C-05 Seal River (Shethanei Lake to Hudson Bay downstream)
Geographic Location:
- Northern Manitoba
Name of Trip:
- Seal River (Shethanei Lake to Hudson Bay downstream)
Major Lakes/Rivers:
- Shethanei L.
Source of Information:
- Maps:
- 54 L/13, L/14; 54 M/2, M/3, M/4; 64 I/13, I/14, I/15, I/16; 64 J/16
- Book/Brochures:
- Garry Dodds Heritage River Report.
Duration of Trip:
- 15 Days paddling.
Total Distance:
- 264 kilometres.
River Rating:
- Seal River up to Class 4-5.
Portages:
- 5 portages, plus much wading and lining.
- Most portages are short and can be completed by walking over open shorelines. Bastion Rock was the most difficult encountered.
Start (Put In):
- Shethanei Lake. Accessible by plane.
Finish (Take Out):
- Mouth of the Seal River on Hudson Bay. Pick up by Jack Bastone, Box 531, Churchill, MB, R0B 0E0 and taken into Churchill. Can continue from here.
Remoteness:
- Water survey cabin 3 miles below Great Island.
Comments:
- Precambrian sedimentary rock exposures are found on the south channel around Great Island. There are beaches in the wider parts of the river.
- Samuel Hearne’s esker campsite is found on Shethanei Lake.
- There is an abandoned mining exploration camp at the west end of Great Island and seals below Great Island. Arctic grayling can be found in the river.
