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Wenonah Itasca?

May have to use the train - don't let that 18.5 mess you up. Someone had mentioned on the earlier thread about a Champlain I believe. 18' long 37" width. I have rented these twice and will purchase one when I get back to Michigan. Hauls everything!!

In that vein, consider picking up a copy of "Northern Saskatchewan Canoe Trips - A guide to Fifteen Wilderness Rivers" by Laurel Archer.

Just did 14 days in Wabakimi last summer. Drove right up to Armstrong, took the train west for an hour and half, got out and paddled. Never saw a soul. You have an unlimited combination of trips to take there, including some that do not require portages. Others will have more detail -...

.....and a bunch of people with no concept of map and compass......

Paddle Time, Not sure if you had intended to canoe in Canada, bit if you do, and want to use their wonderful train system there is a max length of 18'. Or at least it used to be.

Nor am I. My point is that there are not a ton of different hulls that meet your needs. So, if - "On tumblehome however essentially what it comes down to is I have a few canoes on the shortlist that are pretty much the same width / weight / length / all are Kevlar epoxy, etc. - there...

So what decade were you planning on taking your first trip? LOL. Seriously, I really think you just need to go out and paddle. Many people currently paddle canoes that, like a stray animal, just showed up. And many of those canoes, without the benefit of data sheets and tumblehome...

Thank you recped! I believe I heard there is cell service in Moosonee - correct possibly? Logistically this seems pretty straightforward. I take the train from Sudbury to the river. Paddle for a couple of weeks. Once in Moosonee I can camp and wait for the train to arrive to take me...

Thank you for the information recped. This one gets a bit easier. My in-laws live in northern Michigan, so I can get dropped off Sudbury. For the return I'll take the train south to Cochrane (I think) and Chick will make the drive to pick me up. I have seen a couple of threads...

Hello all, Assuming proper water levels will do this in June. Question on permits. I am jumping on the train is Sudbury and paddling the entire thing. Looking at the Parks website it doesn't reference fees for canoeing the entire river. If I jump on by the railroad which permits do I get...

Waist high breathable waders with comfy wading boot. Sometimes a 13" high insulated Kamik.

Some of the ports on our 2 week trip were fine, but others had not been touched in a long time. Granted, we were there very early in the season but these were not on any kind of regular maint. schedule. My brother, who has trekked at elevation and climbed in a few countries found this the...

No climbing - just the rocks along the portage trails were very abrasive, this compared to the comparatively glass smooth ones in the ADK'S. He is from Boulder and backpacks in the Rockies and saw the same thing. Weird, but maybe just in our area. We both agreed 2 pair of gloves for a...

When we went last summer we just drove straight up from Thunder Bay, about 3.5 hours. We did take the train to our put in, and we did have to wait for a bit for it to show up, but the experience was fun. Biggest difference for me - outside of nothing being marked - was the general roughness...

I hate just about every piece of computer equipment ever made (except medical stuff) and I know practically nothing about how they work, but driving across NA up to the Thelon my inReach worked flawlessly. I only recall one instance where my message failed to send and that was in Wabakimi...

Hemlock?

2024 went to Wabakimi for 2 weeks. Six week tour of Canada/Alaska with the Thelon River thrown in the middle. Wanting to push the cold weather stuff did a last week of October trip in the ADK's. 2025 should have an ADK shakedown in May and canoeing the Missainabi in June. Then in August...

There are a number of people on this site whose knowledge can be taken as gospel, and YC is certainly in that group. Her most recent contribution regarding my Newfoundland trip is resting it it's trip folder just waiting to begin. Contributions for the ages.

And portaging one of those wet sloppy things is a drag.