North-West ExpeditionsOne of the best parts about our North West Expeditions project in 2018 was getting Dad to share his old stories. We gave collected a few of them here.
Reading Time: 3 minutes To celebrate our Dad’s 80th in 2018 my brother, Steven and I, briefly brought North-west Expeditions back to life as a lifestyle brand. It gave us a chance to celebrate a part of Dad’s life that he, and we, have always loved by doing some big fun things like having a booth at an outdoor […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the highlights of North-West Expeditions has been having Dad send us his stories. Below are two of his short stories. The first is about his trip to Canada to work the oil fields 1958. The second is about some canoeing adventures he had in 1972. Working the Oil Fields “Hi Guys, thought I’d tell you another story that […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Here’s the story of the maps of Valerie, Cave 16. In 1973 we, Prokop Lobkowicz, Mike Skapa and I, did the first Nahanni River trip in two Avon Redshank inflatable rafts, each about eight feet long. We descended the South Nahanni River from Glacier Creek to the confluence of the South Nahanni and the Liard […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute By 1975, several partners in North-West Expeditions were suffering financially. The summer time raft tours were consuming much of their time, and incurring significant loss of income from their trades/professions. The company was no longer viable. With the loss of partners, the company equipment was sold and the business was wound up. The partners […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes This is an almost 40 years belated recall of Northwest Expedition’s exploratory trip on the Coppermine in July of 1975. A LITTLE HISTORY Late in 1972 five of us who had canoed and kayaked together decided to try to start a rafting company, and by early 1973 Northwest Expeditions was formed. We flew to Cedar City, Utah […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes (5 Min) North-West Expeditions Exploratory Trip: Nahanni Butte to Fort Simpson One of the best parts of starting North-West Expeditions has been to hear these old stories from Dad. We hope you enjoy them too. Taken from excerpts of emails with Dad the story below is the story of how the original company was formed and their […]