Making Canada better known to Canadians and to the world

Justin Barbour will follow a 270 kilometre circuit of lakes and rivers within the Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve beginning near Medonnegonnix Lake. Barbour will follow a historic route that was followed by explorer/geologist/surveyor James Patrick Howley and his team of Mi’kmaq guides as they mapped Newfoundland’s interior in 1887. He will also visit the seldom seen Mt. Sylvester and will attempt to document Newfoundland’s Middle Ridge Caribou along the way.

To complete his journey, Barbour will paddle down to the ocean via the Bay du Nord River (a Canadian Heritage River), and capture photos of the 100 foot waterfall, named “Smokey Falls.”

In one of the worst disasters in U.S. naval history, the Truxton and Pollux vessels ran aground and sank off the coast of Newfoundland during WWII. Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth, along with a team of RCGS Fellows, will explore and document the sunken U.S. Navy vessels off the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland. This expedition will document these wrecks and share the stories of survivors, one of whom became an icon in civil rights and underwater exploration.

RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth, along with a team of RCGS Fellows, will explore and document the sunken U.S. Navy vessels, Truxton and Pollux, off the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland.