Recent content by jcavenagh

Well, my Prism and SPOT are currently in the BWCA on loan to a paddler who lives a couple miles from me. No horror stories...yet. :rolleyes:

I post a note from Phil Cotton to make sure full info is provided: Shannon Lawr, Superintendent of Wabakimi Provincial Park, has advised me that the access roads indicated on the map you mentioned were established by Ontario Parks to record from which Crown land area visitors who were making...

OK...here's the info WEST SIDE- Sassenach Lake Take 702 Rd to KM marker 59 (50.470337, -90.261266) Turn right onto heavily overgrown track. 1.7 km in on that road is the put in point: 50.470851, -90.236903 The 1.7 km road is 4WD only and is very rough. Per ONT MNR: Access Point 4 (Sassenach...

Has anyone here ever parked a vehicle at the Sassenach lake entry point for Wabakimi? The new permit website indicates there is drive up access there, but I have never heard of anyone actually parking a vehicle there. If you have parked there, can one get there in a front wheel drive sedan or...

Rise'n Roll...there are several in northern Indiana. Really good donuts

I, too, have maps filed by state and area. Not so much as MM, but still growing... One time I was driving from Chicago to Wash DC. I stopped at my suster's palace overnight in Cleveland. In the morning I took out my map to see how I was leaving Cleveland and which route I wanted to take to DC...

I have never brought beer on a canoe trip. But, back in the 70's we paddled around on Lake Galena in IL and had several coolers full. So maybe 60 beers in a canoe is my record. As for my favorite beer...that is difficult. I have been lucky enough to drink beer in England, Ireland, Belgium...

Thanks, sm63, I'll call tomorrow.

Thanks, sweeps

I am looking to buy a 16' or 17' tandem for paddling on the lakes of the Canadian shield. Looking for a Souris River Q16 or 17; a MNII; or a Bell/Northstar Northwind (or similar) Basically looking for a nice, used kev boat. I can drive several hundred miles from Chicago to pick up. email with...

I have driven across the border at Grand Portage and Int'l Falls several over the last 6 years. I never had any issue with dehydrated food. Mine is vacuum packed in seal a meal after dehydrating so I believe its considered packaged food under the regs. But I have never been questioned on it...

Crazy Creek canoe seat. I really like it.

Yes. Thanks for being a great country!

Driverless tech may be OK for Interstate highways or TransCan highways. But what good will it do when I am at 50.596084, -90.186248 trying to find a way to get into Tew Lake?

I just use HEET in the yellow bottle. Don't use the other type(red bottle) as its ISO. Is HEET not available at Canadian auto parts stores? Here is another vid about this issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt69fbNhCgs