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Another reason to carry a setting pole.

Less bulk to pack with the 1.1 in addition to the weight.

Spent my early childhood during the same time span at Bryant Pond, but not until high school did I first paddle a friend's old WC canoe.

You've really hit it big if you happen on an old beaver lodge. Best biscuit wood there is.

Birch bark really good for starter. I look for standing dead about 3 to 4 in. dia. to split for both small stuff and to build cooking coals. Can also make a couple of fuzz sticks too. There's always dry dead starter and kindling at the base of firs, along with old man's beard and dry pine...

Sounds like you need to try some poling.

Much more wildlife seen when only one canoe. Even more seen when that canoe is soloed.

Free of potential widow makers.

Seemed to work OK

Nice work!(y)

I had checked earlier with NMW and they were not optimistic, but I have done that run quite a few times...a couple when I waded a lot up to and including once when the stream was level with the bank at the put in. It actually looked pretty good at the put in and the day before had been a gully...

Just got back from the Allagash Lake area. Drove several miles on the Freshly Graded (first tracks) Caucomgomoc Road. Made it OK, but definitely didn't find it enjoyable. FYI, Allagash Lake via Upper Allagash Stream is a no-go (at least with a WC canoe)until we get some relief from the drought.

Trim and paddle strokes sums it up as stated by previous posters. As a safety reminder...use water jugs, dry bag with water or firewood. Do not use rocks or other negative buoyancy items for trim. In case of an upset, you don't need additional problems. Remember, paddling a canoe is a skill and...

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I would reccommend replacing the planks. If you only need a plank or two, Roland Thurlow of Northwoods Canoe can most likely sell them to you. The gunnels are probably only treated with a sealer coat and they will have to come off for the canavasing anyway. The gunnels are designed to go past...

Nice job on the paint.

This is the "reconstructed" 20'. Looks like I can post pictures again.

The canoe I'm poling in my avatar is an 18' White Guide. That one only needed a new stem. Previous owner, apparently, forgot it was on the vehicle while backing up.