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A provocative series on the 2003 disappearance of two Labrador canoeists.

Outfit 114: Part I

Peake reports: What is known

An introspective essay: Recognition and Responsibility

Outfit 115: Part II

Winter Packet: Letters with Big Tribe Observations

Essay: Recognition and Responsibility II

Outfit 116:

Spring Packet letters

Outfit 117: Part III

Recovery on the summit

Summer Packet: Risk and responsibility

Index of complete issues online

Issues archived two quarters after publication until Spring 2010 outfit

2009	Fall	138 (PDF)	Seasoned paddlers defy time and doctors on Coppermine River – Protecting and developing Arctic archaeological sites – Through the heart of Ungava – Walter Walker: The master canoe builder – Travels of a PakCanoe – Solo at 50 on the Hayes River aborted by cancer – Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou herds – Proposed Keeyask dam on Nelson River – Banning the international trade of polar bears – Marine conservation area for the east gate to Northwest Passage – International polar bear conservation agreement signed – Ungava travel passes to a new generation – Book reviews: Arctic Inspired: A Tribute to the Tundra edited by Tim Irwin – The Writings of David Thompson, Volume 1 edited by William E. Moreau – Quetico: Near to Nature's Heart by Jon Nelson – Video review: Headless Valley/The Pan-American Highway
	Summer	137 (PDF)	Digitizing old photos – McPhayden River expedition in Labrador – A boy becomes a man in a canoe – Damming Quebec's Romaine River – Threatened Beverly caribou herd of the Barrens – Search for Franklin's long-lost ships in the Northwest Passage – Back River on the heritage river list? – Cruise ships on the rise in Nunavik – Commercial shipping on the rise in the Northwest Passage – Is the Peary caribou herd still endangered? – A summer without a paddle
	Spring	136 (PDF)	Filmmakers and partners Bill Mason and Christopher Chapman – Kuujjua River expedition – R.M. Patterson news – MP Justin Trudeau on changes in Navigable Waters Protection Act – Plan for 1,200-kilometre road between Manitoba and Rankin Inlet – Cambridge's polar archives – Northern Quebec's inland seals may be listed endangered – Progress on Northwest Passage's research centre – Grizzlies return to Manitoba? – Digital revival of old material – Book reviews: Trails and Tribulations: Confessions of a Wilderness Pathfinder by Hap Wilson – As affecting the fate of my late husband by Lady Jane Franklin – The Dangerous River by R.M. Patterson – Lands Serene by Peter Kazaks – Video review: Headless Valley/The Pan-American Highway
	Winter	135 (PDF)	Massive Beverly Caribou Herd appears to be in precipitous decline – Expedition from Minnesota to Cumberland House, Saskatchewan – Alex Hall's urgent letter on Nunavut's Beverly Caribou Herd decline and responses in opposition to the Garry Lake mining project – Rupert River diversion dam constructed – SPOT Satellite Messenger saves stranded canoeist in Northern Quebec – Quebec's Cree and miners work on agreements for development – Cultural gap in reactions to Inuit cull of 500 ice-trapped narwhal – Disagreement between scientists and Inuit on the polar bears – The perp who illegally cut down Fraser's bronze cross was a Che-Mun reader – Book reviews: Wild Rivers of the Yukon's Peel Watershed by Juri Peepre and Sarah Locke – Race to the Polar Sea by Ken McGoogan – How Peary Reached the Pole by Kaplan et al.
2008	Fall	134 (PDF)	Memorial to Blair Fraser cut down in Algonquin Park – Lake Superior's Pukaskwa National Park – Solo expedition down George River by Philip Schubert – Quebec's George River protection ends hydro-dam plans – Canadian Canoe Museum held first Beaver Club gala – Search for Franklin expedition ships – First bowhead whale legally caught by Inuit of Nunavik in over 50 years – Tourists evacuated from Auyuittuq National Park due to flash-flood threat – Record number of cruise ships in Canada's Eastern Arctic – Canadian Forces will keeping flying Twin Otters in Arctic – Canada and Nunvavut reach agreement on wildlife protection – The illegal removal of the bronze cross honouring Blair Fraser was a callous act – Book reviews: The Old Way North: Following the Oberholtzer-Magee Expedition by David Pelly – A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador by Mina Benson Hubbard
	Summer	133 (PDF) centre spread	Rupert River on Hydro-Quebec's death list with photo spread – Last descent of the Eastmain River – Lindbergh's 1931 flight across northern Canada – Inuit oral history of Franklin expedition – Nunavik's park in Richmond Gulf – Forthcoming documentary on Franklin expedition – New Nunavik nickel mine – Nunavik's Inuit step into uranium exploration – Push to expand Tursujuq provincial park near Richmond Gulf – Two teenagers complete Eric Severeid's 1930 route in 49 days – Woods Canada gets new owners – Editor: Don't ever take whatever you love to do for granted. Fate won't. – Book reviews: The Lost Canoe: A Labrador Adventure by Lawrence W. Coady – Lands Forlorn by George Douglas – Paddle Your Own Kayak by Gary and Joanie McGuffin – Paddling Partners: Fifty Years of Northern Canoe Travel by Bruce and Carol Hodgins
	Spring	132 (PDF)	Lands Forlorn classic of the 1911 Douglas-Sandberg expedition to the Coppermine River is reprinted – Inuit approve uranium mining in Nunavut – A book and an art exhibition delve into our canoe heritage – Secret topo-map FTP site – Study finds bear spray better than a gun – In praise of search and rescue – Saskatchewan First Nation building a hydro dam – Arctic film delayed – Whaling station in Kekerten Park will be visitor centre – Crees and Quebec sign another agreement – Prospecting permits issued for Queen Maud bird sanctuary – Memories of winter – HACC returns to Pukaskwa – Book reviews: Nahanni Journals: R. M. Patterson by Richard C. Davis – Bill Mason Wilderness Artist by Ken Buck – All Things are Possible by Phil Peterson – Explorer's Guide to Algonquin Park by Michael Runtz – The Return of Caribou to Ungava by Bergerud
	Winter	131 (PDF)	Trans Arctic Expedition – Keele River Expedition – Letters on Alex Hall's reputation, closing of Canoe Frontier outfitters – Who killed thousands of Inuit sled dogs 50 years ago? – Trek across Victoria Island – Scientists core ice at Pingualuit (Chubb) Crater – Plans move forward on Bathurst Inlet port and road – Protecting Nunavut caribou herd – 1000 issues in post-Nickels Che-Mun – Morse River – Alex Hall – Book reviews: Measuring Mother Earth by Heather Robertson – Beneath My Feet by Phil Jenkins – Arctic Spectacles by Russell A. Potter – Blue Spruce Journals by Stewart Coffin – Mapping a Continent by Raumonde Litalien
2007	Fall	130 (PDF)	Following David Thompson's Trail – The Little Partridge Canoe Route: Gateway to the Kazan River – Letters on Seth Wotten's solo expedition, Mecatina, and Barrenland Bob – New Northwest Territories megapark – Nunavut cuts size of polar bear hunt – Investigation into alleged RCMP slaughter of sled dogs in 50's and 60's – Nunvavik to get greater autonomy – Documentation of Inuit dislocation in 50's and 60's – Kayaking expedition along the Northwest Passage – Labrador Inuit concern over radioactive waste from uranium mining – Comments on HACC newbie and a trip to the Canadian Canoe Museum – Book reviews: Emperor of the North by James Raffan – The Northern Horizons of Guy Blanchet by Gwyneth Hoyle – Wilderness Ontario by Gary and Joannie McGuffin – Voyageur by Robert Twigger
	Summer	129 (PDF)	Quebec's Petite Mecatina River – Expedition down the Prince River – Words from well-known paddlers: Jon Berger on his Canoe Atlas of the Little North; Alex Hall on Barrenland Bob; David Pelly on rejection of drilling on the upper Thelon River. CBC reports paddlers left hanging by Tundra Tom – Research in crater lake Pingualuit – Makivik's Arctic cruise ship – DEW Line cleanup – Bathurst Inlet port and road – Total sun eclipse over Nunvavut in '08 – Discovering Amundsen's Inuk descendants – Relentless northern development – Book reviews: The Keewaydin Way by Brian Back – Moving Waters by Sam Cook – Capturing the French River by Wayne Kelly – The Lure of Faraway Places by Herb Pohl
	Spring	128 (PDF)	Twin Otters – Seth Wotten resumes cross-continent solo – Words from well-known paddlers: Letter from John Lentz on impending mining in the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary; David Pelly's new book project; praise from Stewart Coffin – French tourism in Nunavut – Nunavut files court action on federal inaction on 1993 land-claim implementation – Tabled territorial legislation would boost Inuit languages – Nunavut outfitter guidelines sought – Rangers patrol high Arctic – Dog race in Baffin Island – Is Nunavut ready for mining boom? – Extreme heat up north this summer – New mining an issue for Nunavik – Hide-Away Canoe Club summer plans – The new full-colour Che-Mun – A sneak peek at The Canoe Atlas of the Little North – Book reviews: Canoe Atlas of the Little North by Jon Berger and Tom Terry; Quetico and Beyond by Kevin Callan; Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace – Lake Temagami youth camps going strong after a century – Hide-Away Canoe Club will follow routes of David Thompson and Eric Morse this summer
	Winter	127 (PDF)	Solo down the swollen George River - almost – Online PDFs of historic canoe books – Korok River park planned – Artists on the George River – The antics of Barrenland Bob - a bad news outfitter – Trans-Arctic Canoe Expedition review – Inuktituk Old Testament – Davis Strait polar bears – Killer whales increase in the Arctic – New Anglican church in Salluit – New 70-mile mining road northwest of Baker Lake – Winter road to Nunavut and NWT diamond mines – Impending mining in the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary – Trans-arctic snowmobile expedition for climate and snow research
2006	Fall	126 (PDF) Centre Spread (PDF)	Rupert River diversion begins (with map) – Broadback River trip journal and photos by Lester Kovac centre spread – Letters from Tim Farr on Che-Mun back issues, and from Andrew Hall and Kully Minderman on the growing notoriety of "Barrenland Bob" – Nunavik deal with Canada – Searching for Arctic ice – Inuit on Belcher Islands fear Rupert diversion – Hydropower corrupts – Book review: Terra Nostra: The Stories Behind Canada's Maps by Jeffrey S. Murray – Canada nearly ceased publication of paper topographical maps
	Summer	125 (PDF)	Remembering Herb Pohl: News story on the Lake Superior drowning – Battles with Barrenland Bob & Co – A father returns with his son to Killarney, 30 years later – Letter from Paul Chivers on saving the historic La Vase portages – Cliff Jacobson's disastrous encounter with Canada Customs – Changing circumstances in the warming Arctic – Empty fuel drums in Nunavut communities – Homeless police in Umiujaq – Interplanetary exploration teams use Haughton Crater for Mars simulations – PLS over GPS in the Arctic – Peake family loses yet another member, Bev – Book review: The Arctic Voyages of Martin Frobisher by Robert McGhee
	Spring	124 (PDF)	Cliff Jacobson paddles the chilly Snake River, Yukon – Che-Mun Index Outfits 38-120 Part II – Photo of Jeff Traversy sitting in George Douglas' Lands Forlorn cabin in 2005 – Book reviews: Ten Rivers by Ed Struzik; Being Caribou by Karsten Heuer – Letters from Alan Kesselheim, Blair Richardson, Bill Layman and Jeff Traversy
	Winter	123 (PDF)	Lake of the Woods to Coppermine in 122 days by the Marshall brothers – Che-Mun Index Outfits 38-120 Part I – Reviews: Three Rivers (Yukon); Killarney & the French River by Kevin Callan – Reprint reviews: True North by Elliott Merrick; Sleeping Island by P.G. Downes; A Death on the Barrens by George Grinnell – Letters from Philip Schubert and Kjarton Bergsvaag – Canadian Canoe Museum's Open Letter on the 1976 Lake Timiskaming Tragedy
2005	Fall	122 (PDF)	George Douglas 1911 – Naskaupi River Journal 2005 by Philip Schubert – Down a Dead Man's River (1966 down the Dubawnt) by Charlie Mahler – Reviews: The Woman Who Mapped Labrador by Buchanan et al, Common Plants of Nunavut by Mallory and Aiken – Map of current Hydro-Quebec dams and diversions
	Summer	121 (PDF)	50/100 years in story and photos: Churchill River trip of 1955, Hubbard-Wallace expeditions of 1905 – James Raffan on George Simpson's grave – George Drought's exploding Back River stove – To Ungava By George (River) – Borealis Paddling Expedition on the Barrens – Wollaston Lake To Chantrey Inlet – Reviews: Every Trail Has a Story by Henderson, Paddling & Hiking Ontario's Southern Shield Country by Kas Stone – Notes from Bill Layman and Lynda Holland's Barren trip on Hanbury-Thelon rivers – Crees selling out their "sacred" homeland – Canadian icebreaker to measure Arctic climate change – Economic impact of the polar bear sport hunt
	Spring	120 (PDF)	Canada By Land trip report – Across the Continental Divide in Mackenzie's track by Duncan Thomson – Lost Labrador canoeists' canoe found on Korok River with photos – Reivews: Bloody Falls of the Coppermine by McKay Jenkins, The Happy Camper by Kevin Callan — Obits: James Houston and Andy Brown – Photo essay: The mystery of George Simpson's Mt. Royal grave – Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest – Trademark issue over Inuit qimmik
2004/ 2005	Fall/ Winter	118/ 119	Yellowknife to the mouth of the Coppermine River – Family trip on Teslin and Yukon rivers – Letters on Naskaupi River and Elliott Merrick – Legacy of Inuit sled-dog slaughter – Increase in Inuit polar-bear quotas – Environmental assessment funding for groups on Eastmain 1-A dam and Rupert River diversion projects – Meadowbank gold mine project in the Barrens – Editor's Loss of a father – Reviews: No Man's River by Farley Mowat – Paddling the Boreal Forest by Finkelstein and Stone – Rendezvous with the Wild Edited by James Raffan – Photo by A.P. Low in Ungava Bay
2004	Summer	117	Closure in the Torngats – Risk and Responsibility response in Torngat – Chasing the voyageur on the 'old' Methye Portage – Trials and tribulations in seeking expedition sponsorship – Cruise ships in the Arctic – Film on Arctic explorer Rasmussen – Editor's loss of a spouse – In Memorium of Maggie McNair Peake – Reviews: From Reindeer to Eskimo Point by Kazaks – Up the Creek by McKown – Bark Canoes by John Jennings – A Canoeist's Sketchbook by Robert Kimber – Books by Callan
	Spring	116	Payne River expedition – Source of the Norse in Ungava – Letters from George Douglas' niece – Che-Mun accolade – Torngat followup letters: Cliff Jacobson, Alan Kesselheim – Wipper receives Order of Ontario; Scots head across Canada; Layman-Holland expedition to the Barrens; Hunt for Franklin's ships; Dispute over Arctic island's sovereignty; Nunavik buys search and rescue equipment – Reviews: The Dene Elders Project by Holland and Kkailther; CD Canoesongs – Lust in the Barrens
	Winter	115	Hubbard Memorial Canoe Expedition into Labrador – Labrador Tragedy: Letters with Big Tribe Observations – Essay: Recognition and responsibility – Canadian Canoe Museum suspends operations – Scots head across Canada – Nunvaut film production – NWT tourism – Hudson's Bay Quest dog-sled race – Reviews: The Man Who Mapped the Arctic by Peter Steele; Nunavik by Henrik Wittenborn; Ancient Mariner by Ken McGoogan
2003	Fall	114	Excerpt: My Black Spruce Journals by Stewart Coffin – Labrador Tragedy: canoeists' fate a mystery – Recognition and responsibility – Photo captures Robert Service at real Door of Death – Duke Watson on Low's travels – Some upcoming reports – Labrador Inuit aboriginal settlement – Ungava Bay canoe death – Pingualuit (Chubb) Crater in northern Quebec to become park – Canoeists on Hudson Bay rescued twice – Rupert River diversion project – Review: Discovering Eden by Alex Hall – Photos: J.B. Tyrrell's Dubawnt River and Swedish canoes
	Summer	113	Excerpt: Discovering Eden by Alex Hall – Rupert R.I.P? – Mackenzie Valley: Opponents to proponents – Pauzé and Barnes to Labrador – Michaud on Payne River – Stewart Coffin's book – Nahanni battle – North Pole Web cam – Diamond hunting on Melville Peninsula – Iqaluit-Goose Bay flights – An Inuit on Everest – Rats in the Aleutians – A summer without a canoe adventure – Videos: George Drought's Jewel of Ontario: The Petawawa; Les Stroud's Stranded – Book: Laurel Archer's Northern Saskatchewan Canoe Trips – Photos: Robert Service in his birchbark canoe; Carey Lake on the Dubawnt
	Spring	112	Excerpt: Five Northern Rivers by Bert Horwood – Acquiring some National Archives of Canada photos – Gangbars and juvenile-arthritis-fundraising trip – Jim Abel's summer plans – 2003 online canoe expeditions – Aboriginal art purchase by Canada Council – Muskox harvest cancelled – Bathurst Inlet port project – Lamenting no trip this summer for Hide-Away Canoe Club – More of Canada's Best Canoe Routes by Alister Thomas; Kevin Callan's Paddler's Guides; The Forgotten Skills video by Cliff Jacobson
	Winter	111	Expedition: Following A.P. Low in northern Quebec – Canoeing Symposium – Tides of Ungava – Nunavik – Arctic climate change – Death of some great paddlers – Cold Burial by Clive Powell-Williams; Lost Lands, Forgotten Stories by Alexandra Pratt; In the Footsteps of Grey Owl by McGuffins; Horizontal Everest by Jerry Kobalenko
2002	Autumn	110	Expedition: Cruising the Quoich River, Nunavut – Backpacking in Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island – Beluga whale hunt – Wildernesscanoe.org – Payne Lake Project – Move to Ottertooth.com – Annual HACC dinner – 17th Annual Maine Canoe Symposium – Authors John Rugge and Jim Davidson – Reivews: Barrow to Boothia by William Barr with Ft Confidence historic photos; 20 Years of Canoe Camping North of 60 by Clayton Klein
	Summer	109	Rainy River memories, a 1953 trip report – French River photos of Old Voyageur Channel – Deep Waters review with original Timiskaming photos – Book reviews: Canoeing a Continent, Canoeing the Churchill, The Canoe – Rupert River news
	Spring	108	John Lentz trip report on the Horton River – Max Finkelstein excerpt: “Why the Heck Indeed? – Northern Quebec power deals – Reviews: Ontario’s Lost Canoe Routes, Hood River & Back River tripping videos

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