Scenic North America Canoe Trips

Pelly River-Yukon River Canada-Alaska
This river meanders at a relaxed paced to reflect on the Yukon's awesome scenery. The Yukon River is fourth longest river in North America is the river with the longest salmon run in the world and was a waterway route to the world famous Klondike Gold Rush. Over half of the river lies in Alaska with the other segment of the river near the source located in British Columbia. The Pelly River is fast flowing but manageable for most paddlers. Paddle into Dawson City and share in the glory that the early Klondike gold rushers experienced.

The Bowron Lakes, Canada
This 116 km canoe trip takes you through an protected wilderness park in the rugged scenic Cariboo Mountains, in British Columbia with a collection of 10 connected lakes surrounded by natural beauty consisting of rugged forests, wetland marshes, grassland bogs, wildlife and snow capped mountain peaks. Tthe Bowron Lakes are scenic with extensive wildlife adventure where you are apt to see bears, beavers, moose feeding, and otters. A unique featue of this canoe trip is that you can cover the entire 116km and loop back to where you you started? Along the Bowron Lakes Paddle Route is a series of wilderness tenting sites, shelters, ranger cabins, cooking shelters and emergency phone booths. The shelters are not for camping but for cooking and drying equipment. Camping is restricted to the cleared tenting sites on the route. While prior canoeing experience is not necessary, it is not recommended that you take this trip without a reliable tour guide who will provide basic instruction with paddling and safety awareness. The canoeing itself is rated as easy to moderate but you should be in decent physical condition to covers the rigors of portsage and campimg. There are several portages areas.

Green River Stillwater Canyon, Utah
The Green River is one of the most fabulous, scenic calm canoe trips in the American West. The Green river runs through Stillwater Canyon in Utah's famous Canyon lands country. The trip is great for families and memory-building and for those looking to enjoy evenings camping on the river shore after long day canoeing on a calm stretch of river. This beautiful river meanders through Canyon lands National Park and ultimately connecting with the Colorado River. The scenic beauty includes red rock formations, ruins, and rock art sites of Ancient Puebloan Indians. This is a flat water river in a very remote part of the southwest.

Snake River Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
The Snake River in Wyoming meanders through two of the North Americas most famous national parks. Beginning at its source in the Teton Wilderness, the river flows through Yellowstone National Park, then south into Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park. Beginners and novices should canoe with an experienced guide and take the float trip over the thirteen-mile stretch of the calmest waters of the Snake River. This stretch of river is known as one of the most successful breeding areas for bald eagles in the lower 48 states. Elk, moose, deer, beaver, and river otters are also known to frequent the riverbanks.The lower portion of the river encounters channels and shifting logjams and should only be navigated by experienced canoeists and rafters.

Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia
The Okefenokee Swamp in Southern Georgia is pristine, wild, and very soggy. It is made up of prairie, cypress forest, and scrub-shrub. A canoe trip through the Okefenokee will bring you to see huge osprey, herons, egrets and alligators, white-tailed deer, and turtles. The Okefenokee is the slow-moving headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys Rivers. Winter time can be an ideal time to canoe the Okefenokee. Though nights can get cold, sometimes in the 30s, the days can warm up to to 70 degrees, compared to the late Spring, summer and early fall months you are apt to experience 90 plus degree days with stifling humidity.