ATHABASCA SAND DUNES More of IVAN ROBERTSON COLLECTION Be patient it may take a few minutes to load |
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The famous Athabasca Sand Dunes are a rare natural phenomenon stretching
a 100 kilometers along the south shore of Lake Athabasca. The locals
often refer to the area as the "South Shore" The sand dunes situated north of the 59th latitude are well documented and several books have been published on them. In this isolated place there are several plants struggling to exist that grow nowhere else in the world. It is a very unique and facinating place to visit. |
In September of 2012, Ivan and Jim Murphy and Jimmy MacDonald paddled down the MacFarlane River past the Athabasca Sand Dunes on the way to Lake Athabasca. These are the pictures that Ivan took. CLICK HERE to see pictures of different canoe trips from Saskatchewan to the Arctic Ocean
MAP - Helmer Lake Sask. 74O 04 |
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91 MacFarlane River near the Sand Dunes | 92 MacFarlane River near the Sand Dunes | ||
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95 Sand spillinging over the left bank | 96 Jimmy ascending the Sand Dunes | ||
97 MacFarlane River down below | 98 | ||
99 | 00 Lake Athabasca in the distance | ||
01 Lake Athabasca in the distance | 02 | ||
03 MacFarlane River down below | 04 | ||
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07 Lake Athabasca in the distance | 08 Jim Murphy | ||
09 | 10 L to R Ivan, Jimmy MacDonald, Jim Murphy | ||
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15 MacFarlane River flows into a small un-named lake | 16 Lake Athabasca in the distance | ||
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27 Shifting desert sand | 28 | ||
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45 Ever moving sand | 46 | ||
47 | 48 Far shore Lake Athabasca on the horizon | ||
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51 Only the strong survive | 52 Far shore Lake Athabasca on the horizon | ||
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63 | 64 The Lone Sentinel | ||
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69 | 70 The sand is constantly creeping forward | ||
71 Beaver Lodge Mountain visible on the horizon. North shore Lake Athabasca near Uranium \city | 72 A Tsunami of sand moving at glacier speed ! | ||
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83 Near river mouth | 84 Lake Athabasca delta | ||
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85 The mighty Lake Athabasca - rarely this calm | 86 Next stop Fond du Lack - before big waves start | ||