Breaking this spell is the occasional crack of rock and, a few seconds later, a cannonading splash. A convoy of once-stranded driftwood lifted from riverbanks and live trees ripped from shores careens past like some ghostly migration of silent wooden beasts. During the storm, the Nahanni rises over five feet and its flow rate nearly triples.īeyond threatening our usable foot space, the flood has turned the river into a thoroughfare for forest debris. As we eat breakfast, a distinctive, squarish white rock across the river that our guide calls Megatron, after the Transformers character, gradually disappears from view. The beach where we’d landed our canoes the night before has vanished. The sheer walls of its four towering canyons - in places reaching nearly a kilometre high - funnel rainfall directly into the river, with immediate results. The Nahanni is prone to flash floods due to of its distinctive topography. Article content The Nahanni River in Nahanni National Park Reserve is often referred to as Canada’s Grand Canyon.
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