Flood Watch; The Documentary of A Whitewater Canoe Trip down Toronto's Humber River to Lake Ontario

This short documentary tells the story of Hurricane Hazel and its effect on the establishment of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, during a canoe trip down the Humber River.
Our route started in Bolton, and passed through the Nashville Conservation Reserve, Kleinburg, Woodbridge, Weston, and Etobicoke, along the way to Lake Ontario.
We paddled at least 70km, though estimates varied, and this took 14 hours of travel including 8 portages of 10 obstacles. The group saw at least nine beavers.
Research resources included the following books:
Humber River: The Carrying Place, 2009, by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
Hurricane Hazel: Canada's Storm of the Century, 2004, by Jim Gifford.
Thank you to @cjhoyle for calmly taking instructions and entrusting us with his life. Christopher produced his own video of the trip below:
• Canoeing from Bolton t...

[@cjhoyle]

Fantastic video Matthew! It was fun reliving this memorable trip and learning more of the history through your narration. Thanks again for inviting me to be a part of it!

[@wildernesscanoeassociation]

Oh thank you for helping, we owe you a debt. This was definitely the most documented thing we have done, with the best production.

[@canoepoler]

Great video, Matt! Nice history and narration.

[@eprohoda]

like it. perfect trip- talk to you soon~ 👍

[@wildernesscanoeassociation]

Thanks for visiting

[@CraigJOutdoors]

Well done Matt. Very thorough on the details.

[@wildernesscanoeassociation]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@wildernesscanoeassociation]

Notice how I did not explain where we camped.

[@MichaelHolloway]

That's better! :) (less gravel)

[@wildernesscanoeassociation]

We were very lucky, in that it rained substantially the day before the trip.

[@driftwoodkitty]

next time put the helmet on BEFORE the danger! hahahaaaa

[@wildernesscanoeassociation]

Exact!