“Nahanni”

June 29, 1964, Montreal explorer Jean Poirel discovered the headwaters of the Nahanni. Located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the Nahanni is nicknamed the man-eater. In total, 41 people lost their lives in trying to overcome the river. Jean Poirel and his teammates became the first men to navigate down the Nahanni aboard a lifeboat from the Canadian Army.

June 2009, two french adventurers: Stephanie Huc and Jean Guillemot follow the path of the men on the Nahanni. They were accompanied by a Canadian team composed by Selena Raven-Cordeau, Katie Young and Brad Kooy. From the sources of the Nahanni River to the confluence of the Liard River, they crossed 750 km of moody river aboard inflatable and traditional canoes. During this journey of three weeks, film director Jean Guillemot captured pictures and unpublished testimonies of the Nahanni River.

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