Recent content by Thatsapaddlin

Hi guys, on behalf of Matt, we really appreciate you having a read! It always takes us a while to produce these things.

Hi All, My pal Matt recently completed a trip over the Cains-Gaspereau Ancient Portage trail in central New Brunswick. This trail was historically used to connect two of the provinces major watersheds, the St. John (Wolastoq) River and the Miramichi River(s). The trail is ~8.5km in length and...

Hi Friends! Thought I'd post a note about a fun event coming up in September. The folks at Canoe Kayak NB are hosting their Second Canoe Camping Symposium from Sept. 27-29, 2019 at Camp Pascobac on Belleisle Bay -- outside Saint John, NB. The event is amazing value ($50 for CKNB members or $70...

Thanks all. Really glad you all enjoyed!! Yeoman, it's a great family river, but watch out for those sweepers and log jams :)

Hi all! I'm excited to report -- a little late -- that on the May long weekend last year (2017) I ran the Little Tobique in northwestern, New Brunswick from a put-in just outside Mt. Carlton Provincial Park to the Riley Brook General Store in Riley Brook, N.B. We put-in outside the park to...

Thanks for the replies! It really was a good trip, and the fish were delish. Gerald -- we treated the water first as a precaution, but you could likely drink from the river without issue. Although there is some forestry activity in the area.

In June I had the great pleasure of running the Gaspereau River in New Brunswick with my brother, father, and uncle. It was my father's and uncle's first canoe trip in over 10-years, and my brother's first ever! The trip was great, the weather wasn't. The Gaspereau is a river most New...

Neat I only just became aware of Mike, how far down the St. John River does he come?

Hi All! Wow, this has morphed into a fun discussion! It sounds to me like you retired guys are livin' the life!! ah, someday! :) It sounds like we'd all prefer at least one lengthy trip per year, but life-stage and location are major controlling factors! I'm lucky to live here in NB, we...

Hello!! I was thinking about this topic last night when I was reading some of the great trip reports on this site. I'm wondering if, given the option, paddlers out there would prefer to do one big, long trip or several weekend/overnight trips over the course of any given season? It seems like...

Seems like I get slower at reporting these things as the trips go by. A friend and I paddled the Main Southwest Miramichi from Half Moon Pit to Boisetown. I'd been wanting to do this trip for years, so it felt great to finally get the opportunity. The weather and the water were perfect. The days...

Hi All, Here's something that your inner Chestnut enthusiast might find kind of cool. Last weekend I had a bit of fun paddling around in a Chestnut 'Falcon'. The 'Falcon' was a fibreglass hull that they made in their final year as a company in 1978/79. It is longer at 17ft than the more common...

Interesting discussion. I've been using 60" paddles -- a redtail otter tail -- for the last couple of years for mostly flatwater solo/tandem and I'm only 5'7"-5'8". I've recently come to the conclusion that they are probably too long and are hurting my neck, so it might be worth it to try...

For everyone out there with tonneau covers, here's my design. There are a couple of flaws. 1) It'd be nice if it was wider and could accommodate two canoes and 2) the loops/links should probably face outwards rather than backwards. Recently I've covered the bare metal in pipe insulating foam so...

Really nice trip report, thanks for sharing!! Love the New Brunswick connection (Miramichi), wish we had big wilderness like that over here!