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Wherever the stern is showing some wear is the place the skid should go. It would be helpful if you posted some pics showing the wear.

Yeah 100 rods is an acceptable length, that is "acceptable" not necessarily enjoyable. Of course I've had to do much longer. One portage that sticks in my mind is the "Two Pants Portage" around Ringham's Gorge on the Pukaskwa River (north side of Lake Superior).

At the very top of my bucket list (been in that position for 15 years) is a trip from Wollaston Lake to Baker Lake via Kasba Lake and the Kazan River. I made a preliminary map of the route here: https://caltopo.com/m/VDHC The map shows all the "portages" from Wollaston to Kasba, the part...

The only time I recall a real "night fear" was not in a hammock, On the last night of a trip I decided to just use my bivy instead of putting up the tent. The only real purpose of the bivy was because I was camped very close to a significant rapid and thus the area as a lot of moisture in the...

My top two and they have been there for a long time Wollaston Lake (Northern Sask) to Kasba Lake to Baker Lake via the Kazan River, 7 plus weeks Shefferville to Kuujjuaq (Northern Quebec) on the Swampy Bay River (4 weeks) For both I'm a bit hesitant to go solo, that hesitancy increases the...

Yeah the Scout groups especially and also some of the canoe camp groups are big on leaving stacks of nice processed firewood. Here is a camp on the Albany (I didn't have a fire), I found similar stacks at a number of campsites on that trip up until I caught up and passed that group of kids.

Yeah that seems like a real bargain (for someone).

I have seen this a few times and usually in places where the birch bark was carried a long way given there were no birch trees of a size big enough within 100 miles or more.

Steve, sorry I didn't get around to responding to your PM. On my Albany trip in 2016 I took the train to Savant Lake and then got a road shuttle to Harris Lake to start my trip. The first portage from Harris to Harold Lake was a bit overgrown but still easy to follow, My first camp was near the...

Caveat; I've never been in that area........ Looking at the fee pages didn't provide much of an answer but looking at the map Ripogenus Lake is not within the NMW boundaries and for Chesumcook Lake only the west side of the lake is within the boundiaries (there is one marked campsite there)...

I have a regular partner that uses a Pocket Canyon. "for river tripping with my dog, whitewater use and freestyle classes." Yes to river tripping, dog and whitewater, I think it would be horrible for "freestyle". I am 5'8" the Pocket Canyon is too wide (34.5") for my liking, I prefer a boat...

I've watched a lot of two tv series, Monster Fish and River Monsters (my preferred), they are all about fishing in remote locations for the biggest freshwater fish. The locations are place like the Amazon, Africa and a lot of them in South East Asia. River Monsters especially features indigenous...

I found this..... And also this "recent" report

Midnight snack, next day breakfast or lunch........ That is for group trips, when I solo there is rarely any leftovers, if there is then burn or dump in the lake/river. Keep in mind that most of my tripping is in areas that rarely if ever have any significant amount of traffic and little or no...

For years a "dragged" an axe on canoe trips along with a few different folding bow saws, I did use both but not very much. I continued to bring them when I started solo tripping but so rarely made fires that it seemed like dead weight for no reason. In recent years I've changed to a small Bahco...

I did a bit of searching online and found a bunch of references to bamboo poles, most of the stuff I found was related to "skiffs" rather that canoes. My original though was to find out what people in Asia or South America use for poling because I have seen plenty of examples of indigenous...

Wood gunnels or vinyl? (on the Royalex boat). If they are vinyl there should be no problem, if they are wood then it is often recommended that the gunnel screws be loosened to prevent "cold cracks" because of the difference in expansion/contraction for each material.

Well I can match 2 of his "luxuries", my chair (Helinox knock off), my extra thick sleeping pad (Thermarest Mondo). For #3 I would say my selection of "housing"....... - a 2 person tent - either a large floor-less tent/shelter or a 4 person high clearance tent I can stand up in), - a bivy...

On my solo boats I like the front of the seat about 6" back from the centre point, for me it means when kneeling my knees are just about at the centre point.