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One of the clues we looked for when seeking out old canoe routes in NW Ontario. Although these blazes are probably only 2-4 decades old...

Wife's first outing of the season and my second. I'll let you guess whose boat is whose.

A friend of my parent's that we used to camp/paddle with when I was young. He'd let us kids drive that buggy in the hills and it's...

Now that stripping is complete, it is time to trim the sheer and get the initial sanding and shaping done. First step in marking the...

First of all, I'd like to express my admiration for Erica's courage and curiosity in visiting a country that certainly isn't at the top...

I’m certainly grateful for this site and all the work that goes on behind the scenes. Thank you Glenn.

Mike Galt and Deborah Welbes demonstrating some flat water tandem canoe moves in the late 1980s or early 1990s in Lotus Egret at a place...

Me, in August 1985 or 1986, paddling and rolling my Perception Gyramax C-1 at our family lake cottage on North Pond, Woodstock, Maine...

In another thread, Jeremy Vore (@JV_RedLeafDesigns) posted this video of his first recreational paddle in his new Swift Dragonfly 15. I...

Wonderful trips and reports, Erica and Aslowhand. Thanks so much. It warms my heart that this site can facilitate exotic canoe trips for...

Aslowhand and I drove for several hours into the French part of Switzerland to paddle on Lac de Joux. The paddle in to this favorite...

The “Button Club”….owners of the exquisite work by Tom MacKenzie (R). Left to right: Jim Mandle, Mrs. ? Nicholls, Arweyn Nicholls, Carol...

Well, I had ordered 2 inserts and paid double their cost in shipping, so I didn’t completely escape unscathed. Swift recommended I ship...

I put the foot pegs in mine. I think they are a little more out of the way then a cross brace. I used T nuts on the back side of a strip...

I get the impression that a lot of paddlers are not familiar with using the palm roll for forward strokes and turns such as the...