We just can’t get enough of your beautiful faces this year! We’ve added one more Training Camp and Vast Horizon’s Trip and another week long travel expedition in Temagami! Please don’t miss out! This will be the last addition to the schedule as we will truly be totally booked. We didn’t want a day off anyway. Can’t wait to see you this winter! Please contact us for any questions you might have before you book. Spots are filling up quickly though so don’t delay.

WOW! Thank you SO much for your one day blitz of orders that came in yesterday! I think there were a lot of people that were disappointed to see their size disappear before they had a chance to hit the submit button. If that was you, don’t get too discouraged. Once the dust settles and we get the orders shipped out we will reassess our inventory and do a final announcement one more time. This might give you a chance to get your last minute order in this time.

So stay tuned and make sure you sign up to our newsletter to get first crack at our remains.

THANK YOU again to all of you who have supported us through the years. You have been such a pleasure to work with. By the way- We’re not going anywhere! We’re just shifting, pivoting and growing :) Big hugs to you all! – Kie

We have added a new date for our Training Camp and Vast Horizons week. March 6-12 is now available to book! We have a few other spots available for this season including our Trapline and Tanning courses. Please don’t delay! This spots will fill up quickly!

Sign up and more information here!

As you may be aware, in the fall of 2021 we made the decision to close our retail store for good, after 10 years of operation. This fall, September 2022, will be your final opportunity to buy Lure products! We are remaining closed for the rest of the summer, while we inventory all remaining stock. We will update our website with remaining quantities, and are planning to re-open on September 1st. We do have a little bit of almost everything remaining, but we anticipate things going quickly.

We’re very sorry but we cannot take pre-orders. Please check back here on September 1st for your opportunity to purchase remaining stock. Thanks for your understanding and all your support!

We are back from an amazing 6 weeks in the high arctic on Devon Island. We were helping to facilitate a program for Arctic Kingdom Expeditions and we are so grateful to have had the opportunity to experience the Inuit culture and incredible landscape.

We were camped at the toe of the Devon Ice Cap in Croker Bay. The landscape was vast and seemingly barren. That is until you started to look closely. Polar Bear prints, Musk Oxen droppings and Snowy Owl feathers appeared and it was clear this land was rich in life.

We were guided and kept safe by the very skilled and amazingly welcoming Inuit guides that know this land as if their lives depend on it (which is does). We heard stories of their yearly Narwal and seal hunting and how it’s their favorite time of the year.

We only scratched the surface of Arctic Bay and the learning we can do up there. We will definitely be back there and hope to continue learning from the beautiful people of the land.

If you’ve ever wondered what the heck we do in the non-winter months, you’re about to find out! This year we extended winter until June, by heading up to the high Arctic, Devon Island, at 75 degrees North latitude, with our friends from Arctic Kingdom. But we do have some non-snowy professional pursuits as well!

Sawdust: The skills we developed on our wilderness travels and around the homestead have eventually grown to a full-fledged climbing arborist operation. If you’ve got a challenging and/ or dangerous tree that you need removed in the Espanola region, give us a call (fully insured, free quotes!)

and Sunshine: We’ve walked the walk at our off-grid paradise for 8 years. We have designed, installed, tested and maintained our green energy system that runs our entire business, and now we offer those same services to others wanting clean, quiet energy at your off grid cabin, camp or cottage.

We are now back at the pond,. settling in after completing our 700 km snowshoe journey from Lake Superior to James Bay! We walked through the town of Wawa into the rugged country of Whitefish Lake and the Shikwamkwa River. This is the Traditional Territory of the Robinson-Superior Treaty.

The next section of our route involved small lakes and portages over the continental divide separating the Atlantic and Arctic watersheds. The small, winding Little Missinaibi River took us to the headwaters of the mighty Missinaibi River. We walked the entire length of the Missinaibi (~500km) to the Moose River convergence. We finished the expedition heading down the Moose River to it’s mouth at the Arctic Ocean in James Bay. This entire section of our journey was through the Treaty 9 Traditional Territory of the Moose Cree First Nation.

13 of us travelled through 3 full-moon cycles, through -40*C weeks, white out winds, deep relentless slush and blissfully sunny days. We are humbled, encouraged and inspired by the majesty of the winter lands of the Boreal Forest.

For photos and stories, please see our social media pages on Instagram and Facebook @lureofthenorth

That’s it folks! Our retail store is now closed! We still do have some inventory, that we will sell in the spring, but we are not available to sell anymore items until then as we’re preparing for a big trip crossing Ontario this winter.

We will be back in the spring to sell of remaining stock. Stay tuned in the spring, or sign up for our newsletter (right side bar) to get the last of the goods!

Thanks so much for your support, and though we won’t be supplying gear in the future, we look forward to seeing you on the trail or in the field!

We had to give priority to our COVID-credit holders and so space is already limited!!

Don’t miss out! We want you to see what we see when we spend time on the trail with a group of like minded individuals. They might call you a “weirdo” for liking winter, but we call you wise 🦉. (But hey let’s keep the magic of winter just between you and me shall we? 🤐)

I also have a couple summer and fall survival courses on the menu!

https://lureofthenorth.com/shop/product-category/expeditions/

IMPORTANT: November 2021 will be our final month of regular retail operation! We have a great big, 900km snowshoe trek we’re preparing for starting in January, so we will close the store in December. Next spring we will sell off any remaining stock and close our doors for good (see posts below for more details).

As of October 30th, EVERYTHING is still in stock. Going forward, if the website lists a product as in stock, then it is available to purchase. But, at this point we will no longer be restocking materials as they run out. So throughout the month we may start discontinuing items.

We are not planning any blow out or clearance sales, especially on our most popular items, so don’t wait, order now as this will be your last chance for LotN gear!

And YES, we will still continue to provided guided trips and instructional workshops after we close the retail portion of our business!

Thanks for your support,
Kielyn and Dave