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I am lucky to have a single car garage attached to side of my house that I have converted into a canoe shop with heat. I have been off...

A friend saved this book from a pile of castoffs and passed it along:

"In one school of thought, bench seats make a tandem canoe more stable if each paddler sits with their hip pressed to the paddle side. I...

Might any extirpation of prey species have a role to play in this? vis a vis the diminished carrying capacity of different locations.

re : "bug season vs winter" Yesterday it happened again. The flower pail beside the front door had shed it's fake decor into the howling...

September 4 - Day 16 Distance: 15.8km (Total 226.2) Time: 5hr 36m Caltopo Map: https://caltopo.com/m/B8MTMST I woke up at 7:30am, there...

This is a trip I did in 2021 to a wilderness area north of Kejimkujic Park. It’s detailed on Canoe Nova Scotia’s site,

Well, I went with Jim’s suggestion and picked up a set. I went with a bigger dowel and carefully drilled out new holes with a hand...

It is my understanding that wolves were extirpated from the lower 48 years ago because of farming( as in much of Canada), and that...

That's a beautiful craft. I'm only ever in a poor plastic facsimile; family day paddling only. Wilder coasts would be a dream. But yeah...

I’m excited to have found this forum. i was searching for others who had built a Kite canoe, as I’m just starting my build. I’ve built a...

It's still too early to see a release of guest speakers at the Outdoor Adventure Show (Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, and Montreal). The...

Insurance might be another consideration. Speaking with our agent helped enormously. She was willing to share prices based on data, such...

I've had brush-offs and close calls over the years. A school bus once nearly took my head off on an empty rural road; I ducked just in...

Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way, but perhaps try this. It's sometimes worked for me; a) Ask the wife which car she'd most like...