Over more than 50 years, Black Feather adventurers have paddled wilderness rivers, hiked remote landscapes, and sea kayaked along pristine coastlines and through sparkling fjords.
Black Feather’s Mission Statement is “to be Canada’s premier wilderness adventure company by providing adventurous, safe, environmentally friendly wilderness holidays for active individuals and small groups.”
Since 1972, Black Feather’s vision has been to offer sustainable, self-propelled trips by foot, canoe, sea kayak, ski and raft in unique wilderness locales. We work in a spirit of co-operation with our participants, local communities and suppliers. We are dedicated to exploring, interpreting and preserving our natural environment.
We explore the most outstanding northern destinations, from the world famous Nahanni River, to a remote fjord in Greenland, to Ellesmere’s Muskox Way – just 500 miles from the North Pole, as well as shorter warm-up and instructional trips and courses. To ensure you enjoy your wilderness experiences to the fullest, we offer trips suitable for all skill levels and can introduce you to new places, or to wilderness travel and camping in general to help you prepare for a northern trip in the future, or to just enjoy on its own!
Highly experienced guides bring a wealth of knowledge and skills to each trip. Our expedition gear is field tested and in some cases, custom designed for our rigorous standards.
Our meals are well known in the field … we literally wrote the book on wilderness cuisine: “Camp Cooking in the Wild – The Black Feather Guide to Eating Well in the Great Outdoors”.
Experience the beauty and grandeur of the Wind River (Tr'ineeditr'aii nijk) wilderness. Float and paddle down crystal clear turquoise waters that sparkle like jewels the the colour of the Carribean, hike the easy to access surrounding mountains and get rewarded with stunning views of the upper watershed, and pass by local wildlife, from caribou, sheep and wolf to bear and peregrine falcon.
The Wind is only accessible by charter aircraft to McCluskey Lake. What a feeling to see the plane taxi away and take off, leaving the group deep in an incredible wilderness. How lucky we are!
Canoeists on the Wind and Snake find the pace just right while on the water, with snack and stretch breaks allowing time to enjoy the surroundings and not just focus on the paddling! With experienced instructors as guides, they may just take home a paddling tip or two, as well!
Wildlife abounds at the headwaters of the Snake River, where this lone caribou was spotted moving across the open, treeless landscape of Duo Lakes, where this fly-in only canoe trip begins.
