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Wild Loon Adventure Company

Adventure Tourism and Education based in the heart of Manitoba on Treaty no.1 Territory. Paddle|Climb

10/29/2024

Nobody fosters the love of running like

A highlight of every trip, the Ididamile dog run

📍 Treaty no.5

10/26/2024

Well this is completely unexpected in the best possible way. We have been named a top finalist for the Canadian Tourism Awards in Sustainability

Thank you and maarsii for the nomination and endless support, and thank you everyone for believing in us and keeping us accountable as an eco-tourism operator ❤️🤍

Also a HUGE congratulations to our fellow Sustainability finalists and it is an extremely humbling honor to even be named in the same breath as you both🤍❤️

See you in December Vancouver for the award ceremony!

10/18/2024

Join us August on a unique adventure for the paddler who wants to experience it all! Expansive lakes, exciting whitewater, and stunning scenery are all situated on the historically and culturally significant Hayes River. This 14-day trip has it all. Start your trip in Thompson Manitoba, the Hub of the North, and board the plane for a scenic flight to Bunibonibee (Oxford House) Cree Nation where we will start our paddle. Trace your way along the fur trade super- highway to York Factory as you hone your flatwater and whitewater paddling skills. The Hayes River is integral to Indigenous history and has long been a major transportation, economic, and communication route. It continues to reflect the deep connection between Indigenous peoples and the landscape.
You will gain a deep appreciation for this Canadian Heritage River as you travel through the Canadian Shield into the Hudson Bay Lowlands, watching the transition from boreal forest and granite-lined rapids to beach-shored lakes to soaring sand cliffs. Opportunities for wildlife sightings abound this river is home to moose, otters, eagles, black bears, polar bears, wolves, and more.
Upon reaching York Factory, spend a full day on the historic grounds, tour the factory and walk the shoreline examining centuries-old artifacts, and brand a wooden paddle (option to include below) with the York Factory crest. The following day enjoy a jet boat ride to Gillam Manitoba, where we will load onto the Via Rail train and enjoy our final leg of transportation back to Thompson.
Our experienced guides will ensure a safe and memorable experience, sharing insights into the local flora and fauna, as well as the rich cultural history of the area.

📍 Treaty no.5

10/01/2024

2025 Moving Water Courses

We have officially launched our 2025 course dates, and this comes with some new exciting changes and additions!

All courses now include fully outfitted in their pricing to give you the opportunity to enjoy rapids to the fullest! Have your own outfitted canoe? Contact us to review your boat and discuss a reduced price

We are increasing our Instructor ratios for all our skills courses to give you the best possible course experience

If you've passed a skills course and want to take it again to sharpen skills or join a friend you qualify for a reduced price! Contact us to find out more!

We now offer Intermediate Skills in both Tandem and Solo! Find dates online!

Not see a date that works for you? We require a minimum 4 people for a course, if you have a group and want to book one send us dates! We can also do custom clinics with variable pricing

09/30/2024

Today is not a holiday.

As a Metis-owned company, and predominantly Indigenous staffed, today is a very important day. Both working on telling our own stories and working with communities to amplify their stories is an essential part of how we run Wild Loon and is something we aim to only grow as we grow.

Our line of work, adventure tourism has a lot of room for growth. Hiding behind a copy paste land acknowledgement is no better than doing nothing, if not worse as you don't take seriously the fact that you are profiting off peoples traditional lands without any benefits to them. Even we need to do better, we all need to do better.

The truth is out there, what are you doing for reconciliation.

09/28/2024

New and updated for 2025 🎉🎉🎉

We have added a new 4 Day offering for the Manigotagan River! The 4 Day Manigotagan Adventure is focused on those looking for full days on the river with the comforts and knowledge of a guide paddling along with you. Previous paddling experience is highly recommended, please contact us to review if this is the right trip for you!

Our classic 5 Day has been updated to include a Intro Moving Water certification! Each day on the river will be full of relaxing at campsites, learning the ins and outs of moving water paddling, and enjoying the fun you can have in rapids with our fully outfitted

Trip dates and pricing for 2025 & 2026 are online! Contact us to find out what trip is right for you ❤️🤍

Don't see a date that works for you? Book a custom group with minimum 3 people!

📍 Treaty no.5

09/24/2024

Well that about does it for our 2024 season ❤️🤍

It has been a truly incredible year for us at Wild Loon and trying to pick where to start is difficult as there's just so many highlights!

We upped our course intake certifying almost 70 people in moving water courses! And it wasn't just our participants who completed courses, our very own instruction team received their Intermediate Instructor certifications and Advanced Tandem Skills!

We had 6 beautiful guided trips all over Manitoba including our scouting trip down the Hayes River! An incredible summer of stories being told from wonderful guests who traveled from as far as Australia, Germany, and New Zealand for our trips! It's cool to highlight roughly 60% of our clientele were international and traveled from outside of Canada to be here.

We also can't thank the communities we work with enough for their collaboration in our programming. Bloodvein, Manigotagan, Whitemouth, and Iskatewi-zaaga'iganiing (Shoal Lake 40) we wouldn't have it any other way🤍❤️

There's so many things we want to share about 2025, but you'll just have to wait a little bit longer! Trip and course dates will be online soon so keep posted 😊

Maarsii ❤️🤍

09/23/2024

On our last Manigotagan Trip, we decided to switch from buying our produce on mass at a standard grocery store and instead, get all our produce from from the South Osborne Farmers Market.

All we can say is, it was one of the best decisions we made this year. Supporting local businesses is such a simple thing to do, especially when the product tastes this good.

📍 Treaty no.3

09/15/2024

What an incredible weekend we had at

We can't thank Volunteers enough for all the work they put in. Festivals like this are no small task, and this crew is second to none🤍❤️

We also need to thank the incredible paddling community for showing up and supporting each other. This festival was, for the first time, predominantly first time attendees! It was wonderful to meet so many new folks and spend time with them in boats.

Here's looking at 🤘🤘🤘

09/13/2024

And just like that, our guiding season has come to a close. Our last Manigotagan trip was a wonderful success, the weather was so good we only saw clouds on the last day.

Some of our 2025 dates are online, more to follow soon as well as some 2026 options as well for those planning far ahead 🤍❤️

📍 Treaty no.5

09/04/2024

CAPACITY REACHED

WOW everyone! For a 2nd year, we have reached max capacity for our festival. What an incredible community we have❤️ even more amazing, more than half of those registered are signing up for their first festival!

For those who have not registered yet, we deeply apologize. This is the maximum number of people we can deal with and our permit allows, we will do what we can to get on the water with you another time ❤️🤍

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09/03/2024

The transition from August to September can feel like an abrupt one, some call it the end of summer. At Wild Loon we like to think of it as an opportunity to sit around the fire longer as the nights get cooler, zip out sleeping bags up fully at night, and enjoy the lack of mosquitoes at big o'clock (around 8:30)

There's still almost 3 weeks of summer, technically, take advantage of every moment you can!

📍 Treaty no.5

08/23/2024

Snacks with a show

The Bloodvein in August is not only a treat for the eyes, but also the tummy! We were treated with an extraordinary amount of blueberries and saksatoons along every portage giving us handfuls of snacks to eat while watching each other run the rapids.

📍 Treaty no.5

08/17/2024

Shangri-La, a kitchen with a view

📍 Treaty no.5

08/16/2024

Is Back!

We are so excited to formally announce September 7 & 8 this year. Come paddle open boats in a September salute to the incredible season we've had this year!

Register for the festival and clinics opens August 26th, the registration link will be in our bio❤️ as always we will be running clinics for multiple skill levels, as well as the Fems & Thems clinic for a non-cis male learning environment.

We will also continue with our Pay What You Can model for registration, more information to follow 😊

08/14/2024

What an incredible trip down the Bloodvein

We had the privilege of hosting four journalists on our Bloodvein trip, three of which are from overseas! We couldn't have asked for better weather, and truth be told the bugs were essentially non-existent.

📍 Treaty no.5

07/15/2024

In a recent interview for Travel Manitoba, Owner talked about how eco tourism operators over get a "Green Pass" because what they do is outside.

In reality, we pollute a lot. Food is put in single use bags, cooking over giant fires, our boats are huge petroleum based plastic that slowly grinds off layers into rivers, we're really quite big hypocrites.

Sustainability is quite near and dear to our heart, we're trying because we want to have these places we travel for generations to come. After sorting out garbage from the Manigotagan to recycling and what can be re-used, this is all the garbage we threw out. The one single plastic Ziploc that completed its 3rd cable trip has been washed and ready to use again. Our biggest hurdle is bars, but with our dehydrator, we aim to fix that.

We hope to get as close to exclusively re-usable as possible. Not for us, for the future

07/14/2024

What a lovely way to spend 5 days, paddling down the Manigotagan River. Manitoba has had a fairly precipitation forward late spring, keeping most southern rivers at ideal water levels, and the Manigotagan is no exception.

Miigwetch and maarsii Charles for the incredible hospitality, teachings, and the always entertaining drive up to Quesnel Lake.

📍 Treaty no.5

Address

381 Simcoe Street
London, ON

Website

http://www.wildloonadventureco.ca/

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