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Hello Everyone, I've recently retired and rewarded myself with a new solo canoe, something I've desired for a long, long time. I found...

Can you weigh the canoe, that would tell you if it’s Oltanar Royalex or not. An 18’ Oltanar Roylex Chipewyan should weigh about 70 lbs...

I agree with Chip. I applaud your determination to get this back on the water, but this would require dozens of hours and still may not...

I agree. Put the exact name of the reservoir in the trip report title so that search engines will grab onto that name for future...

I think that's a great way to do it. Bite sized pieces rather than the seemingly insurmountable task of writing and editing the whole...

I have returned. I would consider it a "good" trip, not spectacular but any solo trip without some sort of "hiccup" is a good one. I...

They finished the trip to the shores of James Bay. Unfortunately, most of the posts the last month or so where recorded in French, or...

Headwaters of the rivière Mégiscane.

You’re probably right about that, but I don’t see myself in congested traffic with this rig, just early morning rural roads from my...

Low water. I go to my put-in the day after a hard rain and find that the river went DOWN. I guess the dam upstream must be shut and the...

Besides painting, varnishing and new rails on some of my canoes, I have been busy with a couple of other shop projects. My wannigan...

I just bought a Z Fold 7, which opens up to the size of a mini tablet. The thing is great for tripping. With careful use, a 20K mAh will...

I finished up the trailer, new wiring, fixed a broken fender mount and new bearings. Took it for a test ride, worked out well. I’m...

I got a 18 ft old town , that my older brother got around 1973, not sure if it was a 1972, then he got it, he passed in 1974 from a car...

A little late but here's my stones. The one on the top is my kitchen "go to", the rounds are nice for my axes. The narrow triangular on...