Grégoire and Marie-Marthe Gabriel are the owners and outfitters of Champdoré. The Gabriels are a Montagnais family, who have been frequenting Champdoré a lot longer than anyone else. Blessed with great patience and a wonderful sense of humor, spending time with them is a highlight for all our guests. A trip to Champdoré is also a unique cultural experience as well as a unique fishing experience. You would be hard pressed to find a family anywhere on earth that would make you feel more welcome, or take better care of you, than the Gabriels.

Bill Hylander is Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University. He does research in South Africa, and raises cattle in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia. When he is not at Champdoré, or tending his cattle, or watching Duke basketball, he is most likely fly fishing for smallmouth bass in the New River near his Virginia farm.