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    inReach Explorer Plus issue

    Maybe try this...not sure if I have the right model
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    Hudson's Bay Company shuts down after 355 years

    Canadian Tire (Crappy Tire as I call it) is another retailer WAY past it's prime, I'd rank it only slightly higher than Wally World. When I was a kid (60+ years ago) it was a cool place to visit. Back then it was more of a catalogue store, you went up to a counter, leafed through the catalogue...
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    Hudson's Bay Company shuts down after 355 years

    The "real" death of Hudson's Bay came in 2006 when it was taken over by Jerry Zucker. Unfortunately (maybe) Zucker died two years later and since then it bounced around with various hedge fund types and made stupid moves like taking over Saks 5th Ave. It hadn't really been much a store since the...
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    Invasive species carried on canoes?

    Yes it happens, usually not because of canoes but it is definitely possible. In the Great Lakes the major issue is zebra mussels. It's very easy to transport zebra mussels into the lakes north of Superior...
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    Wildfire Smoke

    If wildfire smoke bothers you get ready for a dust cloud from the Sahara which is currently affecting parts of the Caribbean and is expected to arrive in the US later this week. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sahara-dust-1.7549914
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    Cheap stove alternative.

    I bought one like this a few years ago on Temu, simple and effective, works perfectly. It was less than CA$10, they have gone up due to tariffs.
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    Vehicle storage in Sudbury

    It's a small lot but I wouldn't hesitate to park there. I have parked at other Via stations.
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    Can anyone figure out what kind of canoe I just bought?

    I really doubt it's Royalex, RX boats rarely if ever come with flotation chambers. The "4X" in the serial number is confusing, it's not one of the more common codes and may have been used for more than one model. A close up image of the scrape along the keel line would help identify the...
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    Megiscane Misery & The Clash: Trip Report spring 2025

    Yes yes and yes but here is the main problem.......... I like to paddle with people at least 20 years younger than I am, these people tend to have jobs, families and other assorted obligations with much less flexibility than an old guy (not excessively old yet) who has been semi-retired since...
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    Shuttle Info Please - need shuttle from Cochrane to Capreol

    DM sent with some ideas for you.
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    Megiscane Misery & The Clash: Trip Report spring 2025

    Christian beat me (again) to posting the report, I do plan to go back to the original thread and make some comments. I've done a few previous early Spring trips where small amount of ice and snow in the bush was encountered but nothing of the same magnitude as on this trip.
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    Megiscane Misery & The Clash: Trip Report spring 2025

    Three boats.... Tom in an esquif Canyon Christian in a Nova Craft Moisie Me (Ben) in my yellow Mohawk XL14 Fuddle is my bow "paddler", rides with me in the Mohawk. His full name is Fuddle Wuddle and he's from Indonesia.
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    La Vérendrye: Canada’s Largest Canoe Camping Reserve

    Up until the takeover by SEPAQ the canoe aspects of La Verendrye were operated by FQCK (https://canot-kayak.qc.ca/) an organization dedicated to paddling throughout Quebec. They were great to work with as opposed to SEPAQ which is really only interested in front country camping and the...
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    Leaving for the still "frozen" North, Riviere Megiscane

    Back at home just in time for an enjoyable ice event.....that would be my Leafs beating Florida Panthers and extending the series to a game 7 on Sunday. Interesting reading the comments here, speculations were mostly accurate and in spite of the failure it provided some new to me paddling...
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    Leaving for the still "frozen" North, Riviere Megiscane

    Two week trip on the Megiscane in the "near north" of Quebec, we (it's a group of 3 solo's) may have to dodge some icebergs as it's been a very late Spring this year. It's a mix of river and lake travel, a scattering of rapids. We will access the put-in via the train from Senneterre and they...
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    New to me Portage Pal trailer

    Here is one in "action".
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    Keep a secret?

    Simple Google search....I don't know why some are red, the page doesn't explain it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Idaho
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    Permits for Missainabi River

    Well one good thing for you. For decades the Canadian train departed Toronto in the evening and would drop you at Peterbell around 2:00am, not very nice as there isn't much of anything in the way of camping there except the ditch beside the tracks which is a terrible place to sleep given the...
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    Permits for Missainabi River

    You are booked on the wrong train! You will get dumped off at Peterbell and miss Missinabie Lake, The height of land portage, shorten your trip by 5 or 6 days and lose the ability to say you paddled the entire river. You should be booked on the Sudbury to White River train (route #185) if you...
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    Permits for Missainabi River

    You want this one https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/ontario/sudbury You DO NOT want this one https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/ontario/sudbury-jct
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