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Yellowcanoe- I speak Minnesotian - English is a second language for me. It may be awhile as life and 2000+ pictures are a bit too much to wade through quickly. There are a few pictures on the Cooke Custom Sewing Facebook page- I can't seem to figure out how to get them to appear on this site. I...

Just got off the San Juan river in Utah. Eight days from Montezuma Creek to Clay Hills Crossing; using five IXP B17 canoes from Northstar Canoes. Running Class 1 to Class 3 Rapids, Pinning one canoe for a solid 20 minutes before the 3 thwarts busted and the canoe became freed. In a Class3...

I do not bring either unless I bring a wood stove to heat a tent with as well. Then typically only a hatchet as i prefer to use smaller/ cedar wood for my wood stove.

No Worries, you can get the public landing in any type of vehicle. The Clearwater Road is a well maintained gravel road. Some blind type corners that you need to slow down and make sure you are on the side you should be on. Take it easy on the Gunflint there are a few bumps along the way. Have a...

In Grand Marais Stone Harbor, TradingPost, Beartrack outfitters will carry BWCA maps. if you stop at any outfitter they will have maps.

Portaging from Clearwater to Caribou is not too tough- my father did it into his 70's and my father in-law into his 80's. They did not carry canoes but carried their packs. Quinn's route is a good one- best colors in the Fowls area. Quinn is correct in the crowds are gone - now that the kids...

Fish the hump on Pine for walleyes, or the drop edges on Caribou, missed a huge pike on Caribou 30+ lbs. Fat walleyes and Pike on Moon. East and West Pike are lakers - red flesh, Clearwater white flesh trout. Mountain lake has some nice cliffs- Clearwater has a huge palisade. In the fall the...

CCS warning " Note of Warning ...canoe covers are not for everyone! Canoe covers of any design can be life threatening if used without the proper training and practice exiting the skirt under controlled conditions." Glen, canoe covers are for more than just whitewater. I believe you would find...

If not for a desert southwest paddling trip I would be there. Always a good time.

I know of Pakboats that have more than 5 years of far north trips of 2-6 weeks of duration. They are far more durable than you would think. I have done 26 days down the Kasan from Kasba Lake to Bake Lake in a 170 Pak Canoe. Having put covers on many other Pak Canoes I have assembled quite a few...

Out the back yard is the Rice Creek chain of lakes. You can paddle the 5 lakes and see lots of waterfowl and eagles and ospreys. Tire of the lakes head down rice creek to the Mississippi for 4 -6 hrs of fun. It used to be an old indigenous route to cut the distance down to go between the St...

I will be at this 2019 Spring Expo. Giving a CCS Tundra Tarp demonstration on Saturday and one on Sunday. Paddle night on Thursday April 25 5 PM, preceding the Expo on Lake Nokomis

See you at the event. Should be a great time.

Doug- all, Raffle off 1 Cooke Custom Sewing 10 x 10 1.9oz Tundra Tarp Free shipping to US or Canada. Retail Value $116.00. Will ship mid March. Doug will post winner?

Thank you for sharing this. Well done!

Enjoying your story of spring's coming going and coming. Bringing back memories of my springs along the Gunflint Trail.

Great story telling! Looking forward to more of the story of your adventure.

Looking forward to all of your story.

In my machine building job we filled holes in anodized aluminum with epoxy, we often spayed it with spray paint to "color" the epoxy to match the color of anodize.