Expedition Northeast 2023-2024
Nearly 5 years in the making – I’m excited to share my next project: Expedition Northeast – a continuous crossing of northeast Canada never before attempted in modern history. 1 Year / 4 seasons, roughly 3800km. Departing from Hudson Bay this July. Canoeing, snowshoeing, backpacking, rafting. Upriver, downriver, across lakes, ponds, ocean, hills, valleys, bogs, barrens, and mountains. I will be posting GPS updates en route. Saku will join me for the warmer seasons. During the sub-arctic winter, I’ll likely be solo. Biggest objective is to complete the route in 12 months by my own power while experiencing and documenting all 4 northern seasons. I want to live simply and in harmony with nature. This has been a dream of mine ever since I struck ice in northern Quebec in 2018. I told myself the next time freeze-up comes, I’ll be ready to continue on throughout winter. It is not…
Video: The Abandoned Canoe (10-day/200km Expedition)
The Abandoned Canoe Documentary is now live on YouTube! Watch it here: https://youtu.be/ys-xDACRGlE A 3 hour film that follows me and Saku on 10-day, 200km expedition. The goal is to hopefully retrieve the canoe I abandoned in Northern Quebec’s wilderness in 2018 at freeze-up. At the time I was attempting a 1700km expedition from the Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society when winter struck a bit early. There is a chance that Bears or the harsh northern elements got the best of it…did it survive? Come along to find out. (Warning: Comments may contain SPOILERS) Part of this journey includes the 4000km road trip to get there. 1100km of it on wilderness roads in Northern Quebec. It’s an adventure of the rarest kind far from civilization! Hope you enjoy the show! Pls share and leave a comment below if it tickles your fancy. Every bit…
Retrieving my Stashed Canoe from Northern Quebec – Coming To YouTube this Friday, Nov 25th!
The time has come folks! This is a bear bite into the paddle I used crossing Labrador and Northern Quebec in 2018. I discovered it when I went to retrieve my stashed canoe this past summer. Both were abandoned when we got flown out after striking ice on that glorious expedition. Tune into my YouTube channel this Friday to see if the canoe survived 4 long years in the desolate Canadian north. I’ve carefully produced a 3-hour documentary. At first, I was going to deliver it in 3-4 episodes but as it came into its own I felt it was meant to flow as one big movie. It follows me and Saku on a 10-day, 200km paddling trip across Quebec’s largest body of water – Caniapscau Reservoir to track down my Esquif canoe. Plus I highlight some of the 4000 km drive to get there which included 1100km on remote…
Expedition Update Sept 2022
Early September 2022 – The night I reached my abandoned canoe after paddling, portaging and lining 100km in 5 days far away in the Northern Quebec wilderness. It had been stashed for 4 years in that harsh environment. Over 200km as the crow flies from the nearest community of Schefferville. Before this Northern Lights show, due to cloud-covered skies, I hadn’t seen a star for a week. Nature has a strange way of making magic at the most interesting times. As always I took it as a sign that I was in the exact spot I needed to be in life. Though I have witnessed Aurora Borealis dance before, it’s still the most beautiful, captivating, and empowering sight I have ever seen. If you look closely, you can see a contented Saku by the glowing blaze. All said and done together we drove 8000km and canoed 200km in 24 days.…
Video: Unedited Extended Footage from Across Labrador circa 2018 – Travelling the Red Wine River
Just put some unedited extended footage onto the #youtube channel from 2018’s expedition across Labrador & Northern Quebec. It shows some beautiful and tricky sections of the 150km Red Wine River ascent (map below). Enjoy! https://youtu.be/i9h2MPo7Gxo
Welcome to the Site!
Welcome, My name is Justin and my passion is wilderness living and expeditions. The challenges and joys experienced outdoors fill my soul and make me feel alive. I do it to see if I can but also to share the passion and learning experiences had along the way. I want to create healthy conversation about wild spaces and get more people moving within them. I use film, photography, writing and keynote to showcase my adventures. On my travels, I prefer self-propelled movement. I like to hike, paddle, ski, snowshoe, climb, claw and anything else that moves me by my own power. I fish, forage and hunt when possible for subsistence. I go on long demanding expeditions and also shorter tours. I have two dogs, Saku and Bear, who love it as much as I do and join in on the fun. My life mission is…
