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Well besides myself, I still occasionally use my 1960s trapper nelson wood/canvas pack. It was a real work-horse in its day. At one point, I used it for bringing in a 45gal steel drum full of all sorts of cabin making stuff. Even saw one fellow carrying in a cast iron upright stove with one...

Stoneage - your site is a fantastic source for information on indigenous craft Stoneage - your site is a fantastic source for information on indigenous craft Welcome aboard Stoneage but you've scuppered me for doing anything else for quite some time.:) Your website/blog is going to take me...

Great trip report Robin. LaV is one of most favorite canoeing places as I hardly ever meet any other canoes on my trips there. Circuit 77 was a trip that I did way too fast and should go back for a more leisurely pace. The only issue that I have is that the staff at Le Domaine are just so...

Just a few of my favourites. The Wind River, Yukon my favorite WW river - The Dumoine in Quebec The Bustard Islands Georgian Bay (sorry, I couldn't find a canoe pic) The Bloodvein in Manitoba. The Everglades (photo thanks to Yellowcanoe) The French River, Ontario

Many thanks, YC. That article had some great info. Ted

I'm just getting around to finishing an older wood/canvas canoe. After my wife of 37 years saw that canoe at the C.C.M. she decided my wood/canvas will become a "courting" canoe complete with a nice high-backed chair facing inwards, a parasol, a wine cooler, picnic basket and music. Sigh. The...

ankle biters - mosquitos, ticks and chiggers ankle biters - mosquitos, ticks and chiggers I sure wish premethrin clothing or spray could be purchased in Canada - and don't have a clue why not. I can buy big doses in garden centres but I haven't a clue how much to use in a pail of water and I'm...

Hey thekat, thanks for the cudos but really, compared to my tripping heroes like George Luste, I'm still a newbie and beginner. cheers, Ted

I'd rather do this trip solo, so I'm quite interested in those battery operated bear alarms. Were they expensive, brand name, are they somewhat rain proof, that kind of thing would be helpful. Were folding kayaks the only available option and, if yes, how did they stand up to pushing ice, shore...

Many thanks Dave. Sea kayaking from Pond Islet is on my 2014 list. Any tidbits you'd like to share with me and the members? Ted

Home is where the tent is. Home is where the tent is. Plans are now finalized with flights and shuttles booked for the big trips. Late May - La Vérendrye to find my north-south route - canoe one week Mid-June - lower half of the Rideau Canal - sea kayaking 6 days June weekend tbd - Lower...

Two thumbs up good buddy and all the best of luck as an administrator. Cheers Ted

I made a little version of the susiebug for bathroom breaks. Having to go to the toilet in serious bug season - the Thelon River was just awful all of the time as was the Bloodvein River on a few occasions. So a bug net that fit over me worked well. At the back of it, I sewed a couple of...

Bug Shirts are great. I also have his pants. The combo keeps me happy up north. As an experiment up on the Thelon I took an old white dress shirt and wore it over a fleece jacket.(Just used a head hood for the experiment) My buddy had on a black fleece jacket and head hood. The number of...

Big two thumbs up for both the TR and the photos. Really appreciated. Can't wait to get there myself. Thanks Ted

I've got my usual long weekend WW trips - Dumoine, Petawawa, Lower Madawaska in the calendar already. A week or so in June will be in La Vérendrye Reserve, Quebec, looking for a north-sorth route. It looks like my little paddling group cancelled the July Snake River Yukon trip and substituted...

Good pics. It looks like you guys had a fun trip. Does no photos of fish being fried mean that you fish like I do? Lots of time "fishing" but no time catching anything:mad:

Hi old buddy. I really liked photo #13 of you by the lake "Sometimes it's good to sit and think". A very nice photo you should get framed and put up in your workshop. That photo that you took of me paddling away from your campsite one fall morning is framed and on my wall - still one of my...

Good report YC, thanks. Like you it's back to a stadium seat on a barrel when canoeing and a stadium seat on rocks when kayaking. It's not unusual for me to have 4 to 6 portages a day when canoe tripping locally. Up north when it comes to canoe tripping by float plane, 9 pounds is a very big...

Hi again, I use a 50mm prime lens. The canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. It's the inexpensive lens as some of the primes are too pricey for me. I'm clumsy so breaking lenses is a real possibility for me. I also have a Meike AF Auto Focus Macro Extension Tube - three tubes with AF circuitry. I want to buy...