We have found that there are often several
different routes that we can take from one village to the
next. Please help us decide which route we should take.
A: Winter roads: these are roads that cars
and trucks use to travel from community to community. These
roads travel over the frozen rivers and lakes and are only
open for about 2 months every year. The fastest, safest,
and easiest way for us to travel from place to place would
be on these winter roads. However, we are probably less
likely to see animals along the road and it might take some
of the adventure out of trip.
B: Lakes and Rivers: for thousands of years
people have been using the lakes and rivers of the boreal
forest as a giant travel network. We could follow the lakes
and rivers from one community to the next portaging from
one body of water to the next as necessary. This would probably
be the hardest route, but would probably prove to be the
most interesting and we would be more likely to see animals.
C: Trails through the woods: many of the hunters
and trappers that live in this area maintain trails that
wind their way though the bush. Another option would be
for us to use these trails to travel from village to village.
Using trapper trails and other trails would be a bit of
a compromise between the winter road and following the lake
and river systems.
