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Portage at the Falls371 viewsPortage at the lower falls of the Burnside River in Nunavut
Wenonah Cascade carried by Gordon Congdon
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Ice Jam265 viewsIce Jam above the lower falls on the Burnside River.
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Canyon View267 viewsGordon Congdon takes in the canyon of the lower Burnside. Canoeists portage this canyon because of the falls. Rock is quartzite.
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Skirting the Waves282 viewsGordon Congdon (stern) and Robert Scott skirt huge haystacks and holes on the lower Burnside River in an OT Appalachian.
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Muskox252 viewsMuskox on the tundra. They smelled bad and drew clouds of mosquitoes!
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Camp at the Confluence300 viewsCamping at the confluence of the Burnside River with the Mara River. CCS bug tent.
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Split Boulder290 viewsBoulder Split by ice.
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Feeding Grizzly252 viewsThis grizzly was digging roots and ground squirrels along the Burnside River. The bear showed neither aggression nor fear toward the six gauking bipeds.
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Grizzly Bear280 viewsGrizzly was feeding on roots and ground squirrels alongside the Burnside River.
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Belanca Rapids284 viewsGordon Congdon and Robbie Scott run Belanca Rapids on the Burnside River in Nunavut in an OT Appalachian.
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Inukshuk266 viewsInukshuk above the Burnside River near the outlet of Lake Kathawachaga. John Franklin crossed the Burnside near here.
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Toiling on the Ice298 viewsGordon Congdon pushes loaded royalex canoe over soft ice on Lake Katchawaga
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Wolverine516 viewsWolverine along the Burnside River.
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Thelon - Warden's Grove Cabin372 views
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Thelon - typical scenery323 views
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Back River, Buliard cabin339 viewsFather Buliard's cabin on Mission Island, Upper Garry Lake.
More text at Nunavut Canoe Routes Forum, thread TR:Back River, 2005
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Back River, caribou herd243 viewsA herd of 3,000 to 4,000 passed by our campsite partway through Rock Rapids; it was followed shorty by a wolf on the same trail.
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Back River, Escape Rapids278 viewsLower part of Escape. More text is provided in Nunavut Canoe Routes Forum, thread TR:Back River, 2005
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Back River, Beechey cascades273 viewsMore text at Nunavut Canoe Routes Forum, thread TR:Back River, 2005
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Back River, "... where Back nearly lost his boat..."343 viewsFirst rapid below Jim Magrum Lake.
More text at Nunavut Canoe Routes Forum, thread TR:Back River, 2005
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Robert Perkins' 'Loon' - 2201 views
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Robert Perkins' Loon - 1235 views
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Thelon - Moonrise before heading out386 views
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Thelon -Midnight the darkest it's going to get269 views
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Middle and Upper Cascades, Kazan River230 viewsPanorama of the beginning of the portage around the middle falls of the Kazan.
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Thelon - lunch break hoping for a wind219 views
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Thelon - Hornby's last words681 viewsHornby's last words before he and 2 others starved to death having missed the caribou migration.
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Thelon -finally, a bit of nice weather284 views
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Lake Kathawachaga213 viewsCanoeing on Lake Kathawachaga late at night.
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Thelon - More clouds more reflections242 views
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