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An interlake marsh in Salisbury, Connecticut, last Sunday: A study in green and gray (including a graybeard).

They finished the trip to the shores of James Bay. Unfortunately, most of the posts the last month or so where recorded in French, or...

Load capacities are often exaggerated. Old Town is famous for doing this. Most tandem boats can handle around 600-700 pounds, not...

A tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, the clothes on your back, a jacket for colder weather/rain, 1.5 pounds of dried food per day, and a...

If you are maxed out you might have the wrong boat for the task. Tell us more about the planned trip. What canoe are you using for...

Metamorphosis!

I feel for you guys, I really do. I couldn't live in an urban cancerous sore of a city, I get the heebeegeebees in Thunder Bay. I can...

This is exactly why I stopped giving out much location info on the Internet. There are places now I won't even discuss with more than a...

Headwaters of the rivière Mégiscane.

My son got married at our place over the weekend. Brought out the canoe I made for my wedding and Honeymoon and put it to use.

it's that time again

I went to Sylvania for my first canoe camping trip. Copy and paste a trip report. I came back early, which says something. Sunday was...

Micro, your Sylvania experience was typical. I have tripped the there since May 1975 and only missed annual trips in a few years. Since...

Someone here came and relieved me of the lot. Hope it gets good use.

Passing along old used equipment is a great idea. Give it to someone that can use it. The older I get the more willing I am to just...