Milk River Canoe Tour

1999 June 26-27

Tour Co-Ordinator: P. LaGrandeur

Webmaster: P. LaGrandeur..............Last Update 99 Nov 28

The group at hoodoos, June 27, 1999 on Milk River just downstream from Poverty Rock campsite.
Front: Doug
Middle L-R: Peter, Craig, Pat, Peter, Nancy
Rear L-R: Patti, Brady

The weather was warm and sunny, there were few mosquitos, and the river water was warm. We had no canoe upsets, with the only slight damage being suffered to Peter T.'s wood/canvas canoe in the rock gardens upstream of Poverty Rock.

A treat for us on the second day was to see the historic reenactment of the Royal North West Mounted Police horse & wagon ride beside the Milk River on the Sunday on its way to Fort Macleod.

In addition to our paddling trip, we took the guided tour to the rock carvings (Petroglyphs) and paintings (petrographs) in the restricted area of Writing on Stone Prov Park.

Our basic itinerary was as follows:

Day 1: Coffin bridge to Poverty Rock camp site on Milk River

Day 2: Poverty Rock to Writing on Stone Prov Park beach

Please link to the orientation page for this trip for more information.

A lazy paddling day.

Hoodoo sentinel over the Milk, downstream from Poverty Rock.

Evening campfire at Poverty Rock.

Peter's camp at POverty Rock

Poverty Rock.

Bird's eye view of camp at Poverty Rock Campsite from canyon rim.

Hoodoos.