Speedtrap SLOWING DOWN ON THE STIKINE,


THE FASTEST CANOE RIVER IN THE WEST STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAVE QUINN


THE STIKINE IS HUGE, MAN. And fast,” exclaimed a canoe guide I know when I told him our plans to spend 10 days paddling 240 kilometres of the lower Stikine River.


“The river just rips by, all those huge boilers and whirlpools. My advice: don’t paddle, or you’ll get to the end too soon.”


With this bizarre warning, we piled our gear—paddles included—into the truck and headed north.


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C ANOE ROOT S summer 2008


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