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    US source for used 30L barrel?

    Watch craigslist you can usually get used ones for 20 to 30 bucks
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    What do you do about bringing food into Canada?

    Bear spray is ok as long as it say bear spray and not pepper spray Be aware that you may not be able to cross the U.S. / Canada border with some brands of bear spray. Canadian Customs will allow the importations of USEPA-approved bear spray into Canada. Specifications state that the bear spray...
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    What do you do about bringing food into Canada?

    I did go to Huntsville and Walmart there. There were canned good and stuff but I am spoiled where I am we have Super grocery store as bigger than the Walmart in Hunviille. We have 40 feet of just tomato sauce and 20 feet of different peanut butter. I would not go food shopping at Walmart here...
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    What do you do about bringing food into Canada?

    They ask if I had a knife and I said no I have a multi Tool which is allowed. In the stuff I read they said you are supposed to declare any food you had so I declared it . I also read they will send you back across the border to dump it I crossed in NH and came back through Niagara Falls. Coming...
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    What do you do about bringing food into Canada?

    This year I did my first trip to Algonquin with my wife(we had a lot of fun). Usually I would dehydrate my own food and bring that. But after looking at the rules The packaged has to show country of origin said nope can't do that. We bought so granola and snack and some mountain house stuff...
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    When is it "too cold" to paddle?

    I have paddle every month but February usually by then the canoe is under a foot or two of snow. Also cold enough to break the boat on a good bump so I just waits until March. When it is cold I am paddling white water in a dry suit I have swam in Nov and March. I use to use a wet suit. and...
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    First Trip Thoughts: Algonquin Provincial Park

    I did the same trip this year with my wife it was her first canoe I was there Aug 18 to 24th we spent 4 day in canoe lake then 3 nights camping in the park. This was my first trip to Canada and that had its own issue No Pocket knives, multi tool ok, No dehydrated food unless in original...
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    ​Cheat Sheet of Used Canoes for solo downriver CL II daytrips

    Mad river Me or Milbrook composite ME very nimble boat
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    Sierra Trading Post

    TjMaxx bought them sales are not as good.
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    Hello from New Hampshire

    I am in your area and always looking for someone to go with. I plan on hitting the Adirondack Labor day weekend going to Algonquin mid August
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    ​Ordering epoxy on-line?

    I ordered Total boat from them got the epoxy an clear coat it did what I wanted it to do so far
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    Taking the wife on her first trip

    I am bringing my wife on her first trip also this year I went big bringing her to Algonquin going to do the Canoe lake trip for 3 days then we are going to spend 3 day base camping and exploring the park then I am taking a 6 hour detour and we are going to Niagara falls for 2 nights I would have...
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    Well I made one

    He makes nice aluminum poles http://www.haydencanoepole.com/ If you can not get to him he has a 2 piece that he can ship
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    What's happening to the price of wood canoes?

    Its not just wooden canoes it is all canoes and kayaks Big box stores sell crappy canoes and Kayaks for 200 to 300 dollars sometimes less people then want to pay the same price for your canoe. Plastic canoe is now 2000 dollars craigslist you will be lucky to get 300 dollars. Then there are...
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    Moose Bow Canoe ripped in 2

    The first video Glenn showed where the canoe went through was where the pile of wood was. I lost a life jacket once. I was on the Baker river in nh on the quick water section. There was almost a river wide strainer on the surface the current was fairly slow and the water was about 3 feet...
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    Moose Bow Canoe ripped in 2

    All I am saying is it was harder than the video looked and I did it the day before. They guy from Cry of the loon told us the first year to be careful of that rips as a lot of dump and have damaged his boats there
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    Moose Bow Canoe ripped in 2

    The video of Mosquito rips does not do it justice There was a huge pile of wood on river left with branch sticking out into your path. The right side had one foot drop over rock there was a cross current going left to right if you let it the current could throw you into the rock at the center I...
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    Moose Bow Canoe ripped in 2

    I didn't assume anyone's skills in fact I edited out the my friends comments. Mosquito Rips was not that easy Sunday there was a lot of wood on the left I was nervous running it that center rock has taken out a lot of canoes. Only reason I brought up Attean falls is that is tricking and the...
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    Moose Bow Canoe ripped in 2

    WOW! My friend may have been overly excited catching up with up to notify someone but the boat is almost torn in half. Sunday Attean was like glass I would hate to try and cross it in that boat with 2 -3 foot swells. He must have been nervous running Attean falls I have to repair one of my...
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