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What We SawGreat Glacier BC is where your 3-4 day float trip begins (guided or unguided). Spend the night in tents at undeveloped camp locations or in rented U.S. Forest Service Recreation Cabins, (prior reservations required). After being dropped off at the Great Glacier campground, take a 1 mile walk to view Great Glacier lake, icebergs and the glacier itself. See Photos Spend the night at the campground or take to the river and start paddling. You can either find a camping spot for tenting or paddle 15 miles to the Mount Flemmer U.S. Forest Service Recreation Cabin for the night. |
The next day you can make a relaxing stop at the
Chief Shakes Hot Springs (mineral not sulfur, so there is
no "rotten egg smell") for a dip. See Photo
Again it is your choice of lodging for the night, either tents or the Shakes Slough Recreation Cabins. The next day you can, if your want to do some ambitious paddling going up Shakes Slough to Shakes Lake/Glacier, a 3 mile upstream paddle with a current of about 2-3 mph, or paddle down the main river to the desert. Or maybe to the Rynda Forest Service Cabin for the night and Andrews Slough for a little fishing in the clear water. |
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The final day paddle on out to the Garnet Ledge
Forest Service Cabin to look at the famous Garnets that
have been sold in Wrangell to visitors since steamboats
plied the inside passage. See Photos You can be
either picked up there or paddle across the
"flats" to Wrangell. For a longer adventure, you may also paddle from Telegraph Creek British Columbia to Wrangell. |