A group of about 30 pilgrims, adventurous, paddlers — made of First Nations, Jesuits and laity — set out to replicate the historic 800-km canoe voyage undertaken by Samuel de Champlain and Jean de Brebeuf in the 1640s in the care of their First Nations guides. The Canoe Trip Launch took place this past Friday at the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, ON. Here is a collection of images I captured that day.