Overview

The Wabakimi Project is a not-for-profit volunteer effort to locate, explore and document 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 provincial parks and the conservation reserves.

To date, 96 volunteers from across North America have collectively spent a total of 402 days on 43 trips exploring and mapping the canoe routes of this vast wilderness area. Together, they've travelled over 2,400km, identified more than 400 campsites and measured some 450 portages whose total lengths exceeded 120,000m.

In 2009, The Wabakimi Project will operate continuously for 18 weeks (127 days) from mid-May to mid-September and will involve a maximum of 56 volunteers. Applications are welcome from eligible paddlers interested in participating in this worthwhile conservancy effort.