Canoeing trip to James Bay in North Ontario

Just over a week ago me and 3 friends departed on a 7 day trip to North Ontario. We drove to Cochrane and took a train to Moose river from there. We then proceeded down the river on our canoes; paddling for 5 days, sometimes for 30 km/day and at times carrying the canoes through some very shallow waters. We canoed past Moosonee till James Bay, a bay to Hudson Bay, which in turn is the bay to the Arctic Ocean, where we braved a quick swim in the bay in some extremely cold waters. Afterwards we took the tide coming in back to Moosonee, where we took the train back to Cochrane.

Overall we paddled for nearly 120 kms, camped out in remote areas, had black bears visiting our campsites, slept in a baggage train cart and technically swam in the Arctic Ocean; in conclusion the trip was awesome.

All of the pictures from the trip can be found here


Me and Vadim on a train from Cochrane to Moose river.


View of the sunset over Moose river.

 
Canoeing teams; me with Masha and Vadim with Danila


A campsite with a view not far from Moosonee

 
Moon over Moose river


Camping in a swampy grass field 10 kms from James Bay.


Swimming technically in the Arctic Ocean, in reality though in James Bay.


Spending the night in a cargo cart of a train in Moosonee.

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