PHOTO GALLERIES
Canadian Canoe Foundation
COPPERMINE RIVER 2018
Thomas Kaohina from Kugluktuk
Bert Elatiak from Kugluktuk
TEMAGAMI 2019
Three boys from Nunavut about to embark on a Temagami canoe trip, (l. to r.): Iola Oshoweetok from Cape Dorset, Michael Haniliak & Andrew Anavilok from Cambridge Bay
Sitting around the campfire during a Temagami canoe trip
Outward Bound 2015
Evik Evetalegak, 15, from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut in Clayoquot Sound, BC
Eekeeluak Avalak at 14
Eekee (lime green t-shirt) with his group on his second OB trek.
Erika MacPherson Otokiak, 16, from Cambridge Bay
Erika participated in a two-week Outward Bound girls-only canoe trip in Algonquin Park. “I found love and peace on this trip. On my solo night I learned that there are good days and bad days – you just have to look up and be a prouder person than who you were yesterday.”
Megan Muckpah, 19, from Arviat
Megan completed a grueling 17-day leadership development trek in the Stein Valley, near Whistler, BC. In addition to accomplishing several certified qualifications, she discovered new strengths within herself. After the trip, she wrote to us: “Just wanted to say thank-you for letting me have such a great opportunity with Outward Bound. The hike was something I’ll never forget. There were times I just wanted to give up. I didn’t know I was ever capable of doing the 68.7 km hike. This is something that I thought my body wasn’t capable of doing, but now I know I could. Everything is possible if you make it possible. Other hikers were so encouraging, which would boost me. I wouldn’t have made it if it weren’t for their huge support. It was such a great feeling when we finished the hike, a feeling I never had before. I just want to say thank-you again. This will be something that I’ll be talking about for the rest of my life.”
Camp Temagami 2019
Ayalik – Temagami canoe trip, summer 2019
Northern Youth 2016
Eric Amagonalok, 13, from Cambridge Bay
Eric paddled with a group of boys for an 8-day canoe trip on the North Arm of Great Slave Lake. They fished, and swam, and picked berries, played games and cooked, endured some bad weather, and laughed together – all part of learning to work in a group.
Jill Avalak, 13, from Cambridge Bay
Jill participated in a traditional skills wilderness camp program in the remote and scenic Mackenzie Mountains, west of Norman Wells, NWT, where she joined a group of Dene and Inuvialuit girls for eight days of camping, hiking, canoeing, swimming, learning traditional land skills from elders, and so much more. During discussion groups, they talked about sexual health, consent, bullying, and other important issues for young teenagers. During camp, each girl sewed a pair of traditional Dene rabbit fur mitts.
Boys from Nunavut discovering the thrill of climbing a tree during an NYL camp in the Mackenzie Mountains.
Kyla Komatsuit (13), from Cambridge Bay
Kyla attended a March camp with Dene and Inuvialuit girls from across NWT. During their week in camp, the girls enjoyed a full program of new exciting activities: fishing through the ice (with great success!), preparation of traditional medicines, ptarmigan hunting, preparation of caribou skins, beading, cross-country skiing (with former Olympian Sharon Firth), traditional games, yoga, snowshoeing, and evenings of personal exploration through group discussion around the campfire.
Two boys from Nunavut attended a week-long camp to share the experience of making a traditional Dene drum.
Encounters With Canada
Marlene Kippomee (left) and Faith Aglak, 16, from Pond Inlet at the EwC “Health & Medicine” week.
Watch this short video of Candace Hiqiniq and Sheridan Kamookak, from Gjoa Haven, talking about their experience at EwC.
(l to r) Howard Panigayak, Melissa Alookee, Darren Alookee, all from Taloyoak, attended the Sports & Fitness program.
Nathaniel Anaittuq (left) and Michael Aqilriaq, both from Gjoa Haven.
Keele River Expedition
Don’t miss this inspiring two-minute video of the Ayalik Keele River Expedition.
Twelve teenagers, 14–17, from NWT and Nunavut, beside the Mackenzie River, all feeling proud and confident after paddling down 300 km of the Keele River.
Mike Haniliak, 16, from Cambridge Bay
Sherry Evetalegak, 16, from Cambridge Bay
Andrew Anavilok, 15, from Cambridge Bay on the fast-flowing Keele River.
Sherry writes a letter (below) to the donors who made her trip possible
Click or tap on image above to read Sherry's letter.
