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Canoeist praised for ‘changing the map of Canada’ after dramatic encounter with unknown waterfalls
National Post ^
| 7/31/13
| Jake Edmiston
Posted on 08/01/2013 12:20:51 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Aerial photographs from the 1950s didnt prepare Adam Shoalts for what he was about to encounter. The self-dubbed modern explorer was canoeing a stretch of little-known whitewater rapids just south of Hudson Bay when the river started to disappear in front of him. Courtesy: Adam Shoalts
Ive discovered a waterfall and now Im about to go straight over it, Mr. Shoalts thought. This is not good.
He tried to back paddle, but the current was too swift. And then, Its past the point of no return.
The current pivoted his canoe sideways, sending him down the 12-metre waterfall. As he fought against the undertow and swam to shore, Mr. Shoalts couldnt help congratulating himself for making a discovery that just doesnt happen in the 21st century.
The August 2012 trip marked the first time on record that anyone had traversed the Again River, a 100-kilometre tributary straddling the Northern Ontario-Quebec border that was too likely too marginal to sustain ancient aboriginal populations and too rocky for fur traders.
After rescuing most of his gear downstream and using duct tape to repair his dented canoe, Mr. Shoalts proceeded along the river to find six more uncharted waterfalls. And now, with the backing of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), Mr. Shoalts is poised to return to the area this week to properly document one of the last blind spots acknowledged by Canadian geographers.
Already, the RCGS has lauded Mr. Shoalts for changing the map of Canada, a true rarity in 21st-century exploration.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: adamshoalts; againriver; canada; discovered; unknown; waterfalls
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To: LibWhacker
How awesome! I’d like to think there are places in the States like that. or at least where no one could find you :)
And with waterfalls! Double bonus points :):)
Tatt
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posted on
08/01/2013 1:09:56 PM PDT
by
thesearethetimes...
("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
To: LibWhacker
And now, with the backing of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), Mr. Shoalts is poised to return to the area this week to properly document one of the last blind spots acknowledged by Canadian geographers.Oh no! Not Again!

A waterfall discovered by Adam Shoalts on Canada's Again river. Photograph: Adam Shoalts
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posted on
08/01/2013 1:14:47 PM PDT
by
frithguild
(You can call me Snippy the Anti-Freeper)
To: rochester_veteran
It’s no wonder the area is largely unexplored. Even the native Indians don’t want to venture in there!
To: frithguild
I wonder what the trout fishing is like on that river.
To: johniegrad
Did you mean fly fishing??
oh, I’m sorry, couldn’t help myself.
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posted on
08/01/2013 2:15:49 PM PDT
by
Segovia
To: LibWhacker
Very interesting. It makes me wonder what else is out there...
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posted on
08/01/2013 3:41:16 PM PDT
by
OldNewYork
(Biden '13. Impeach now.)
To: LibWhacker
After rescuing most of his gear downstream and using duct tape to repair his dented canoe
Been there done that in Northern California. But it was an Old Town wood-canvas canoe, some ribs were broken, the skin was torn, and it was an uncharted rapids, not a waterfall. I had to rescue my "clients", their gear and canoes (one fiberglass, one metal, skin not breached but overturned and flooded) as well.
Long story, but my "clients" were students at a private school (Quaker) where I was a teacher, and experienced canoeists, while I was young with no canoeing experience. After several stops to investigate sounds of rapids ahead, and finding no danger, the "clients" finally convinced me to ignore the next one.
Some had even taken off their life jackets, including an rich adult "intern" (with a religious exemption from the draft, aka draft dodger) who was busy bedding several of the older girls.
We had to portage for half a mile or so and then managed to canoe to a prearranged pickup spot. Great learning experience for me. I later repaired my canoe but managed to destroy it a few years late in a river with unexpectedly low water flow.
To: caveat emptor
“an rich adult” =”a rich adult”
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To: LibWhacker
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posted on
08/01/2013 4:11:43 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
To: All
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posted on
08/01/2013 4:19:08 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
To: frithguild
What’s in that river? Beer?? I’ve never seen clean pure water that color.
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posted on
08/01/2013 6:14:14 PM PDT
by
holyscroller
( Without God, America is one nation under)
To: holyscroller
Root Beer
Anyway that is the name of a similar colored waterfall in Cascade Falls park in the Arrowhead area NW of Superior. As I recall it is due to iron bearing rock.
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posted on
08/01/2013 6:23:55 PM PDT
by
KC Burke
(Officially since Memorial Day they are the Gimmie-crat Party.)
To: headsonpikes
LOL, wow, I’d lose my mind.
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
08/01/2013 7:53:19 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
To: Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; Cannoneer No. 4; ...
Thanks headsonpikes.
To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.

Canada Ping!
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posted on
08/02/2013 6:23:27 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
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