{"id":1311,"date":"2015-08-01T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T15:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inaheartbeat.ca\/tyl\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2015-08-01T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T15:19:12","slug":"nahanni-day-10-virginia-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/2015\/08\/01\/nahanni-day-10-virginia-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Nahanni Day 10- Virginia Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nahanni Day 10 &#8211; Virginia Falls<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What a gorgeous morning we woke up to &#8211; fog coming off the lake but blue blue sky above. Slower start to the day. The water had come up a full foot and we would have lost a canoe had it not been for the last person before bed moving them further up the lake bank &#8211; the implications of the lake going up a foot is that the river is now up a foot as well (oh boy rapids\u2026\u2026\u2026rapids\u2026\u2026), the implications of losing a boat\u2026\u2026\u2026hard to measure.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mike is continuing his Chuck Norris look and Perry said \u2018the bears will need chuck norris spray\u2019.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We paddled out to meet the river and then towards Virginia Falls. We had to stop and collect firewood along the way as the campsites at Virginia are often busy with little firewood. We loaded up a bunch of wood on the canoes and went the final 10k to the falls. Thankfully we stopped a good way before the falls. Pulled over, emptied the canoes, met the guides at the park &#8211; Maeve and Pauline &#8211; and a HUGE thanks to both of them for providing some power as one of my backup battery systems had failed.<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1314\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-Falls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1314\" src=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-Falls.jpg\" alt=\"The Falls\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-Falls.jpg 240w, https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-Falls-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We humped the gear up to the camp and wow it is hard to properly put into words how amazingly spectacularly gloriously miraculously stunning it is. They have put boardwalks around and cedar platforms for the tents. The walk to the \u2018edge\u2019 of the falls is all beautiful boardwalk in the trees.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Virginia Falls (Nailicho in Dene) was declared a world heritage site in 1978, and a Canadian Heritage River in 1998. It is twice the height of Niagara Falls. Total drop is 117m equivalent to a 35 story building!!! The water is effectively back cutting the gorge &#8211; i.e. it is moving up &#8211; at \u00a0rate of 4 mm per year\u2026..<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Now just chilling in camp and listening to Rob play some Canadian Railroad Trilogy &#8211; I feel pretty bloody patriotic right about now. We live in an amazing country!<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1316\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/boardwalk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1316\" src=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/boardwalk.jpg\" alt=\"Boardwalk\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/boardwalk.jpg 240w, https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/boardwalk-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boardwalk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1315\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-bathrooms-at-the-Falls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1315\" src=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-bathrooms-at-the-Falls.jpg\" alt=\"The bathrooms at the Falls\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-bathrooms-at-the-Falls.jpg 320w, https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-bathrooms-at-the-Falls-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bathrooms at the Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1313\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-full-team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1313\" src=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-full-team.jpg\" alt=\"The full team\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-full-team.jpg 320w, https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-full-team-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The full team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1312\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-stillness-of-the-morning-paddle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1312\" src=\"https:\/\/tgwhfonline.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-stillness-of-the-morning-paddle.jpg\" alt=\"The stillness of the morning paddle\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-stillness-of-the-morning-paddle.jpg 320w, https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/the-stillness-of-the-morning-paddle-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stillness of the morning paddle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nahanni Day 10 &#8211; Virginia Falls What a gorgeous morning we woke up to &#8211; fog coming off the lake but blue blue sky above. 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