CANOE TRIPS
Your Journey. Your Group. Your Way.
There is something about travelling by canoe that changes the way we experience the land.
At Aurora, we want to make wilderness canoe travel accessible to more people — whether you’re looking for a fully guided experience, planning an adventure for your organization, gathering family and friends, joining one of our scheduled expeditions, or simply need the equipment and support to head out on your own.
Grass River Canoe Expeditions
Want the adventure without having to organize your own group?
Join one of Aurora’s planned Grass River Canoe Expeditions and experience one of Northern Manitoba’s incredible wilderness canoe routes alongside other adventurers.
🛶 4-Day Expedition
Cranberry Portage → Iskwasum Lake
A great introduction to multi-day wilderness canoe travel.
🌲 6-Day Expedition
Iskwasum Lake → Wekusko Lake
Journey deeper through remote lakes, rivers and boreal wilderness.
🔥 10-Day Full Journey
Cranberry Portage → Wekusko Lake
Complete the entire route for the full Grass River wilderness experience.
Group & Youth Expeditions
Bring your school, youth organization, community group or adult team onto the land for an experience built around leadership, teamwork and connection.
Trips can incorporate wilderness skills, leadership development, paddling and navigation, camp responsibilities and opportunities for land-based teachings.
The wilderness becomes the classroom.
Private Family & Friends Trips Gather your people and let Aurora take care of the details. Private guided trips can be designed around your group’s experience, interests and available time — creating an opportunity to unplug, paddle together, sit around the fire and make memories far away from everyday distractions.
Independent Adventures & Outfitting
Already comfortable travelling on your own?
Aurora can help you get there.
Our canoe rentals, camping and kitchen equipment, topographic maps, satellite communication devices, transportation and shuttle services can help independent paddlers plan and outfit their own wilderness journey.
Bring your experience. We’ll help with the logistics.
Let the Land Bring You Back
Whether you’re travelling for adventure, leadership, learning, family connection or simply the freedom of being on the water, there’s a canoe journey waiting for you.
Join a trip. Bring a group. Create a private journey. Or outfit your own adventure.
However you choose to travel, Aurora is here to help reconnect you with the land.
Explore the Aurora Hub™
Return to the Land. Reconnect with Yourself. Live Every Day Sacred.
with canoe trailer, paddles and life jackets have just been purchased – we offer a variety of 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, 5-day, and 6-day canoe trips where people can choose from the following:
The backcountry of the Grass River Provincial Park is rich with lakes, rivers, islands, beaches, and wildlife. One of the more popular ways to sightsee the wilderness areas of the park is by exploring the historic Grass River Canoe Route which was once a supply and hunting route used by fur traders and the First Nation people. It is a canoe river route you’re sure to enjoy with its many different types of ecosystems decorated with waterfalls, rapids, fast currents, lakes, petroglyphs, and portages, not to mention all the diversity of flora and fauna.
Classification: Beginner to Experienced Novice
Total Distance: 370 km (from Cranberry Portage to Paint Lake Provincial Park)
Total Time: 15-24 days but can be paddled in sections (see below)
Total Number of Rapids: 33
Total Number of Portages: 24 (4790m in total)
River Travel: Beginner to Experienced Novice
Lake Travel: Novice to Experienced Novice
Portaging: Moderate
Remoteness: Intermediate to Remote
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PACKAGES
Equipment Package
- canoe(s) and all of the necessary…
- paddles, lifejackets
- safety equipment like bailer, throw rope and tie ropes
- carrying equipment like car roof foam (no need for roof rack) and ratchet straps
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Deluxe Package
The Deluxe package would include transportation of your rented canoes and equipment to and from your site (mileage would apply)
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Ultimate Package
we provide food, canoes, equipment, maps, and a satellite phone for emergencies.
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