The Rover-Landers of BC

To the Canol Expedition travelers :D

Great pictures taken. I set the pictures up as a slide show & a fresh pot of coffee & let them roll.
I like the pics when Kris has his camera in his hand out the window for the low view of the water rushing. :D
Anouther is A109 on a rivers edge with the mountains in the back ground, excellent framing!! Your eyes are drawn into the picture. We stopped the slide show to study the picture.

On my desk top is one of the buffalo on the road.

Where did the big blue Mog come from and go? The Camo tape...nice touch :D

The blue Mog is still there, you just can't see it. Camo tape strikes again...

Ok, would be cool so see their pics as well. Looks like carnage was at a minimum, what was the worst mechanical?

How'd the encounter with the horseman and later the officer go?

Paul, I was just having fun with the Camo tape. Actually, Charlie and Martha in the Mog headed back to Alaska early as they didn't have the time to go too far and never planned to push the Mog too hard given how tight the road was, the potential depth of the rivers (Mog was far too big for the raft), and the large investment they have in their beautiful camper.

Carnage was moderate: A few bent tie rods (straightened in camp), a leaky clutch slave (spare on hand), and a slightly bent trailer. For some unknown reason, the trailer tried riding on its lid a few times...

craig wrote:How'd the encounter with the horseman and later the officer go?

The Horseman was actually a hunting guide for Rams Head Outfitters and he was very pleasant. The officer was part of a group of 3 NWT officials that flew in via Helicopter to ask us "what are you doing???" They were very surprised to see us that far in the trail, and informed us that we had gotten further than any other truck since 1948-49 :lol: :D
We all had a nice long chat with them, got some great stories from Guy the helo-pilot and Kris even got to sit in the Helicopter :lol:
They were from Tourism and Parks, FIsh and Wildlife and an environmental agencey. Apparently we were the talk of the North and we even had another helicopter fly over us and circle 5 or 6 times taking pics of us...damn paparazzi again :lol:

Everyone on horses was very nice, the hunting outfitter that owns the horses, not so nice. Of all the folks we met, said outfitter was the only downer.

The environmental officer was fine, he was just checking out what we were up to (his job). Like everyone we met, he was pretty shocked at how far in we got. Some officers use cruisers, some quads, and some horses. He was lucky enough to use a helicopter in a place with stunning views. Your tax dollars at work...

Craig, you need to join the next effort!

[/quote]Carnage was moderate: A few bent tie rods (straightened in camp), a leaky clutch slave (spare on hand), and a slightly bent trailer. For some unknown reason, the trailer tried riding on its lid a few times...[/quote]

Oh and my 109 (the only non-rock slider equipped) took a few good wacks on my rear quarter behind the passenger door. Fixable...but will take some work...mabey it's time to install the side mount jerry can door. The defenders all suffered some eyebrow damage as well...tight trail, lots of trees.

Doc Tari wrote:Everyone on horses was very nice, the hunting outfitter that owns the horses, not so nice. Of all the folks we met, said outfitter was the only downer.

The environmental officer was fine, he was just checking out what we were up to (his job). Like everyone we met, he was pretty shocked at how far in we got. Some officers use cruisers, some quads, and some horses. He was lucky enough to use a helicopter in a place with stunning views. Your tax dollars at work...

Craig, you need to join the next effort!

You bet I do! I was seriously bummed I didn't make it this time.

It's good to hear that nobody was too freaked out about you guys being in that far. I bet you really shocked those that ran into you on the trail. :D

Thanks for all the great photos. It was fun going through them all, daydreaming about doing it in the future.

Craig

Shawn has sent me his photos and they are now posted in the Photo Gallery, thanks Shawn!
Bill

So when is the next try? I'll have the 90 together this time ;)

BTW... what happened to the windshield?

The windshield was European spec tempered glass in front of the driver and safety glass had been installed on the passenger side. The driver’s window completely fell to pieces when struck by a rock 2 k before the pavement.The team removed the passenger window and installed it on the driver’s side while I watched and a suitable replacement for the passenger side was found much to everyone’s surprise from an old truck canopy, this was duct taped on. It lasted all the way home and I have now replaced them both.

From what I saw on the photo gallery - an are awesome adventure was had by the participants.

Well done!

Speaking to a contact up North, expect to see portions of this road upgraded to support a mine.

Any info on what company and sort of mine it is?

What they are referring to is the North Canol Highway that takes you to the trailhead of the Canol Heritage Trail.

Not the trail itself.

Several people expressed interest in purchasing a copy of the Canol DVD at Founder's Day. Thanks to help from Dave Blair, it's now posted in the Merchandise section.

Regards,
Pete

FYI... the feds are about to spend a shit load of money on a huge environmental inspection of the Canol road. Might be something to do with turning it into a park.

Hi Andrew,
Where did you hear about it?

Thanks,
Pete

DVD still available ? Hoping to give it a try next fall and would like to see some video.

Thanks in advance

Sorry, the DVDs are sold out.

Pete

Thats a shame, thanks for the reply.