Canoeing an Old Logging River | Whitewater Rescue and Snow

A canoe run down an old logging river in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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[@AdamRomanoExplores]

Smooth jazz at 18mins was killer. Great vid as always.

[@cmdguitar158]

Love the Nova Scotia content.

[@kylew398]

The only channel on KZbin I have notifications ON. I liked the sped up camp set up!

[@wildaxetv9211]

What beautiful old buck saw!

[@tombeckett4340]

Great video guys thanks.👍🇨🇦

[@paulattwell6157]

Nice work getting back on that horse. You just have too.

[@johnmccormick175]

Wow some pretty serious rapids..great video..take care and stay safe guys!

[@fishpants3877]

"There seems to be a fundamental flaw in my method...Victory is mine...thank you and good night"-Jeff MacD.

[@jeffmacdonnell]

Got to try to entertain!

[@blackspruceroutes]

Surprised you aren't sitting in the bow looking towards the stern...a more centered position gives more control as you know I'm pretty sure;-) Beautiful river!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

[@johnkraemer5505]

Nice little trip! 😎👍🏻

[@paulhayes9765]

Awesome video for sure. That brook trout sure looked tasty. Excellent assisted canoe rescue. You got to love Nova Scotia. Thumbs up and keep the great videos coming. Cheers

[@NorthernScavenger]

Appreciate it Paul

[@LostLakes]

Another great job Noah 👍 I love WW videos... Always learn a little.

[@eddycrocker6778]

Glad to see you're all driving good reliable Toyota's.

[@markbate9959]

I like your music choice.

[@rmm2814]

Experience is the best teacher.

[@paultaylor3856]

Hi from sunny Brisbane, Australia. Just subscribed recently and have to say I’m loving your videos. Awesome story telling and great videography. Really enjoyed this one too. Just about to watch your series of paddling across Labrador.👍👍

[@NorthernScavenger]

Welcome aboard Paul

[@trekOCLVone]

That is some rough going - the canoes must have taken a beating

[@brianshutter6657]

When you got hung up on that rock, I was sure that would be a soggy moment! I loved the video chuting the rapids at the end! Nice video, again!

[@saltedbiscuit]

Nice vid Noah. As soon as I saw the weather I figured it was the same time I followed you and Dave back to Hali on hwy 7... weather was nasty! Good job running that final stretch!

[@TheWeedman420xxx]

like and comment for them algorithms boys

[@jacqueline7118]

Fantastic run. Rapids both intrigue me and scare the crap out of me. lol. You had me on the edge of my seat when you got stuck. Sometimes what you think will happen doesn't, great the boys helped ya out! Thanks for sharing. :)

[@jeffgriffiths5945]

cool trip. nice trout!

[@furryphone4417]

Love these adventures in Nova Scotia!

[@trapper9967]

Pretty sure that was the union dam. Largest dirt dam in NS. Had a 5 mile headwater that was used to upflow Malay falls. The portage was around Ragged falls. Have been in this area for years.

[@davegreene4100]

Where can we find more info on this?

[@trapper9967]

I think NSP put this dam in the 20s to 30s. You can still see the tracks that dump cars ran on pulled by horses. I don't know why it was abandoned as it was a large source of green power. Sheet Harbour history may have some info.@@davegreene4100

[@mikechalupka1846]

definitely needs more exposure. these guys are great. keep up the great work.

[@shttyrick1510]

You guys are awesome!! I’ve learned so much from y’all looking forward to my first big trip

[@safromnc8616]

Glad to see you guys out and about...Great vid as always

[@QuietWildernessFishing]

Just did my first white water trip this past weekend. It was SCARY 😆. No experience, guidance, or confidence so we walked around a few. We ran a couple, and what a thrill it is. Definitely something I'd like to work on. This trip looked like a lot of fun 🤙. Awesome video.

[@bloodyeyeful]

Very cool video. Thanks. Good music too.

[@FreakofNature1]

Great runs! What a thrill!

[@jimhanson7476]

Great run boys...

[@BrianthatiscalledBrian]

Man, that looks like fun. Thanks, Noah. 👍🙂

[@konnorjames5615]

Amazing

[@OldBastardOutdoors]

Hey, blue lines rock. Lol Loved watching as always and hope to paddle with you again , only in my esquif pre'age this time. Hope your having a good summer

I wait for each new adventure , great channel my friend

[@mglennon5535]

Good stuff

[@pacediver2594]

Always entertaining

[@clivemathias]

Nice recovery off that rock!

[@paddlehooked4687]

Pretty tricky situation you got yourself into, nice recovery/rescue.

[@Sailor376also]

Snow and rapids mix just fine. Once you start through a challenging stretch, you could not tell the difference between 2 C and 30 C. You sweat a tiny bit more at 30 C. Just a bit. No matter the outside temp, snow, rain, splash from the wave train, wet feet from lining the boat,,, almost all the wet near your skin is from sweat.

[@Sailor376also]

There are two basic tenets to read and run rapids. First, of primary importance,, follow the water. The river knows perfectly where the deep channel is and most of the water will head for that deep channel. Look for the foam direction from an exposed stick or rock. If it is raining the rain speckles can be seen moving left or right, the weed below the canoe will be stretched out in the direction of the flow, leaves floating on the surface,,, any tiny hint that shows where the water is flowing. Follow the water. The second tenet is normally think in terms of cutting to the inside of a corner. Tree snags are hidden around the next bend on the outside of the curve, in the fast water,, and can be very difficult to not get sucked in. This is in contradiction to the first tenet,, so this is not an always. The third is,, do not change your mind at the last moment. Straighten the bow striaght down the current and paddle hard. The bow is pointed inthe correct direction. You are not broadside to the current. (a boat breaker) And if you are going to make it through a bad place,,, you are MUCCH more likely to get through straight ahead,, with a couple of linear scratches. Exactly what you did when you had to rock for and aft to get the boat through that drop. Bow on,,, go for it. Turn sideways will never be better.

[@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941]

Great run guys! Thanks for sharing it with us! Looked like great fun!

[@Frigorific12]

Hello! Thanks for sharing! Sincerely, Natalya

[@kevinharding2099]

Nicely done. What do you do if there no friends to throw a rope to?

[@NorthernScavenger]

swim

[@downeastprimitiveskills7688]

Nice bit of river! Maybe a little more bow weight for running down stream, it keeps the stern from being pushed about. just put the pack ahead of the thwart.

[@NorthernScavenger]

Agree that having extra weight in the front would have been smart for the lake travel but as a solo paddler in whitewater, I've found that having the weight in the middle of the boat helps with maneuverability around all the rocks we have in our rivers.

[@leehunter1967]

🙏

[@jimmys7764]

Merry Christmas Noah!, just wondering what your route was for this specifically on the second day?

[@tombulger]

Awesome video and super canoeing for sure. The only problem I found was that the background music was just a tad bit to high. I wear hearing aids with my headphnoes and it just about blew my eardrum out before I could turn down my volume. Other them that looking forward to your next Nova Scotia adventure.

[@NorthernScavenger]

Thanks for the feedback Tom! We love hearing from you guys on what works and what doesn't. Cheers

[@francoiscote4010]

what river is this? I might be interested in giving it a try sometime!

[@Hannahcode1]

the music?

[@prof.heinous191]

Please tell me this wasn't filmed after May!

[@NorthernScavenger]

This was mid-may, but close!

[@jimf1964]

Noah Noah Noah....don't you know when you get spun backwards, you're supposed to say it looked to easy, so you wanted to show off a little? 🙂 Real undies spoiler there for a while. That's was some fast, nasty current to get stuck on. Glad your buddies were there.

[@NorthernScavenger]

Haha, we learned a few things about double checking our safety gear after this one.

[@rdilgart]

When was this filmed?

[@MrLuke-ll4sz]

I’m guessing April

[@NorthernScavenger]

This was filmed in mid-May. We had an interesting year weather-wise. It was cold and rainy for months and then the switch flipped and it's been hot and dry ever since.

[@MrLuke-ll4sz]

Northern Scavenger that’s how it’s been for me! I live in Michigan and we had a rainy spring but it turned to a hot and dry summer.

[@NorthernScavenger]

@@MrLuke-ll4sz We're hoping for a moderate fall lol

[@benweir665]

Comments!

[@alankaye4382]

I've often wondered why you guys seem to paddle without any flotation in your canoes... The rigging is there for front/rear flotation bags.

[@NorthernScavenger]

That is a good point Alan, though we have yet to sink an Esquif Canyon. We have our spray decks if we were to anticipate the whitewater to be extra beefy.

[@alankaye4382]

@@NorthernScavenger True. To me running a canoe without flotation is like not wearing a life jacket. Even with a spray skirt, if you go over in big water, river or lake, you could find yourself with a canoe heading for the bottom. With flotation bags, even if your canoe gets swamped you can usually still keep it upright and muscle it to shore if you have enough water depth. It's like saying you expect your rain coat to keep you from drowning.

[@nahanni2k]

What river were you on?

[@davegreene4100]

12 Mile Stream

[@nahanni2k]

@@davegreene4100 Never heard of it, where is it located, I have paddled most rivers in NS, and live in the BeaverBank area.

[@davegreene4100]

@@nahanni2k 12 mile stream is a tributary of the east Sheet harbour River flowing into Marshall Flowage. I would highly recommend the bottom 15km for a fun WW run in the spring. I have further curiosity about some of the other rivers out that way, mainly the Grant, Killag and west branch Sheet Harbour rivers...

[@andrewmacphee6676]

anybody ever paddle the Herbert River from Beaverbank?

[@darrellcooling7670]

Yup. Easy, one carry around a falls. Can line another small falls. Rough go at low water.

[@andrewmacphee6676]

cool.......whats the paddle like from the douglas road falls to the south rawdon road bridge?

[@darrellcooling7670]

@@andrewmacphee6676 Don't know. We always take out at the old bridge/falls. Can be done in one day but we usually overnight it.

[@andrewmacphee6676]

thank you!

[@TonezMalonez]

What song starts playing at 9:15?

[@NorthernScavenger]

Ben Winwood - Charango

[@TonezMalonez]

@@NorthernScavenger Thanks so much!

[@tombeckett4340]

It’s much easier to handle a canoe with two people in white water . If they know what they are doing.

[@gerardjones7881]

no more portages, no walking the dog, I want to see action.

[@markbate9959]

sluese

[@funnyeh]

Irritating music.

[@LostLakes]

KZbin is the best