Diane Haché

Season 2, Episode 17- Impossible is an opinion

Diane Haché, is a mother and grandmother. She lived most of her life in New Brunswick on the east coast of Canada. She started a goat farm, knowing nothing about them, built a business. She grew the farm to roughly 200 goats and then sold it after 10 years.

At the age of 50 she fulfilled a dream of living in the North, by moving to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. She then borrowed some money from her daughter and got her Class 1 license (to drive 18-wheelers).  She then became one of very few women who drove the Ice Road — for 7 winters.

She also worked in the mining industry. But not in the front office. She was a heavy equipment operator and worked underground and open pit.

At 62, she finished her goal of kayaking the Northwest Passage in the Arctic. It was 500 kilometers paddling from Cambridge Bay to Gjoa Haven and took 2 months. She did this final leg solo.

She is now processing copper cable to sell and raise funds for the Yellowknife Women's Society to help women impacted by domestic abuse. The recent donation just about doubled the Society’s annual revenue.

A book about her life will be published in summer 2021.