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Photo from Nor-West canoe company, a family owned business which completely burned down earlier this week. Beautiful freighter canoes were their specialty during their 70 years of constructing these pieces of art.

30 minutes from home. Family business. My first canoe was a Nor-West. Beautiful WC canoe. As years went by, they specialized in constructing freighter canoes as mentioned by memaquay. Their WC freighters can be found all over the North and are a favourite of the original peoples. Hope they...

Hey Trailblazer, that L.L.Bean Continental Rucksack seems to be my missing link. Does it fit under a canoe while portaging? Gerald

Got 40 inches at our place. They had predicted 40 - 60 cm. My car is still not completely uncovered. Have a full day of working outside ahead of me.

Right on Snapper. The man himself. Great memories. Gerald

No, not on this occasion, but he usually does. Gerald

Beautifully done. Thanks for the heads up. This is my favorite fog solo photo. Can anyone identify the paddler?

Thunder boxes are a must in most designated canoe areas. That said, I've never stepped in human feces in all those years however in La Vérendrye, where dogs are permitted, I know people who have buried their toes in transformed kibble. G.

I also enjoyed this return to recoup the canoe vid. I noticed Sako is starting to grey on the lower lip. 6 years old now. Justin reminds me more of the early explorers rather than a modern adventurer. More like it was back when I first started tripping 60 years ago. Not on the same scale, of...

I enjoy your videos very much. Thanks for sharing. G,

The replies so far seem to confirm the old sayings, "use it or lose it", "you are what you eat" and "sleep well live long". G.

Watched it yesterday (got link off of CCR). Nice vid. You guys carried lots of gear\food and yet seemed to stay pretty dry in your solo boats. I may be wrong, but from the footage it seemed to me the Keno may be better suited to solos than tandems. Any thoughts? Thanks for sharing. G.

Wow! Seems you really got a wack of Covid. I say, lucky you did have the vaccines and boosters as without you may have been in a terrible situation. Hope you regain your health back to where it was previous to the infection. At age 83 I still manage to get out for a week or so trip every year...

Bienvenue au groupe from the Laurentians North of Montreal. G.

Nice ride Robin. Very capable rig for far away places. Knowing you, it will eventually have a very nice canoe carrying setup indeed. G.

Have used a variation of this knot for many years now and don't find it particularly easy to undo, nor easy long term on the life of the rope when used often. There are many variations proposed on the internet via video or illustrated instructions, but I prefer to hear from the people here as to...

Have a good one, Robin. Enjoy the solitude, the scenery and the fishing. G.

Corel Video Studio here. I really don't know how to exploit every feature yet and probably only do one video per year, so it's like learning all over again every time I use it. It takes patience to make good canoe tripping videos. I liked Robin's videos the first time I saw one, and that sort of...

Will be following, take care. G.