About CRCO
Churchill River Canoe Outfitters are your source for everything CANOE in Northern Saskatchewan and beyond! We offer trips, clinics, whitewater training, full service rental and guide service, maps and much much more. Hundreds of canoeists stop into CRCO’s Missinipe office every summer to ask for information on the canoe trips they are planning. Ric Driediger, the owner of the company, has been guiding trips in these parts for more than 30 years. He knows every nook and cranny you can put a canoe into. CRCO has canoe trip logs written on dozens of different Northern Saskatchewan canoe routes. Churchill River Canoe Outfitters’ office is a worthwhile place to stop even if you don’t need to rent any equipment.
Over the years, Ric has made thousands of friends who share his love of the paddling lifestyle. They know Ric and the C.R.C.O. staff can provide them with the finest well-maintained equipment, as well as complete up-to-date information on any of the hundreds of northern Saskatchewan canoe routes.
The 2009 season also saw Ric and his wife, Theresa, as well as a partnership group, take over ownership and operations of Forest House, Saskatchewan’s Premiere Boreal Forest Wilderness Eco-Lodge. Nestled quietly above a small, unnamed lake in Saskatchewan’s Mclennen Lake area, Forest House has quickly become a preferred destination to those who want a wilderness experience second to none. Elegant accommodations, fine cuisine, (gathered from the forest and Forest House’s magnificent organic gardens), and a forest featuring a well-developed network of hiking trails, lush, almost tropical growths of lichens, mosses, wildflowers, and other plant life, and splendid views almost everywhere you travel, offer all who visit, an experience of a lifetime.