In 1778, fur trader Peter Pond stood at the height of land along the 19 km Methye Portage linking Lac La Loche to the Clearwater River. He gazed down into these Arctic-bound waters which were destined to become the main route to the rich fur country to the north. Today, paddlers on the Clearwater travel through a land unchanged since those days....a wilderness of rapids, lakes, rock canyons, and endless spruce forests.