Check out this link:
www.hudsonbayexpedition.com. These guys are redoing the trip made by Eric Sevareid and his buddy back in 1930, and was the basis for the book "Canoeing with the Cree". They are traveling from St. Cloud MN to the Hudson Bay (York Factory).
It would be a wee bit more interesting if they were doing it in a stripper!! Check it out and support them if you can.
Tom