Broken DEEP in the Quebec Wilderness

Episode 4 of The Land of Wild Rivers - A 10 part video-series documenting the 2021 Côte-Nord: Maze to the Aguanish expedition.
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SYNOPSIS
A 30 day, 620 km canoe journey through the expansive wilderness of Côte-Nord, Quebec. The route is designed to traverse the headwaters of the Romaine River, a river seeing significant change as part of Quebec’s major energy project Plan Nord, followed by the descent of the little-known Aguanish River. The goal of the route is to gain a first-hand perspective of the land of wild rivers as we paddle and portage our way across the Labrador-Quebec plateau to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
This trip was supported by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Mountain Equipment Co-op.
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[@JD-cl9nw]

Here from Xander Budnicks recommendation, awesome content!

[@ExploreEverywhereMedia]

The long string at the 30 minute mark looks like a horsehair worm. They are a parasite but not to humans. Great adventure and great videos! Makes me anxious for spring to get here so I can get out on the water again and maybe have a bit smaller adventure.

[@george-cann]

Awesome video -- thanks for the upload! @30:09 I believe that is a horsehair worm! A parasitic worm, though it doesn't feed on humans but small insects

[@justinamey2973]

I am absolutely loving this series! This is a prime example of why I've never regretted cancelling cable TV.

[@sweettony9359]

That is a horsehair worm, i believe. I saw one last summer here in Maine that was almost clear. I thought it was a piece of mono, tried to pick it up, and it started to swim away. Surprised the heck out of me.

[@stizostedionvitreous1102]

I’ll second that. Horsehair worm.

[@timok3342]

Your moss toilet paper is a moss from sphagnum family. We have them also in Finland in mossy forests and bogs. Nice footage of your trip, like it alot.

[@timok3342]

In finnish it´s rahkasammal.

[@alanbierhoff6831]

That was another fantastic episode. I think the flagging tape on that portage was left by either Justin Barbour or Jim Baird 🤣🤣🤣

[@kylesaab]

as I am watching this and I think wow! these guys are working their tails off. I stop and eat some more chips and salsa and drink some of my beer. thanks for making my winter enjoyable!!!!!!!!

[@jakepankanin9908]

Loving this trip and video series. Leaving a comment to boost the Al Gore Rhythm

[@cimbrerbushcraft-vikingheritag]

Awesome video again. Tom

[@lunabouch]

Great episode. The bear break in and then the mixed nuts. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@StabMcShag]

Just found your. channel - it's a keeper. 🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@YourJourney2Wellness]

Another awesome video. I love how your "humour" changes as you get tired. Nudes via InReach, mixed nuts, serenading and harmonicas!!! 🙂 Love seeing you guys surviving the bushwhacking and still enjoying your adventure.

[@EzeAdventurer]

BRUTAL BOYS!

[@shirleymckenzie4363]

Noah, sure was nice hearing you sing. Great video guys.

[@robertschilz8028]

epic harp solo btw..🎶

[@davidmelvin3769]

Great story-telling and creating an atmosphere of real adventure through the music, commentary and campsite patter. Part of the narrative is the team work aspect... I'm liking the empathy displayed within the team such as when Noah just listens and doesn't talk... so much more genuine than quick-fire repartee that doesn't really belong in this context. The grand scale of nature should be teaching us to STFU now and then. Bravo!

[@harryyoung7076]

Seen bear damage at a wilderness cabin near Gander. The bear grabbed the door frame near the top and took out the whole door box, nails and all. went inside and tore up everything, cupboards off the walls, and ripped the mattresses to shreds. Was up in Saglek Labrador in the 90's with the military and a Polar bear tore the door off a Coast Guard helicopter over night, and chewed up the handle on the collective. Test every scent!

[@pmsheridan1492]

Those beach campsites are a real gift.

[@leehunter1967]

The chemistry btw you guys is really pleasing to see in today’s world. 🙏🇨🇦

[@leighhunter7922]

Agreed!

[@mattymieds]

These get better and better, thanks guys for letting me travel alongside in this journey!

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

"This entire forest floor is full of butt wipes." Only on Northern Scavenger.

[@SARGEinc]

I've done a lot of canoeing, but not like this, watching you guys really makes me want to step up my game!

[@slamer5811]

Now that was a bushwhack .......great stuff guys.

[@NBGUY]

And, the EPICNESS continues!!

[@rachelp.4160]

Sounds like a missed opportunity to have called this series “the trip of mixed nuts” 😉. Great as always guys- giving me all the feels missing the summer tripping season

[@t.g.phelan]

Team ran to the comments to find out what that thing in the water was! What a trip!

[@AxelG28]

Just got recommended this video. It's 1 AM so tomorrow after work i'll watch the first episodes. Saw a bit of this video and i really liked it 😁👍

[@alanframpton2640]

Did you get a hold of the owners of the bear trashed camp?

[@shawnstokes7859]

Also would be interested in knowing this.

[@NorthernScavenger]

We did! We caught them a few weeks before they were heading to the camp.

[@titaniumhen]

Beautiful country! Looks like they had to do quite a bit of walking. Great video - your neighbor Henry

[@bloodyeyeful]

Beauty eh? Thanks men! Blessings.

[@robjussup7771]

That's some BURLY portaging gents. Friggin' rights

[@thozil66]

What a great antidote to current events. Love seeing the beauty of the back country that I'll most likely never get to see. Great filming and editing and brings me back to my canoe camping trips to La Verendrye. Thanks for sharing.

[@tonywheeler3592]

My Back hurts from just watching! Keep up the great videos.

[@robadr13]

Really gripping, well shot and edited - great work! These videos are a must-watch every week. The only suggestion I'd have would be to include maps at intervals so we can see where you are. It would also be nice to know when this was happening (July? August?) & a little more information on daily temperatures.

[@NorthernScavenger]

Appreciate it! This trip was done in July.

[@musingwithreba9667]

Well that looked like it took a lot of sheer will and determination. And grace, too.

[@RileyOutside]

I'm here for the harmonica

[@dwrivers47]

Type B fun but worth it to make this trip do-able. I am loving this trip so far, thank you.

[@lindacsmith13]

You can tell it's a tough stretch when there's that many beeped words! Great job - loving it.

[@rgarrison1819]

Love Your Channel!!!,The Canadian Wilderness has Some of The World's Most Stunning Natural Beauty!!!,I Hope that this Yankee will Someday Get to See it in Person!!!,I Have Always wanted to Visit Algonquin Provincinial Park in Southern Ontario, and Of Course The Northwest Territory and The Great Nahanni,and Virginia Falls,and All of British Columbia!,There's Just So Much Natural Beauty all Over Canada!!!!

[@johnryle6917]

Love the camping parts

[@gdhindsa7560]

Thanks a lot ..I love your videos

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

Wow, I thought it was bad before. What a slog. I think I might know a guy that used to fish at that lodge Great episode

[@jimhanson7476]

Boys, you both have outdone yourself.. so epic, so beautiful and so hard.. truly awesome

[@lesmewis5291]

The long stringy insect is a Horsehair Worm.

[@ifonlyseethrumyeyes8957]

Thank you guys 😘

[@anniewildmush1284]

amazing harsh trip

[@johnerickennedy]

Wow. So determined. 👍🏻✋🏼

[@dougwaites869]

My grandfather lived in Central Quebec, this is the closest I've ever gotten. Great video, great scenery.

[@katejordan9569]

All that can be said is WELL DONE ! And away we go to ep. 5 . Waiting with anticipation. Bj in AK.

[@Mike_the_Machine]

Perfect hump day, cold weather TV watching KZbin

[@canoepoler]

Great story editing continues. Upstream...

[@scratchypants1]

We had a hunting/fishing camp in Quebec's boreal forest, north of Montreal. Arriving by float plane, the first trip of the year was always a gamble - would there be a tree that fell on the roof; did a bear get in; did some low-life leave the door open? Which reminds me, on crown land , camps had to remain unlocked. Good on you for reporting it.

[@jimbob2308]

Crunching through the woods looks exhausting and exhilarating, Lining the river looks just as hard. The countryside is majestic looking. I'm excited for the next one. Another week to wait.

[@rickm.10]

I felt that conversation. That was inspiring. Way to slug it out boys!

[@johnfunk7568]

Thanks so much Noah and Matt! Love watching you persevere and love the beauty. We will never make it there so it is great to see through your eyes and lenses! John and Leslie!

[@mburnie2]

Ya baby boy ! Great episode, mentally I’d be out a few days ago. Ya’ll are nuts

[@ride-paddle-repeat]

Variety is the spice of life. Glad it was a mixed bag out there, still some heavy slogging but it wouldn't be a Northern Scavengers video without some type B fun.

[@waltb7943]

Really enjoying the series. Not sure what was worse navigating the bog or those bushwack portages. Your a couple of tough dudes.

[@dvyse1567]

Lads are warriors

[@larrygorst8749]

Good Lads! Well done, and very exciting. Thank you.

[@shannysteele]

I have absolutely been enjoying being along on the journey with you guys!

[@pamalvestad3848]

I wonder if the orange tape came from Jim Braid as he took epic solo adventure through some those areas, if my memory is correct. Great song Love the harmonica! Brave souls you two are, then to video your travels to share with the world.... Applause 👋🎉❤️

[@NorthernScavenger]

haha maybe! Our theory was there was a camp somewhere on the lake.

[@OtherBrotherDaryl]

Amazing adventure. Thank you for producing such a polished presentation.

[@NorthernScavenger]

Thanks Daryl

[@johnmccormick175]

Awesome video..this trip is certainly not for the faint of heart..great job guys,thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@sherrierifenberg2199]

Freaking tough slog today, boys...GREAT JOB! Epic journey! TY!

[@shaneakennedy]

That string in the lake was a horse hair worm. Harmless to humans.

[@shaneakennedy]

I’ve seen them here in Labrador in black brown and white colours. Love the videos guys!

[@robjohnston5218]

Great series Noah !! I feel for you and Matt portage through the woods, man it looked tough.. Great job..

[@henrymostert2125]

I like how you finish that off we have a lot of work ahead of us. It's been fun watching your trip this is definitely one I will not do

[@trishaharrison6183]

Epic scenery, food, and paddling. Makes me so nervous watching you’s walk in the rapids like that. So easy to slip or get your foot pinned in rocks. Pretty amazing trip so far. Keep up the hard work.😘

[@paromanin]

Always love your vids, and the little tidbits of info sprinkled in like lining and tracking your canoe was great. I don't know what that weird bug thing was but it reminded me of those parasites that take over insects and force them to water where the parasite then leaves their body. You can see KZbin videos of it.

[@johnfunk7568]

Bugshirt Blues... Love it!

[@NorthernRetreat]

Another epic episode! Can't wait for the link up with Alex.👍

[@andyjamieson]

Just brilliant, love it! From here in Scotland I’m loving following your adventures.

[@carolwilson9341]

"To boldly go where no man has gone before" Just you and the blackflies, bushwhacking together. BTW I think the long thin "worm" is a Horsehair Worm a type of nematode.

[@brianspencer4220]

You guys continue to impress. Thanks for bringing me along Brian 81

[@jonathanrunciman5676]

Great video like always, but I cannot help but laugh at the beginning of every video when Noah refers to himself in the third person

[@NorthernScavenger]

Thanks Jacqueline !

[@Wildernessquestoutdoors]

Nice episode

[@Ianhurley54]

Another great adventure with Northern Scavenger. Such beautiful country. Keep them coming guys!

[@danellsworth9043]

See you the next time, really enjoying your excursion.

[@johnfunk7568]

Tough going there guys! you are tough!!!

[@mccluskeyp]

Looking forward to it! Just binge watched all your other content over the last week after watching the previous episode.

[@amorimontagnus2042]

As a child growing up in Northern Ontario I remember seeing those long strings in the water. I was told they are called Horse Hairs and the story I was told was they are like a leach or blood sucker, can wrap around your leg and dig in. I hope it was just a story but it just might be true.

[@KY-ge7uy]

You're close. They're called Horsehair worm. They're harmless though, except to the large insects (grasshoppers, crickets) they grow in, as a parasite. When the insect gets thirsty and goes to a river or stream to drink, the worm leaves their body.

[@anthonysestito]

Love the journey!

[@GAR85120514]

Wow. Stoked watching this series. Take care all.

[@mobezzy1]

@36:44 LOLOLOL bro "i wish I can go to the washroom right now to show you guys" lolol

[@chadrichardson8860]

Great teamwork and communication moving up river. Nicely done!

[@Booyahh77]

Crazy tough few days for you guys but you lined the canoe like champs. And love the excitement over moss tp lol!

[@islandbirdw]

Dudes where is your machete? Can’t busy whack without it. I love your dogged determination in getting through. Thank you for the incredible footage. Definitely gnarly for sure. But you always keep it upbeat no matter the miserable conditions

[@jacqueline7118]

What a slog at times but you guys held it together, great job! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to the next episode! :) :)

[@YYChinook]

One huge adventure, and undertaking, well done.

[@williamkenyon9858]

Great video as usual. These epic trips are what I am looking to do in the next few years once retired fully. Be safe guys

[@JB50713]

From frost to 26 degrees. Lol that's crazy

[@adventuretimefishinghunting]

Great Video Guys! I hope you grabbed some of the but whipe for your travels hahaha! Nice PIke as well.

[@tpatsfield6354]

Love seeing the hard work! I would think sleep would come pretty easy after days like these! Also get some sun screen on that nose!

[@rayeaglenz]

Brilliant, another super interesting episode, thank you to you both 👍😊

[@NorthernScavenger]

Thanks Ray

[@benweir665]

Awesome episode.

[@moecantileverjr]

Good show!

[@catchinfishies5765]

stoked for ep 4!!!!!

[@johnredburn3760]

The thing is called a hair worm...I think....Great video awesome trip