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I have gone out with just a tarp in non-buggy seasons and bivy sacks when I was trying to keep weight to a minimum. I wore out my old...

I may do that next year. If the 2026 WPASCR falls on the usual first full weekend of June and the 2026 Maine Canoe Symposium falls the...

I tried out the Hemlock SRT and Peregrine, a Colden Dragonfly and Nomad, a Bell Wildfire, and a FlashFire. I have already had a...

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Chapter 3 As I drove through the countryside to Peterborough I took my time. I stopped for a bite of lunch, made a gas stop, looked at...

Chapter 2 After a fine Monday morning motel breakfast, I drove out on Highway 60 and checked in at the West Gate of Algonquin...

Chapter 1 Last December I started planning for a week of canoe-based fun. This year’s Maine Canoe Symposium was scheduled for May...

Welcome to the site. There are many very knowledgeable canoeists here and I have learned a lot from them. Have you tried paddling the...

A post on my trip to the WPASCR, Algonquin and the Canadian Canoe Museum will be coming soon. It was quite a week! The museum is...

At the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario, on my way back from Algonquin a couple of weeks ago.

The canoe, loaded to the brim with bags and gear, glides gently across the dark water, almost silently, as if unwilling to disturb the...

Friday was a cold, rainy day and I think only a couple of paddlers actually got on the lake for a short time. The vegetarian Pot-Luck...

If I were a turtle, I think that I would rather walk along while being herded with a stick than having someone grabbing my tail...

As I walk my dog along the road by our neighborhood's small lake, I usually help several turtles along during each of the warm months...

The snapper is about the size of a half dollar and probably one day old. Every year we see the little guys and way too many get squished...