The 20,000km Canoe Trip to the Amazon

The Backroads Bill Podcast

Mar 27 2024 • 1 hr 10 mins

Dana Starkell and Chris Forde join the show to talk about Dana and his father Don’s 2 year long trip via canoe from Winnipeg all the way to the Amazon River in Brazil.
Chris created a documentary to give a different perspective on the events that Don wrote about and Dana revisits the crazy journey they went on dealing with both treacherous waters and trecherous land.
Visit their website to learn more: https://www.paddletotheamazon.com


You can also check out Chris’ documentary for free here: https://tubitv.com/movies/100012025/paddle-to-the-amazon


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Production Credits:


Host: Backroads Bill Steer
Producer: Ben Sargent
Produced by Clark Communications

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