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When I canoe/camp with my wall tent/wood stove I use a wanigan made of 1/4” plywood. It’s got a foam gasket around the lid and two leather straps to hold the lid tight. It’s basically waterproof, but I have never tested it. It carries a lot of stuff, it’s easy to over do it, and is really handy...

Thanks for sharing such an interesting event. I can only imagine the effort and skill required to build them.

That’s a good start, I camped at Dog Island my first time thru, and another time I was on Marshall I met a First Nation guy and his wife “I’m George, that’s Alice”, he told me his grandmother built that trappers cabin for his grandfather. He was an interesting guy and one of my great regrets in...

Yes, that was my idea back when, I thought it would be a good way to support the smaller craftsman out there who don’t have a big advertising budget. Word of mouth only goes so far. I’m waiting for my pack saw carrying case. Unfortunately I believe my old SchmidtPack Saw might be a little too...

I just received two waxed canvas pouches from this company, perfect fit for my more traditional outfit. I also ordered a buck saw carrying case made of waxed canvas. I like the pouches as they have belt loops so you can attach them to your belt when you go out berry picking or tinder gathering...

Thanks Art

Can you pay the ranger to shuttle canoes, gear and paddlers around Chase Rapids on the Allagash River.

I can see it, Thanks for that Glenn.

I carry a passport card, good only for Mexico and Canada by land travel only, not air. Recently I crossed into Canada at Cornwall, Ontario, and something raised a red flag as my car was searched. Probably a solo adult male with friends in Ontario. On the way home I crossed at a remote Maine...

This is all posted in French but FB can translate it, I have lots of free time to do that …haha. There is a nice video but I can’t figure out how to attach it here. It’s in French, but us wood canvas guys all speak the same language anyway, it’s pretty interesting.

(I will post updates as the story develops for those who don’t have a Facebook account) In the summer of 2025, a brigade of adventurers will embark on a crazy adventure: trekking aboard cedar canoes the 1200 km of the ancestral Route des Furrures, from Tadoussac to James Bay. To learn...

From my experience with selling restored Kevlar canoes, a patched hull never sold for anything near what a non patched hull of the same vintage would fetch. A dealer knows this and the price of a new patched hull should be adjusted imo.

I love these old films, Thanks for the heads up. I also enjoy old books about First Nation people and related topics around NW Ontario/Quebec.

Steve is a really nice guy, he has done a lot for the WCHA and his New England chapter of that group is very active thanks to his leadership. His annual meetings in the Boston area are a big hit with the group and well attended. I went on a group canoe trip in downeast Maine with him once, a lot...

I used to use a steam box, it was about 6’ long. A friend told how he used the bag method so I gave it a try and never went back to the box. I use a Coleman 2 burner stove with an old pot to hold the water, and I cut a hole in the lid for the automobile heater hose that carry’s the steam to the...

Looks like he has camped at this beautiful area on Stone Lake,

I found this item near a run down trappers cabin in LaVerendrye, Quebec. It might have something to do with Gil nets as there is a falls nearby (Chute Henault), but I’m not sure. I also found a nice filet knife hanging on a tree at a campsite. I also returned to a campsite on the Marshall...

Here is the take out where Steve portaged last night, And the put in, I don’t remember a campsite in the area, l-r, Odyssey, Mrs Odyssey, Memaquay (one of the few pics of him with a pfd on), Karin and Christy.

Here’s a nice feature about Wood Canvas canoes, builder Steve Lapey and White Rose Canoe store by Boston based WCVB

At the point he is now (2nd campsite) I had already camped 3 nights and was approaching my 4th campsite (iirc). I found the walleye fishing so good I fished the bottom of every portage and Gripp Lake. Great memories!