If it’s the Ultimate Northern Fishing Experience you are after, then Bakers Narrows Lodge might have just the ticket. Based in Manitoba, Northern Canada, Bakers Narrows Lodge have just informed us of their exciting summer 2006 fishing holiday programme, the perfect excuse to get away from it all and visit one of Canada’s finest fishing lodges.
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Bakers Narrows Lodge 5-Day –Experience the North Tour – Summer
Day 1
Arrive by air. Shuttle to Lodge from Airport. Check in.
Lunch at Lodge
Orientation at Restaurant:
2:00p.m. Walk through park. Climb tower. Show Nature Trail.
3:00 p.m. Pontoon Boat Cruise. Drive by pictographs, old mine site, Hudson’s Bay Island
7:00 p.m. Dinner at Lodge.
8.00 p.m.Option l: Slide Presentation – History of Flin Flon. Gain an insight into the challenges faced by the early settlers to the area.
Option 2: Table Games – Crib, Air Hockey, Scrabble etc.
9:30 p.m. Retire to Cabin. Use Hot Tub. Enjoy Aurora Borealis.
Day 2
7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast in Lodge
8:00 a.m. Option 1: Fly-out Fishing Day to remote location with guide. Enjoy world class fishing, great scenery, beautiful photo opportunities and excellent wilderness cuisine as your guide prepares a shore lunch from your catch of the morning.
Option 2: Canoe trip along Mistik Creek (overnite in wilderness) Your knowledgeable guide will point out species of wildlife tracks, fish, loon nests, bear signs etc. You will “camp out’ in a tent overnight and enjoy wilderness cuisine.
7:00 p.m. Option 1: Returns from fishing day. Has Dinner in Restaurant. Enjoys relaxing on deck in evening, hot tub, or fish for a while later in evening.
Option 2: Overnites in tent on Mistik creek, with interpretive guide.
Day 3
7-8:00 a.m. Option 1: Geological Tour. Geologist guided tour of old mine, pan for gold, examine rock formations. Lunch provided. Return to Lodge for evening dinner.
Option 2: Continues on canoe trip. Returns for evening dinner at Lodge.
8:00 p.m. Experience a truly northern art form – Caribou Hair Tufting. You will have the opportunity to make your own picture.
Day 4
7-8:00 a.m. Option 1: Tour of Flin Flon. Flin Flon Museum, Boardwalk, Shopping opportunity. Visit Native Friendship Centre. Return to lodge for lunch
Option 2: Exploring Native Traditions Workshop. Talk on meaning of Teepee, and on the use of Native Medicinal Herbs for optimum health. Located at Lodge, breaking at 1:00 p.m. for lunch.
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00 p.m. Option 1& 2: Travel to Northern Buffalo Sculptures Gallery. See Native Art Display. Chat with Master Sculptor Irvin Head and learn about meaning of various sculptures on display. Return to Lodge
Free Time until Dinner at Lodge.
6:00 Evening Dinner at Lodge.
7:30 Willow Furniture Demonstration – for either option.
Day 5
7-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Lodge.
Option 1: All-day Sculpting Class with world renown sculptor Irvin Head. Break for lunch at 12:00. Class would go until late afternoon.
Option 2: Ride to The Pas to go to the Casino for the day. Lunch in The Pas, return to lodge in time to evening Dinner.
6:00-8:00p.m. Dinner at Lodge.
Spend the evening playing horseshoes, volleyball, walking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking or just enjoying visiting around the firepit beside your cabin.
Day
6
7-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Lodge
Option 1: Denaire Beach Museum and Limestone Crevices tour. Get an understanding of early life in the north and see the phenomenal crevices in the rocks. Lunch at Rocky View restaurant. Return mid afternoon.
Option 2: Trip to Springs. Nature walk in beautiful boreal forest. Identify floral species, bird species. Bagged Lunch. Return mid afternoon.
6:00-8:00 p.m. Dinner at Lodge.
After dinner, enjoy use of paddle boats, canoes, kayaks, etc.
Day 7
7-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Lodge.
Option 1: Flight to Waskuso Falls. Enjoy walking across the suspension bridges at the falls and stop for a picnic lunch. Fly back by mid afternoon.
Option 2: Guided Fishing day on Athapapuskow. Guide prepares a shore lunch. Lots of great photo opportunities for birds, wildlife and excellent fishing.
6:00-8:00 p.m. Dinner at Lodge. Wind-up Dinner features lots of “made in Manitoba†dishes, deliciously prepared. After dinner, swap stories of your week’s adventure, and pack up to leave in the a.m.
Day 8
7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Lodge.
8:15 a.m. Shuttle to airport
Cost: $2750 per person
For more information visit: Bakers Narrows Lodge
Day 1
Arrive by air. Shuttle to Lodge from Airport. Check in.
Lunch at Lodge
Orientation at Restaurant:
2:00p.m. Walk through park. Climb tower. Show Nature Trail.
3:00 p.m. Pontoon Boat Cruise. Drive by pictographs, old mine site, Hudson’s Bay Island
7:00 p.m. Dinner at Lodge.
8.00 p.m.Option l: Slide Presentation – History of Flin Flon. Gain an insight into the challenges faced by the early settlers to the area.
Option 2: Table Games – Crib, Air Hockey, Scrabble etc.
9:30 p.m. Retire to Cabin. Use Hot Tub. Enjoy Aurora Borealis.
Day 2
7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast in Lodge
8:00 a.m. Option 1: Fly-out Fishing Day to remote location with guide. Enjoy world class fishing, great scenery, beautiful photo opportunities and excellent wilderness cuisine as your guide prepares a shore lunch from your catch of the morning.
Option 2: Canoe trip along Mistik Creek (overnite in wilderness) Your knowledgeable guide will point out species of wildlife tracks, fish, loon nests, bear signs etc. You will “camp out’ in a tent overnight and enjoy wilderness cuisine.
7:00 p.m. Option 1: Returns from fishing day. Has Dinner in Restaurant. Enjoys relaxing on deck in evening, hot tub, or fish for a while later in evening.
Option 2: Overnites in tent on Mistik creek, with interpretive guide.
Day 3
7-8:00 a.m. Option 1: Geological Tour. Geologist guided tour of old mine, pan for gold, examine rock formations. Lunch provided. Return to Lodge for evening dinner.
Option 2: Continues on canoe trip. Returns for evening dinner at Lodge.
8:00 p.m. Experience a truly northern art form – Caribou Hair Tufting. You will have the opportunity to make your own picture.
Day 4
7-8:00 a.m. Option 1: Tour of Flin Flon. Flin Flon Museum, Boardwalk, Shopping opportunity. Visit Native Friendship Centre. Return to lodge for lunch
Option 2: Exploring Native Traditions Workshop. Talk on meaning of Teepee, and on the use of Native Medicinal Herbs for optimum health. Located at Lodge, breaking at 1:00 p.m. for lunch.
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00 p.m. Option 1& 2: Travel to Northern Buffalo Sculptures Gallery. See Native Art Display. Chat with Master Sculptor Irvin Head and learn about meaning of various sculptures on display. Return to Lodge
Free Time until Dinner at Lodge.
6:00 Evening Dinner at Lodge.
7:30 Willow Furniture Demonstration – for either option.
Day 5
7-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Lodge.
Option 1: All-day Sculpting Class with world renown sculptor Irvin Head. Break for lunch at 12:00. Class would go until late afternoon.
Option 2: Ride to The Pas to go to the Casino for the day. Lunch in The Pas, return to lodge in time to evening Dinner.
6:00-8:00p.m. Dinner at Lodge.
Spend the evening playing horseshoes, volleyball, walking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking or just enjoying visiting around the firepit beside your cabin.
Day
6
7-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Lodge
Option 1: Denaire Beach Museum and Limestone Crevices tour. Get an understanding of early life in the north and see the phenomenal crevices in the rocks. Lunch at Rocky View restaurant. Return mid afternoon.
Option 2: Trip to Springs. Nature walk in beautiful boreal forest. Identify floral species, bird species. Bagged Lunch. Return mid afternoon.
6:00-8:00 p.m. Dinner at Lodge.
After dinner, enjoy use of paddle boats, canoes, kayaks, etc.
Day 7
7-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Lodge.
Option 1: Flight to Waskuso Falls. Enjoy walking across the suspension bridges at the falls and stop for a picnic lunch. Fly back by mid afternoon.
Option 2: Guided Fishing day on Athapapuskow. Guide prepares a shore lunch. Lots of great photo opportunities for birds, wildlife and excellent fishing.
6:00-8:00 p.m. Dinner at Lodge. Wind-up Dinner features lots of “made in Manitoba†dishes, deliciously prepared. After dinner, swap stories of your week’s adventure, and pack up to leave in the a.m.
Day 8
7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Lodge.
8:15 a.m. Shuttle to airport
Cost: $2750 per person
For more information visit: Bakers Narrows Lodge
