Started where Hwy 881 crosses the Jackfish River. At this flow of  26.4-26.6 m3/s on the Christina and a water level of 554.1m on Christina Lake it took about 2hrs to paddle the slow flowing Jackfish River to the Christina.  There is a great camp location at the confluence on river left, known locally as Camp 99.  Unfortunately, there is quad access and the site has lots of garbage.  From here to Chard Bridge, locally known as the Green Bridge, it is about a 4.5 hour paddle.  The Green Bridge is a good camp location too.

The total distance of 48 km took 8 hours including stops and 6.5 hours of paddling.  Our average paddling speed was 7 km/h but on the Jackfish we were likely only doing 4-6 and on the last section of the Christina more like 8-9km/hr as the gradient is likely 5m/km.

The drive from town takes about 2hrs and the shuttle takes about 3/4 hour.

Jackfish River

Christina River