JIM BAIRD

Adventurer, videographer, writer, photographer, and talent, Jim Baird’s previous roles include extensive work with a map company, as well as guiding and gold prospecting. Jim has shot video for Cineflix productions, BBC Worldwide, 13 Minds Productions, and The Weather Network US. Video series he’s produced include The Kesagami River Solo and Lessons From The Trail with Jim Baird. The magazines Canoe & Kayak, Explore, Canoeroots, Real Fishing, Ontario Out of Doors, Outdoor Canada, and Field & Stream run Jim’s print and digital content. He’s an expert woodsman, white-water canoeist, survivalist, and a bold wilderness navigator. His expedition experience includes a solo trip down the canoe-eating rapids of the Kesagami River and along the tempestuous James Bay coast, an 800-mile snowmobile expedition across the Northwest Passage, 200 miles above the Arctic Circle. A month long descent of the Northwest Territories Kuujjua River in the Arctic Archipelago, followed by 120-kilometers of paddling on the Arctic Ocean.