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In Canada, we must have 50 feet of floating rope (throw bag), a water bailer, and a flashlight. For regular boaters, they sell enclosed...

40 plus canoes now, staples on all but one of them. On the 20 foot freighter I used screws to hold the half inch strips on, lol.

Mo' staples is mo' betta. I am not bashful with the staples. I have 2 guns setup. One with 9/16" staples for going into the forms and...

Lots of blame being tossed around up here by armchair fire fighters, saying that MNR abandoned certain communities, etc. The truth is...

By Daniel Pike (Facebook post) We were trapped in the wildfires in the Wabakimi area. This is what happened. Our party of 6...

Great write up, very entertaining. Don't worry about the bottom of your canoe. When I lived up north, the kids would ride their...

I have been working on these two canoes for quite awhile but it’s time to admit my canoe restoration days are over. Between health and...

I don't know how many of you are familiar with Bruce Hyers. He is an American who came to Canada in the 70's I believe, and is largely...

Northern Ontario is basically on fire right now. As I speak, the sky is an unreal orange, it looks like the end of the world. Three...

First trip complete! It was a little hard on the varnish. My wife, daughter and I did the Nation Lakes Chain in Northern British...

Interesting, I thought the Bob's special was a shallow arch kind of hull. Can't remember seeing it as a V hull.

Any Costco chicken that shows up Saturday night at our hook-up is unlikely to survive the late night munchies. As for Canibalism -...

Right up there with @memaquay 's big white cat.

The boat is going to be flipped over for the first time in months Step 1 is to just angle it up on the cradles and cleanup up anything...

I've always referred to it as the knuckle. I'm not sure where I got that from, but I have built almost every canoe John Winters...