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Experience Labrador |
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Experience Labrador is a family owned and operated outdoor adventure business out of Cartwright on the South Labrador Coast. |
Boat, Kayak, Walking, Sea Trout Fishing, Craft, Tours with the Barretts 20 Lethbridge Lane Cartwright, Labrador, NL A0K 1V0 |
George, the senior member, was born in Goose Bay, Labrador but his ancestral home was located at Seperation Point, at the mouth of the Eagle River, 25 miles to the northwest of Cartwright. He lived there year round for 8 years from the time of his birth until the family Goose Bay in 1956. George returned to the Sandwich Bay area for the next 10 summers visiting his aunts and uncles at their summer homes and fishing stations along the Labrador Coast. George finished high school and went to work with Transport Canada in December 1966 and in 1970 switched to Canada Post. He retired in 2001 to spend more time at this tourism business which he and the other members of his family began in 1999/2000. He has always desired to be near the water |
Pete has been in or on the water since she was a small child growing up on the shores of the Exploits River in Central Newfoundland.Pete has an Education Degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, A Business Ed. Diploma, Certified Small Business Counselor, a number of art diplomas and works as a Business Development Consultant in off Season. |
Tom is a mineral technologist and draftsman and heavy equipment operator. He has been downhill skiing since the age of three and, while living in Toronto in the 90's, volunteered with Track III working on the ski slopes with challenged inner-city young people. He began canoeing before he entered primary school and had formal instruction by age eight. He began his training in kayaking in 2000. Canoeing was a hobby, now kayaking and camping in Labrador is his way of life. Tom has certification in BCU and Canadian Certification for kayaking and guiding as well as Wilderness First Responder. |
In Cartwright 938-7444 |
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Our water based tours take you on a journey that is an amazing cultural experience paddling or in an open boat following the routes of our ancestors, Innu, Inuit, and Metis. |
She is an artist with her own studio, Mealy Mountain Gallery/Fantasy Studios where she demonstrates and instructs the craft tours when not kayaking . She was awarded a commendation from the Governor General of Canada for "an act of great merit in providing assistance to others in a selfless manner at "Devil's Hole" on the Churchill River, in Newfoundland and Labrador, on August 8th, 2001. Her kayak certification is BCU and Canadian levels. She was a Red Cross Swimming and Canoe Instructor for 15 years. |
Our Staff are all experienced in the tours we offer. They bring to you the history of the people from personal oral history passed down through the generations. |
Tom Barrett |
Peyton Barrett ( Pete ) |
and in 1997 obtained instruction in Coastal Navigation and sailboating, buying a sailboat of his own in 1998. He returned to the Sandwich Bay area in 2000 and, with his wife and son set up routes and trip plans for the business. He is certifed with the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron as a pleasure craft operator and instructor. He brings to you his knowledge of the area, the old ways and his love for the land. |
George Barrett |