In this episode, I start my journey on the Bowron Lakes. This 116 kilometer canoe circuit, is located in the Caribou mountains of British Columbia. This circuit is world famous. It's incredibly beautiful, remote, but still accessible , and the chain of lakes makes a perfect trapezoid(or something), almost like it was designed as a destination for canoeing and kayaking. I do have a video of my trip to the Bowron Lakes. Where I do talk about some of the pre circuit stuff, like getting registered and weighing my stuff, you can check that out, but it's definitely not necessary. In this video I get right into it by starting the first portage. This whole trip starts with a 2.4 kilometer portage to Kibbie Lake, and on day one, I actually have 3 portages. I'm doing the Bowron Lakes on a bit of an accelerated time schedule, 5 days, so that's why I have to do all 3 pordages on day one. A lot of people do this circuit in 7 or 8 days, but I like to go fast, and I also had a wedding I needed to be home for. anyways I did all 3 portages on day 1, then camped at campsite 12 for the night. Campsite 12 was pretty close to the beginning of Isaac Lake, the biggest lake in all of Bowron Lake Provincial Park, which meant that I was in for a huge day on day 2. I was going to need to paddle 38 kilometers to make my goal of camping at "The Chute."
The Chute is the only rapid section on the Bowron Lake chain. Some people would find it tame, but as a predominantly lake paddler, rapids make me nervous. I did make that goal, so the entirety of day 2 was spent paddling Isaac Lake. This a super long but beautiful lake. I think I had about 8 and a half hours of seat time on this day, which was a bit of a grind, but I do like the challenge. That's why I'm here. I did check out a couple campsites on the way, and an old cabin, but today was all about putting in distance, and getting to the Chute. That's set us up to start day 3 by running the Chute, and then the roller coaster. I ended up tagging along with another group for this section. There is safety in numbers, and that's the whole reason I pushed to the Chute on day 2. After navigating the Chute and the roller coaster, there is still a little bit more paddling on the Isaac River to do. This section is a lot more tame, and it ends in another portage. This is a mandatory portage, and travels you around some real rapids. After the portage, there's another small section of river, which leads to yet another portage. This portage is also mandatory, as the river flows over a waterfall from here, and you don't want that. This portage leads down to McLeary Lake, and that's the final stop in this episode. I end here with the realization that I had left my pot and cooking utensils behind, which was a big mistake. I have enough food to survive without cooking, but it's not ideal. And everytime you make a mistake out in the backcountr, it puts you at risk of it being a serious one. You'll have to tune into part 2 next week, to find out out what happens. I continue my paddle from here, for some 60 more kilometers through some absolutely beautiful country. I see the Caribou river, Lanezi Lake, Caribou Falls, the Pectacle Lakes, and more, as we continue to the end of the beautiful Bowron Lake chain.
Watch part two here: • Finishing BC's Best Canoe Trip In A H...
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