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There are lots of advantages to the swing blade. One of the nicest is that you never get a wavy board. ​I'm going to focus on trying to get some nice clear white spruce boards in the next few weeks. 6 foot lengths should be easier than 20 footers.

Very nice! Have fun with her.

Sawing lumber is a lot of fun. I have a Peterson swing-blade circular mill that I run part time. I mostly cut specialty pieces for log homes and timber framing. There's no money in cutting dimensional lumber that customers can get from the lumber yard, but I cut lots for my own projects. I love...

Welcome GearFreak from western Manitoba. Great pictures. I'm sure you'll enjoy ELA. We try to get there at least once every year.

What a great time of year to be out, especially with wood stove in the tent. Nice setup with the Kanguk.

Nice photos. Glad the wind held off for you. It seems there are few days this time of year when the water is calm.

I only saw the 2 people on the trip. Probably due to the fact that it was mid-week in September. No other boats on the water and I think I remember one float plane flying over. I very seldom trip where there is easy access so don't usually have to worry about trash. I don't mind picking up...

After buying the Canadian w/c boat from Karin this summer I decided to take it on a 4 day trip to check out the Manitoba entrance to Woodland Caribou Provincial Park at Garner Lake. I arrived at Beresford Lake in Nopoming Provincial Park on the Manitoba side mid afternoon and was on the water...

Looking forward to the rest of your journey!

Thanks Canotrouge. It looks like there are varying interesting techniques to make a dugout more stable. This is definitely a back burner project but if the stem on that cottonwood is sound Karin, I have a trailer that I could bring it home on.

I watched a video today of someone carving a dugout canoe using stone axes and adzes, which reminded me of a dugout canoe I found on an island east of Red Lake, Ontario while prospecting in the early 80's. The one I found had been hollowed out with a chainsaw and one cut in the bottom went a...

Thanks for the great visit Karin. I learned a lot today. About a ½ hour from your place I reintroduced the boat to the water on the Whitemud River at Westbourne. Paddled about an hour upriver from the bridge on #16 and then coasted back down. This is my new favourite boat. I love the way it...

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Sounds great. I got relaxed just reading this!

Thanks for the information Marten and Christy. Much appreciated!

Red, we didn't have any trouble finding trees to hang 2 hammocks except in the burn. A few times we used a common tree so we only had to have 3 trees but if the common tree isn't really stout then you feel the other person move during the night. It was the first time attending the Trout...

Shelley and I enjoyed a 12 day paddle in WCPP. We left Erickson, MB after Shelley got home from work and drove as far as Richer, where we camped at Rock Garden Campground. We were on the road again by 7 on Saturday morning and got to Red Lake early afternoon, where we self registered at the Park...

I do on a couple of streams near home, both in Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba. Usually in spring runoff or after big rain events when the water's high. I get on Swanson's Creek on highway 19 which joins Whirlpool River and then eventually crosses #19 again. The bike ride back is about...

How about this solution to oilcanning. A full 1"x5" board wedged and screwed under the seats and thwart. Just picked up this boat to do some evening and weekend paddling for my remaining 3 weeks in Sweden. Believe it or not, this is about the best boat I've found for less than $500. I'm calling...

I know we have some Swedish members here and others who have paddled in Sweden. I leave tomorrow for a 6 week job in northern Sweden near Skelleftea. I'm going to have weekends off and have identified plenty of places to paddle but haven't had much luck finding information on where I can pick up...