14 Days in the Saskatchewan Boreal - Part III

This trip takes place in East central Saskatchewan, Northwest of the of the border towns Creighton. SK and Flin Flon, MB. The starting/end point of this trip is just off highway 135 at the outfitter Slim’s Cabins. It is a 2 week, 250km solo canoe trip with 34 portages and great fishing.

On my fifth day, I paddled out of Nemei Lake and up a river that I can only assume is the Nemei River. I encounter a small and medium portage and I lined my canoe three times. The last line was probably a portage…but I was feeling lazy. Once on Kakinagimak (Cree word for “long”) Lake, I bumped into a fishing group from Colorado. They mentioned that they were having good luck and the next set of narrows was producing fish. At the narrows there was an area where I could pitch a tent, so that’s where I decided to stay the night. Got to love front door walleye!!!!

I started off my 6th day rudely awakened by a bear at 4 in the morning. The bear woke me up with a lot of loud mouth breathing….lol. A bear-banger did the trick as that sent it running into the bush. This paddling was easy as I had a nice tail wind. I didn’t get a lot of sleep so the extra help from mother nature was appreciated! To add to my luck, the people who own the cabin on the south side of the lake are taking care of the portages which saved me a lot of work! Huzzah! There are only three portages from Kakinagimak to Wildnest Lake. The second one is a little hard to find as its West of where the historic trip notes indicate. Once on Wildnest, I hammered a walleye for supper and came across a decent campsite. From what I’ve found, Wildnest doesn’t have a lot of good camping opportunities. There is the odd good site, but not a ton. Every time I’ve paddled this lake I've managed to catch walleye on it, so I always look forward to visiting it.

Just Would like to give a big thanks to the Pelican Narrows and Sandy Bay band offices for helping me with the translations of the lake names. If anyone notices any mistakes, please let me know! Sorry in advance for any mispronunciation.
Thanks for watching!

Saskatchewan Documented Canoe Routes: https://www.churchillrivercanoe.com/t...

Kakinagimak Fishing Map:
https://kississinglodge.com/img/maps/...

Maps Used On this Trip: 063M07 / 063M02 / 063M08 / 063M01 / 063L16 / 063K13 / 063N04 / 063N05 / 063M09

Topo map download address:
https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_...

Music in order of appearance:

“Weather Any Storm (Instrumental Version)” by CODY FRANCIS
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7...

“Every Single Day” by PEARCE ROSWELL
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/n...

“The Den” by GEORGE'S TOWN https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/X...

“Dusty Road” by PEARCE ROSWELL
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/0...

If you want any GPS coordinates, tracks or specific trip notes, please email: [email protected]