in past years we launch the boats in fort mac and boat the atab river to fort chip it is about 5-6 hr ride there is a little river up there called the richerdson just before you enter lake athabaska. the river is hardly wider then your boat maybe 2 boats wide, we go about 2 miles up, and there is a camp we have set up. let me tell you the fishing is world class 8-10 lb walters all day long 20-30 lb jack. this up coming june we got 3 river boats going. you gotta go before the runoff hits becouse the mud form the atha b pushes up the richardson and fish don't bit. yes i agree river boating in north alberta is world class..
September long weekend we put our boats in at Hinton on the Athabasca and went 15 miles up strm to the bottom of Brule Lake, turned around and went all the way to Whitecourt. Beautiful trip. Will forsure do it again next year.