Bushcraft Canoe Trip with Cree Guides in Northern QuebecAugust 10-16, 2008 |
At A Glance
Dates: 8/10-8/16, 2008
Cost: $1150
Max. Size: 9
Registration Information
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In August we're running another bushcraft and canoeing trip with native Cree guides David and Anna Bosum from the village of Ouje-Bougoumou in northern Quebec. We'll paddle around their ancestral homeland, enjoy the beautiful boreal forest setting, and learn a variety of bushcraft skills and techniques from people who live them every day. The trip will be a mixture of lake and river canoeing, with lots of time in camp learning the traditional lifeways of the north. It's beautiful and
wild country, about 470 miles north of Montreal.
David and Anna run a small cultural tourism business showing and
teaching people their traditional subsistence skills. They're the
last generation of Cree to be born in the bush, and the last
generation of native subsistence hunters in this part of the world.
The younger generations have not adopted the traditional lilfeways,
and as such David and Anna's generation will be the last to carry
this knowledge. On the trip you'll hear many stories of their people and have
an amazing immersion experience into living off the land from people
who have spent their lives doing it. This isn't an instructional course, but a chance to travel with, watch, and participate with people who are living the bush life.
"During your journey, you will learn about our special relationship with the land. Living close to this land, we tend to think of it as a living entity - something that can be hurt if we don't treat it well. So we take what we need from it and leave the rest to grow and flourish for our grandchildren. A visit to one of our camps offers an intimate window to our way of life where you will be introduced to traditional skills, practices, past times, medicines and stories."
Intinerary: We'll meet in Ouje Bougoumou on the afternoon/evening of Saturday, August 9th, and start our trip the morning of the 10th. We'll be back the night of the 16th and leave on the 17th.
Travel Info: Participants can either drive themselves or fly to the Chibougoumou/Chapais airport, where they will be met. Air Creebec provides flights from Montreal.
The trip is limited to 9 participants.
Check out our video from the 2007 trip:
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