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Depends on the GPS unit. My old Garmin (GPSmap78s) is good for 8 - 10 days on a pair of Lithium AA's. A few years ago I picked up a Montana version with touch screen and internal battery, super heavy and needed recharging every day or two. When you go....go BIG (and live stream your trip)...

If you are considering a Canadian based videographer it would probably be more attractive if the pickup was on the Canadian side of the border especially if they were bring any substantial amount of gear. There are a lot of skilled video people with paddling experience here in Canada.

Perhaps this will make you feel better. While there has been a significant increase in blacklegged ticks in the immediate area around Thunder Bay, Wabakimi is still considered low risk for Lyme Disease. In another 10 years that may change and one would need to go further north to avoid them...

I'm pretty adverse to burning plastics, also scrunched up aluminum foil and beer cans. I've been on trips with others who do this from time to time but that is at least better than coming to a campsite littered with trash which would have been only marginally better if well burned. While I am...

I've made my New Years Resolutions........ 1 - Make it to 2027 (alive) 2 - Go on a long solo trip this summer (must include current and rapids I can run) 3 - Finish this #)*$&@*#^$ trip report! One down, two to go! September 5 - Day 17 Distance: 11.1km (Total 237.3) Time: 4hr 34m Caltopo Map...

The influence of my older brother, in his early years he worked on plate tectonics, then he spent 25 years surveying/mapping the area surrounding the East Arm of Great Slave Lake and portions of the Coppermine watershed. He has spent the last 30+ years turning the crazy theory of Snowball Earth...

One of my favourite maps is the Surficial Geology Map of Canada https://ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca/entities/publication/0bddaa23-9445-4156-a541-8bab8de689fc It's a very large file (pdf) to download I find it very useful to determine the surface geology of any area you are planning to visit...

Yeah 2009 shows that for the same time period flow rates were about 10 times what I experienced in 2017. 2010 was a low year but still 3 times higher flow rate than 2017.

Full size Topo maps for Canada are still available to order from NRcan certified providers or you can customize your own from digital sources and have them printed at your local Staples store. https://natural-resources.canada.ca/maps-tools-publications/maps/topographic-maps/certified-map-printers

I wish I'd had high water! The Savant River section was fine, the first day or two from Osnaburgh was ok and then it was all downhill from there. The last section from The Albany Forks confluence with the Kenogami to Fort Albany was 250km of endless gravel bars, 7 days of grinding back and forth...

I don't have any personal memory but I can relate what I have been told. I was born in late June 1954, 3 weeks later my parents loaded up their 1940's Dodge Fargo panel truck, my much older siblings jumped in while I was carried in a wicker basket. We headed off to ????, I don't know but...

I started my Albany River trip from Harris Lake which is the next lake north of Chivelston. To get to Harris you need to get off the train at the Savant Lake train stop (hwy 599) and get a vehicle shuttle to Harris Lake. This route avoids the portage from Chivelston to Harris. Hwy 599 was...

I found this thread on a board for stove nerds, started off by someone who stumbled on a full set with the 123. There was some thread drift involving using alcohol burners (with pictures). https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/sigg-tourist-kit.51045/

Yes it did, I forget the year (maybe 2020?) but they switched the Toronto departure time to mornings when it used to be evenings. When I took the train to Savant Lake I arrived there 3 hours late at about 2:30am. Now it's people that are on the eastbound train that get dumped in the dark. The...

I'm not much of a fisher, rarely take a rod on trips. ,about 20 years ago I was doing a trip in the far north where I knew that even an idiot could catch fish in Northern Quebec so I bought a mid-grade 3 piece rod and just used the plastic "case" it came in. On that trip I was a very successful...