Labrador Coast/Korok River Trip, 1995

Another canoe trip video that I digitized and edited from Dick Irwin’s Hi8 tapes.
In 1995 we paddled up the Labrador Coast for about 300 miles and went into Nachvak Fiord in the heart of the Torngat Mountains and then up the Palmer River and down the Korok River to Ungava Bay and the village of Kangiqsualujjuaq. We took 6 weeks to complete the trip which included several days off for hiking and bad weather.
You can see a slide show of the trip www.alstirt.co...
Visit www.alstirt.co... for slide shows and videos of several other canoe trips in the Quebec and Labrador watersheds.

[@dubathonic]

Really inspiring. Videos like this are such a great resource for dreaming & planning. Thanks so much for posting it!

[@tomlarocque4720]

Really cool.

[@raymondcava4669]

Love watching these older trip videos.

[@brianrobinson1975]

really enjoyed all your videos

[@michaellewis7113]

Please upload more these are absolutely phenomenal

[@maximbudnick]

Amazing, thanks for sharing! What an incredible journey!

[@CanadaGTA]

Again, fantastic seeing older trip videos like this. Thank you for the work you've done.

[@jimwalsh7763]

What a fantastic trip, thanks for sharing

[@Martin_G]

This is wonderful!

[@julianlukasik310]

Amazing!

[@jpsuperstar]

Incredible document, solid solid trip!!

[@Evan_Le5]

Wow thank you for posting this! I’m planning on paddling the koroc river and the Andre grenier at the end of this month. I would love to pick your brain if you have any information such as what time of year this was. Looks incredible!

[@vtal1]

We started from Nain in early July, finished at Kangiqsualujjuaq in mid August.

[@Evan_Le5]

@@vtal1 oh wow the flow was still very high for that time of year! Thank you for the info Alan. Did you guys have a firearm with you or notice any polar bears?

[@vtal1]

@@Evan_Le5 We did not carry firearms. We didn't see polar bears but friends who visited Ramah Bay did. There are more polar bears around now because of less ice.

[@Evan_Le5]

@@vtal1 okay thank you very much for the reply! I’m a bit nervous about the bears. Your video is fantastic I’m very excited to get up there

[@marcdaigle1163]

Hi Alan,... I enjoyed this... Can you please tell me, what camcorder was used to make this, in 1995 ?

[@vtal1]

I'll check with Dick, who did the filming, to see if he remembers.

[@marcdaigle1163]

@@vtal1 I like old camcorders,...the vintage quality. I just love his excellent filming, during your adventures. He did such a great job. It was a treat to watch the filmography ... By the way, I watched all your canoe videos.. That was very impressive. I was curious what he used, as a camcorder ?

[@vtal1]

I just heard from Dick Irwin, who did the filming. I ws wrong about it being VHS. It is a Sony Model No. CCD-TR101. The tapes are video Hi8 not VHS.

[@marcdaigle1163]

@@vtal1 Thank you so much,... I appreciate this...🙂

[@LostLakes]

Wonderful and unique! Thanks for sharing

[@Evan_Le5]

Funny to see you in the comments Jon I’m curious how you came across this video?

[@LostLakes]

@@Evan_Le5same reason you found yourself here Evan...I live and breathe paddling. But more specifically I think someone posted it on CCR :)

[@Evan_Le5]

@@LostLakes haha that’s awesome! I’m headed up to the koroc at the end of the month so this was really cool to see what it’ll look like

[@XanderBudnick]

:)