Overview

The Wabakimi Project is a not-for-profit volunteer effort to locate, explore and document all of the canoe routes of Wabakimi Provincial Park. Since its inception in 2004, the scope of this ambitious venture has been expanded to include the canoe routes that lie on Crown lands adjacent to the park. They provide vital access to Wabakimi as well as strategic links to nearby protected areas such as Albany River, St. Raphael Lake, Brightsand River, Kopka River and Whitesand Provincial Parks.

To date, 71 volunteers from across North America have collectively spent a total of 273 days on 24 trips exploring and mapping the canoe routes of this vast wilderness area. Together, they've travelled over 1,600km, located and cleaned more than 250 campsites and cleared some 200 portages whose total lengths exceeded 80,000m.

In 2008, The Wabakimi Project will operate continuously for 121 days from mid-May to mid-September and will involve 45 volunteers participating on 15 trips. Total travel distance will be an estimated 1,150km and will involve maintenance and documentation of some 265 portages.