Athabasca Canoe Brigade Celebrates Canada’s 150 at Fort Assiniboine

Lloyd Lewis

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8 years ago

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Kevin Meunier’s Saloon in Moose Wallow, AB Photo Credit Tracy Pandachuck

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Having grown up in the small hamlet of Fort Assiniboine, AB., it did my heart good to see this story on CTV Edmonton this week. The Athabasca Canoe Brigade arrived at the small historic hamlet 2 hours northwest of Edmonton after 6 fun-filled days of paddling down the mighty Athabasca River.

I enjoyed reading this blog from Tracy Pandachuck as she describes the river ride. It looked like a blast!

Here is a few social media posts that show the beauty of this area of world.

We are still overwhelmed with the greeting and ceremony we received in Fort Assiniboine. Many described it as emotional. Here we are requesting permission to land. Photo by Les Dunford, Town and Country, Westlock, AB #arb2017 #athabascariverbrigade #canada150 #explorealberta #voyageurs #canoe #fortassiniboine

A post shared by Athabasca River Brigade (@canoebrigade) on Jun 30, 2017 at 7:08am PDT

We have arrived in Hinton after a great day on the river. Time for dinner and music #arb2017 #myhinton #canoe #voyageur #canada150 pic.twitter.com/J7dZ9m26sk

— Athabasca Brigade (@AthaBrigade) June 24, 2017

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