the country.
I am truly enjoying watching your journeys! Thanks for sharing!
Spent the afternoon fishing where you caught the "big dog" last Saturday. Great country, did alright myself with a pair of 13 inch trout. Going to plan a trip in there for a few days. Got little hurried on the weekend, the wind came up and had to cross Mt. Carmel pond to get back, just made it. Great videos keep it up!
Thanks Jerry that's a fine spot! Love the big rock on the point there
The best people on earth come from the maritimes, Justin’s the best of the best haha.
Loving all the content, so good.
So good ! Such rugged country. Thx 4 sharing. Has this ever been done before ? Gonna guess no. Badass
Thanks Ted! Not sure if anyone has documented that route but I am sure the earliest settlers to the Rock had a go at it. Cheers!
The tail end of that route. Last 50k is a government advertised paddling route but never used. Be good one for you and Jim to tackle. Check the Rock off your bucket list then. Right close to St.Johns. Stop down to George Street for beers and tunes when your done 👍
@@JustinBarbournlexplorer Sounds Like a blast
Buckle up buddy you just got the Joe Robinet boost :) He was right you're the real deal man! please keep doing what youre doing bud. Much Love from NB
What a trip ! Awesome scenery and wildlife ! Were the nippers thick? haha my grandmother used to say at all the time. sad to see all the garbage left behind by people, in my last video I ran into the same stuff. cool to see the salmon jump and the moose. also good with with the music and editing, it all looked and sounded perfect. all the best !
Thanks for the kind words man! It was an excellent trip for sure. Nippers were not too bad. They don't bother too much to be honest. I subbed to your channel. Will check out some videos when I get a chance, cheers!
Keep this style / content goin. Your killin it! love love the scenery
Thanks for tuning in Darren I appreciate the kind words buddy! Lots more coming in couple weeks. Keep your eyes peeled 👍
G,day Justin starting watching your channel after joe robinet mentioned your name..great content, great videos..hi from Australia..cheers
Me too Peter.Hello from the UK mate.👍👍👍
Thanks for stopping by Peter and Chris. Cheers from the Rock boys!
sure did. i never seen this one . & Happy I Found It .Fun Stuff . The You My Son , I Bet I Look At This Again :)
Another good episode. Getting close to running through all your adventures and other videos. This and the Cartwright one are your early ones. Strange to see you without Saku the wonder dog.
Wow.... Well done.. Enjoyed very much.
Thanks again Jim, glad I could take you along for the ride!
Excellent video really enjoyed it looking forward to more videos
Thanks a lot Paul. That means a lot to me. I am trying to get the few I have all on here and then hopefully I can add more when time allows. Cheers
Unbelievable adventure. I've been through the AWR camping and hunting and spent a fair bit of time fishing the canoe route from the salmonier side but it's always been a dream of mine to do a full on adventure course like that. Great video.
Thanks buddy, I am going to get a guide of this trip up on my blog in the near future to help people out but by the sounds of it you have a good knowledge of the area already. If you ever have a question on your future endeavours don't hesitate to ask. Cheers
Great job on the video. I'm sure the editing and camera shots were a lot of work!
Thanks John, I spent a bit of time at it for sure. Took plenty of footage. Well worth sharing a good piece for all lovers of the outdoors.
Recently discovered your channel, awesome stuff, well done!!!
Thanks so much, new video coming tonight!
looks like lots of fun bud lots of beauty specks too
Thanks man I appreciate it. Great times for sure
I am a new subscriber i love your travels.But more importantly i love your "LEAVE NO TRACE" message.Keep up the great work.I am watching your videos one by one thankyou.👍
Thanks for watching Chris!
Great adventure across the peninsula...Thought you'd be eaten by flies when you first set out...(Great camera work)
Thanks for tuning in! Flies don't bother too bad. It's a small sacrafice to be out there!
Just found your channel - great stuff! Thanks for sharing your trips, Tim
just found your channel and subscribed brother !! Loving the videos and look forward to your videos and instagram!
Thanks man! Means a lot to me. I am enjoying your material as well. Keep at it! Cheers.
Really enjoying watching your trips Justin. Your channel has become one of my favorites. My type of living for sure.
Thanks Erin ya can't beat it
A stick must have ate your teeth. Too bad leafs beat the habs. :( you make great videos. Looks like a dream.
Stick it was thanks for watching buddy go habs go
thanks for the ride. best air in canada. like perfume of the forest.
Good trails as you check out sites on map great venture
We toured the Avalon via automobile on a family vacation about 10 years ago. On the way out to the Cape Race lighthouse, I remember looking into the beautiful and mysterious wilds of the interior thinking 'I wonder what it would be like to explore and fish this country', now I know! A NL backcountry adventure is definitely a bucket list item for me now. Thank you for your wonderful videos!
I like your music. Can you tell me some of the artists so I can buy some. Thanks
Thanks man! All artist's are listed at the end in the credits.
I want to do this trip! Great video man!
Thanks man! Do it up it is quite the experience, so close to St.John's. Let me know if you ever have any questions. If you check out my website/blog link in the video description you will find a Avalon Wilderness Reserve Paddling guide. Cheers brother!
Way to go Justin....and good on ya for keeping it real, beware the swag and sponsors, I can't watch Joe Robinette and Shawn James anymore with their ski-doos (with heated trailers for the dog), ATVs, pizza ovens and Fjallraven brassieres. Love it by the fire with the dogs. I want to get out to the Rock now, Thx
this guy is an amazing substatute teacher
thank you!!
Good memories to the rock! Great video an love the Great Big Sea music and your flag.. Spent two in NFLD in early 90s. Planned to cross the Barrens from Salmonier to La Manche before moving back home to The Netherlands but never had the guts. I enjoyed to watch you do.
Thanks for the kind words and sharing that story Bart! It's never too late to come back and make your trip happen. You won't regret it. If you ever need a hand planning the trip let me know. Cheers Justin.
Awesome video. Like many, I learned about your channel from Joe Robinet. If I may give you a bit of advice from a watchers perspective, when you're narrating, prepare well enough when you're reading your narration that it doesn't sound like you're reading it. Or just make some notes and speak off the cuff.
I'm really looking forward to spending the day watching your videos back to back.
Thanks Jennifer I appreciate that i'll take any advice I can get. Glad you came over.
Justin I know you’re out on your big expedition so I know I won’t get any answer for a long while, but I can’t find the song that starts around 18:19 anywhere! Seems like it’s Ryan Bingham’s Keep Rolling Along but there sure doesn’t seem to be a song by that name and man. Anyway, hope you’re well out there!
Love your videos. Love that monster brookie. I do love catching brookies more than any fish out there. Biggest I ever caught was 3 1/4 lbs at Sandy pond in Long Hbr ( now the Nickel plant built by Vale). Keep em coming and hope you have many experiences with maggoty trout Lol.
Amazing! I was searching for someone travelling in Canada. Found this channel. 1 minute of the first video on the channel - BAM! Subscribed 😆
Hey Justin just watched your cartwright vid. Awesome and thanks. Good luck tomorrow on your quest to cross the island.Ted
By thundering jesus.....I felt like I was back home..
haha glad i could bring ya back, where ya living?
Where did you come out Justin ?
I'm familiar with some of the area Holyrood Pond and the back river as my father called it. Gull pond Back River pond and Hodders pond.
Great job man👍👌this sure makes me miss home
Thanks! There's no place like the Rock.
A grand trip in amazing country killer fishing, oh yes and great tunes.
I travelled all the way with you, beautiful country! I love it!
awesome adventure Justin. You do great credit to the wonders of the Newfoundland wilderness.
Thanks for watching buddy cheers
Awesome! Great job!
As usual, a great start with excellent music. Maybe I am just biased to that kind of music....
who what how when ..... on the cache of the canoe? How did that go down? Cool vid, inspirational! thumbs up!!
You carry bearspray or a pistol lol ? You Bushwack thru some interesting wildlife areas .
Awesome channel! I've been watching for more videos!
The Avalon, my ole stomping grounds! On a visit 2 summers ago I canoe'd into one of my favourite fishing spots past Southern Peak. Brings back good memory's. facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159751946540640.1073741847.831310639&type=1&l=ac3e17d6de
Thanks for sharing John, those pictures are beauty! What a site you had. I absolutely love it in there. Glad I could bring you back. Hopefully you get in there again before too long, all the best buddy.
Me and my buddy we did the trip across Avalon Wildness last year in September. Was beautiful but also very very hard. I think the difficulty of it is under estimates by just watching this video. If you get heart or lost(witch easy can happen)your history.We were lucky to have good weather and no incidents.
For sure. It can't be taken lightly. Pain and toil is the price we pay to see the promised land. Glad you enjoyed the route and watched this video. Atb 👍
I love the videos! I used to hike, canoe, and fish all of the time. Maybe time to get it going again.
Thanks a lot hope you get back at er, hard to beat it buddy. Take care
lovely fish wish i had some. but fun seeing you having it . my son . good on you ! Thank You .
you were so young then, lol....great videos,...thanks
I hear some Ryan Bingham playing hey Justin do you carry music or just the flute
few tunes but gotta ration them just like the oatmeal
Your name kept coming up in chats, comments and during a bunch of live streaming podcasts I’ve watched recently so I went to check out your channel and discovered that I was already subscribed but I hadn’t hit the 🔔 to be notified your video releases. Well, that’s all fixed now 😁
I’m starting here and working my way forward. I’ve been binge watching your videos and I’m currently up to Ep.1 of your trans NL expedition. I’m bound and determined to get up to your most recent video as quick as possible 😆
I’ve been giving all your videos the big 👍🏻 because they certainly deserve it and I’ve enjoyed every one so far.
Thanks Alan glad to have you along. More to come. Nice to see you started here. The first video I ever made. Enjoy and best wishes - Justin
thank you for taking the time to share your journey and inspire us
Hi Justin. Great video.Thanks for sharing. I was wondering if it is difficult to obtain a permit to hike/camp in the Avalon Wilderness Reserve?
thanks and not at all . Head to the forestry building on the side of Paddy's Pond and they'll rig ya up
@@JustinBarbournlexplorer Thanks for the info. Do you know if it is possible to get a permit for a group of people (not commercial) or in that case each individual will need a separate one?
AWESOME BUD!! Yellowknife NT
Loved it all, Even your music sounds Irish, next I will find out you make Poteen. I thought you were Irish and someone replied to my comment. I had no Idea the Celts went so far to the west. Its beautiful by the way your very fortunate. I'm a Londoner.
Thanks Jane, whats a Poteen?
Great vid! I've been in there a few times. Did you go threw bloody pond on that route?
Thanks Ed! I appreciate it. I did go through Bloody Pond. Portaged over from Middle Pond.
Best of the best. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures. As a fellow Newfoundlander/Labradorian it makes me so homesick. Had plans on buying a trailer and touring the island but the virus put a stop to that. I love fishing just as much as you Justin so you know why I still love coming home in the summers. I watch your video and I look forward to your showing us your catch of trout. I can taste the trout when you are cooking them on the open fire. Stay safe young man and keep the video coming.
Watched all of your stuff including your latest journey. Don't know how I missed this one. Some classic Barbour here. I do enjoy the raw unfurnessed editing of your early stuff . But dont get me wrong. Love all your journey`s
What!!! No Saku or Bear ? Not fair..Lol.
incredible
Thanks!!
What an awesome video! Kudoos to you my son. Great to see the younger generation enjoy the woods. I read you are going to walk from west to eastern Newfoundland through the wilderness, is this correct?and btw thanks,Ted
Thanks Ted. We have so much woods here it's a shame not to enjoy it. And Yes I am doing an expedition. You can follow me at facebook.com/fortheloveoftherock/ or just type Newfoundland West to East: For the Love of the Rock into FB search bar. Would be happy to have you along!
I don't use face book, can you put your vids here on you tube?
Yes I will try. My vids usually go on vimeo.com/nlexplorer
Anyone can view that site you don't need an account.
The Facebook site is only for following my trip progress via GPS on google maps. Unfortunately I cannot put that on youtube but will try to post it on my blog: www.backcountryexplorernl.com
Watching your videos back from the very beginning whilst waiting for the next video. In for a treat! Thanks Justin
I've watched all your shows and I enjoy every minute and I rewatched all the episodes I wish I can do canoeing but that's only in my dreams hehe I can't swim at the same time can't use the puddling canoe...
Love the videos man keep em coming
What an expedition! Man, you're doing it. One with nature- much respect to the hard terrain
cool
Beauty trout! sad to see what people leave behind. If you pack it in pack it out.
Ésto no lo había visto nunca 👍
Where did you get that hat?
another nice one Pard - 2 questions if i may - what canoe are u using length weight etc and that camper you showed sayin not sposed to be there - was it abandoned? thanks and lookin forward to the next one take care
Thanks buddy its an old town guide 14 feet 7 inches and 83 pounds. Not light. Trailer was still in use but not supposed to be there
@@JustinBarbournlexplorer thanks - im too old fer portagin them weights lol - take care
This was another great video Justin. Thanks again for bringing us along
20:22 That didn't sound like a "Holy Cow" to me. LOL
Excellent video..
I just did a two day trip across the northern Avalon living off just trout.
The first 1/3 of the trip was fairly easy. Mostly tuckomore. Then the eastern side was super thick trees.
I worked like a dog the second day. And wasn't hungry at all, just super, super thirsty. Drinking from every book n river i could find.
First day I got 3 trout but didn't eat them till next morning.
I got about 6 hours good sleep, then set off to bay bulls.
Second day i caught 3 more trout for supper.
Then at 6:35 pm i made it to baybulls.
It was always a thing i wanted to do. And dame do it ever feel good to get it out of my system.
.But it you sir, you and just one of your videos that made me say, F it!.... im gonna do it.
So thank you in so many ways brother. Because my journey is far from over. 👍
So happy you made that happen brother
This was a great trip !! No matter how deep into the woods you go there always seems to be human trash...such a shame ) : Are there any bears in the area you traveled ?. Once again thanks for taking me along
Thanks it was quite the fun adventure! I also appreciate the kind words. As for bears they are plentiful in Newfoundland but not known to be many on the Peninsula where this trip took place.
Justin Barbour None, actually. I, too, have been from one end of the Avalon to the other. And it is a shame that even in the deepest parts of the Avalon there are beer bottles and cigarette butts/packages. You know then that you are in Newfoundland for sure.
Thanks for sharing your great adventure with all of us, and keeping it simple and FUN!
Catching that big brookie and kissing it was a good laugh. I certainly look forward to watching your other videos. Keep up the great work buddy, much appreciated :-)
And yes I subscribed ;-)
Thanks hope you're enjoying the channel!: )
looks like Wim Hof
Awesome channel bro, enjoying it a lot. I look forward to visiting Newfoundland someday. My great grandfathers name was Mike Cooney. He lived in Argentia before it was made into a military base. He was a big dude, and supposedly intimidated the men with an axe when they came to move them which got him and his family a fatter compensation check lol true story
That is amazing, what a beauty. I would have done the same thing. Thanks for the checking out the channel I really appreciate it. Hope you get here someday, it is a pretty cool place. Unique as they come. Stay tuned for more vids, cheers Ryan!
that was one awesome trip Justin, lots of nice trout and good eating ones.take care
Thanks Wallace 👍
sure did enjoy.
Thanks , Justin for showing us that this level of solo northern wilderness tripping can be done , with the right attitude , desire and preparation . Your channel is exactly what I have been looking for , as this type of hard core northern wilderness tripping that you do speaks louder to my dreams than any other iv'e seen anywhere . Recently subscribed and am very much looking forward to following along on your other adventures . All the best .
Thanks man I really appreciate that, stay tuned for more!
Great video from start to finish. I've been to Mt. Carmel Pond once or twice and I'd love to do the cane route across the reserve. Watching your video I don't know if I'm tuff enuf to handle it, especially solo.
Thanks for the kind words man, I appreciate it. If you plan well, take your time and put your mind to it, as cliche as it sounds, it is possible. Not an extremely rugged route! Let me know if you ever decide too and have questions. Cheers!
You're the best Justin!!!!! The real Deal. I hope your channel explodes. This is worth watching. Cheers dude you're a true outdoors men.
Thanks man!!!
Just started watching you channel. Awesome. Heard of it from 13prevail. Great videos!
Thanks for tuning in Wilf I appreciate. Lots more coming very soon, cheers buddy!
Hey Justin, love the channel. Do you have a song list of the soundtrack you used on this trip? I'd like to hear the full songs. Thanks.
They are all listed in the end credits. Thanks for watching TJ!
How did I miss this one. Excellent adventure I can’t wait for the big one next week and you start posting
Thanks Clifford!! I really appreciate it buddy. It's going to be an exciting challenge. Glad to have you along for the ride.
Thank you for sharing. Eating and cooking at and in the tent, isnt it dangerous because of baers? Greatings from germany.
No bears in this area thanks for watching!
Thanks Justin looks like a great adventure terry
awesome nature, great video...
Thank you! It's beautiful over here in Newfoundland, worth a visit!
This is a pure thing to watch, while I'm stuck inside today! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for coming along for the ride Brianna! I really appreciate the kind words. Cheers!
what is the backpack called?
can't remember got a lend of it off a buddy! sorry. Thanks for watching
Cutie pie
Looking at this for second time and loving it. Keep it up and hope to see some more videos in the year to come.
Thanks Len I really appreciate it, glad you enjoyed!
Great stuff Justin!! I can't tell you how much I enjoy getting to watch these journeys you and others like Joe do. I love the outdoors but do to some physical happenings over the last few years it has slowed me down and my ability to do what I used to be able to. I'm only 49 but have the spine of an 80 yr old according to my dr. And that's how it feels. I push and push but I'd give anything to be able to do this stuff. So thank you for your efforts and posting content like this. It's very inspiring and keeps that fire alive..if you know what I mean. I won't bother you with non stop comments. I just wanted you to know that what you guys do has a much deeper meaning for some of us like myself who can't anymore but dammit still want to!! Lol. Cheers man!!
Thanks Criag glad to bring you there!
@@JustinBarbournlexplorer Thanks man! You rock!
Okay, you know, it is rare to get these kind of films, especially that far north and remote. Sure, we have some people doing this in Ontario, but mostly Algonquin Park.
But, I would love to see something out of Polar Bear and Opasquia Provincial Park - here in Ontario, I know, hard to get to, all that said, keep it up, you are producing stuff that is really good, cheers.
Thanks Malcolm that means a lot to me man. Glad you enjoyed it. There will be more to come including the documentary of my 700 kilometre expedition across Newfoundland's remote wilderness. So stay tuned, cheers from the Rock!
excellent,,,, can't wait
No Saku