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I use 30" nylon NRS bags (tandem end bags) in my Raven for tripping purposes. They add a lot of buoyancy without taking up much cargo space. Between the bags and tied down packs, I have managed to replace swimming with bailing on a few occasions. -wjmc

Is that sketch one of Les Kouba's illustrations from Calvin Rutstrum's "North American Canoe Country"? Kouba illustrated a few of Rutstrum's books and also a couple by Sigurd Olson. -wjmc

I wetfoot, mostly sit but kneel occasionally. I had the same experience as Alan with the Abyss boot, I liked them but the stitching went. The next year I used a pair of five-ten water tennies. They were flexible and had great grip, and were reasonably supportive. They didn't last either -...

Have you done any estimating / guesstimating on the calorie count of your menu? I'm sure you will burn in excess of 4,000 cal/day, and 1.5 lb / day seems a little light to meet that requirement. On my trips the food - mostly dried, plus nuts, fats etc. - goes around 2 lb/day and I still manage...

I agree portage spotting from satellite photos can be pretty hit and miss. Here are a couple more quotes from the old Berard map describing this trail: "“North end trail follows bottom of cliff along west side of floating bog”." At the Bloodvein end: "“Trail begins in marsh at...

Is this the portage you are thinking about? It's described on Real Berard's "Sasaginnigak Canoe Country" map as: " 'long port' (100 chains)-trail fair-some windfall and swamp." Berard's maps relate to trips in the late 1960s and early 1970s, so this is hardly current information. I crossed...