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My question is when do you call it a re-design rather than just a new one? There seem to be a lot of changes to be considered the same boat just re-designed. Maybe they just wanted to use the name..........

That's too bad, was a nice store in a beautiful location run by some great folks. I delivered them a few Merrimack canoes and Sanborn paddles over the past couple of years.

Anytime I stop at the store he jumps right in so problem solved.

I can't handle sitting in a kayak for longer than 15 minutes, the canoe gives me more freedom to sit, kneel or stand plus depending on the canoe I would disagree that a kayak is more stable for fishing. Portaging and load capability are also deal breakers for me.

That was a fun read - great write up and thanks for all the pics.

True North, the guys who make cloth maps have them at 15% off.

Anybody else have a pup who doesn't use the pad you provide for them?!

I'll have to look for pictures but back in the 60"s when there were many many motor routes in the BWCA my dad bought a square stern aluminum canoe and a 3hp evinrude and we would travel all over. I was a kid and at that time couldn't understand why people would just paddle when they could use a...

If you can find a time and place to do some paddling before you go but I know there are plenty of folks whose first canoe experience is in the bwca. You might be best to avoid some of the larger lakes.

Welcome to the site, I'm from SE MN. How old are your kids?

That was fun, thanks. My mom and dad manned a fire lookout tower in remote Oregon in 48 & 49.

Don't really think this is a new trend, between hammocks and tents we have been doing this for years.

I listened to a podcast with one of the survivors, they had been there many many times, weren't drinking but didn't see a need for the PFD's. A PFD maybe wouldn't have saved a life but it would have made recovery easier. The survivor I listened to lost his brother on this trip. You just never...

Vinyl ester has a much shorter shelf life than polyester or epoxy.

I've put in at the campground and while I'm glad I did cause it was November and we got 14" of snow and the road to EP 32 wasn't plowed it does add 4 portages that added together are more portage length than the portage at EP32. The south kawishiwi is a very popular route often with few open...

Starting at Hog creek and trying to get from Perent lake to Isabella lake in the fall is usually a bad idea, there tends to not be much water between those 2 lakes. Hog creek is usually used as an in and out entry point.

There really aren't any long river/stream systems in the BWCA and most of them have more portages than a carefully planned lake route.

As a frequent visitor to the BWCA I think it's too bad this was needed but it was, too many sloppy careless campers resulted in many habituated bears which is as bad for the bears as for the humans. There was a lot of complaining but compliance was pretty simple - either get or rent certified...

The Isabella river flows from Isabella into Bald Eagle but the current isn't too strong. My guess is the Snake River and Little Isabella river are very low this fall.

Nice place for a short trip, I'm planning on one the first weekend in Nov. Hope the weather holds.