Kroka’s annual Canadian Expedition is a capstone experience for students ready for the adventure of a lifetime. Each year we take a team of dedicated paddlers to one of the great rivers of the North: the Ashuapmushuan, Coulonge, Moisie, Broadback, and more. Pristine and breathtakingly beautiful, these rivers drain the vast northern forests of Quebec and Ontario, accessible only by remote logging routes seldom driven. Travelling self-sufficiently downriver, we experience the awe-inspiring beauty of the north country and some of the best whitewater paddling in North America. In the afternoons we make camp along the gravel bars and rock beaches, gather mushrooms, fish and berries to eat, and sleep under an endlessly starry sky. Canadian Expedition takes us deep into remote and seldom-travelled wilderness where the joys and challenges of expedition life unleash our best selves living simply and traveling as a community. As we travel to and from the river we experience the cultural lifeways of northern people, visiting with local indigenous communities, post-industrial villages, and the old cities of Quebec and Montreal. Students will be required to dehydrate expedition food and take on other advanced preparation tasks before the start of the expedition. NOTE: Our expedition location for 2022 will be announced in early December.