We’ve added a new video to our Youtube page from our trek to the highest point in Ontario- Ishpatina Ridge! On this trip we had our first international expedition member from the Netherlands come along with us. This was the coldest LOTN expedition on record with temperatures reaching as low as -45*C and consistently reaching -35*C throughout the trip. Check it out!

Hurry now and sign up for next weekend’s Traditional Game Bag workshop! You’ve all been asking for one- so here it is! It’s a fun weekend with lots to learn and Guys- haven’t you always wanted a murse?! Even Kie calls hers a murse because it’s that cool!

Click the photo to go directly to the info page and sign up today!

We have started a new page that is a place for information about all kinds of useful items such as our favorite recipes, natural bug deterants, gear lists and more! Check it out in the main menu bar. Or click here!

Join us in making a whole summer line of traditional gear including summer moccasins, foraging and pack baskets and a traditional game bag ! Check out our offerings in the store here!  Or view the Calendar of Events for a chronological listing.

Photo credit: Glen Schwendinger

It is with mixed emotions that we return from our final winter trip of 2013.  We’re sad to see a great winter wrap up, but we’re also still on a bit of a high from all the wonderful adventures and fantastic folks that we’ve met.  Happily, we finished up with an exploration of Killarney Park under beautiful skies, with a fun-loving group of characters.  We were reminded again why the George Lake – Carlyle Lake corridor  is one of our favourite winter weekends: creeks, lakes, a tough portage, a beautiful frozen waterfall and a perfect little beaver-pond campsite!

Check out the photos here, and thanks to Glen Schwendinger for the great campsite shot to the left.

Photo Credit: David Hartman

What a fantastic Explorer’s Club expedition we’ve had in 2013!  10 days and 100km, travelling across the historic Missinaibi Headwaters, this was our longest, most remote and most northerly group expedition to date.  Add the incredible Garrett Conover to an already stellar team we couldn’t have asked for a better experience!

Photos: Part 1; Part 2.
A CBC interview conducted via satellite phone can be heard here.

Our home for the next 10 days!

We’re heading out to spend 10 days travelling 100km of the historic Missinaibi Headwaters region.  Our route will take us over the height of land from the Great Lakes to the Arctic watershed.  This is our “Explorer’s Club” expedition of 2013 – so we  will all be prepared for whatever challenges and surprises the environment presents to us.  We have a strong team, including the legendary Garrett Conover, and feel poised for a wonderful adventure. We will try to post an update every night to the Lure Facebook page, which will include a photo, link to our location and a description of the day’s events.  The best way to get these daily updates is to “Like” Lure of the North on FB.  If you would prefer to have a simple map update without the photo or text, you can check out our SPOT page here.

We’re very excited to publish our first video from Lure – Season 2!  An 8 day journey on the Pontax River in northern Quebec.  Hope you enjoy!

En route to Ishpatina Ridge!

We have changed our photos page.  All photos will now be store off-site at Facebook or Jalbum.  This will allow us to get our photos up faster, manage them more easily, and allows you to comment and share!

Find the new photos page here.

A beautiful sight out in the cold!

We are back from another successful week-long journey to the top of Ontario… during the coldest week we’ve ever experienced out.  Our little sheet stove was really put to the test and performed admirably.  Likewise every participant was tested by the rigors of the trip and the challenges of the environment.  As a team we worked together to reach the highest point in our province.

Check out all the photos here.