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Nice trip report. I have done a few trips in and around that area, but my last trips were mostly north around circuit 77. Thanks for pleasant memories.

I am lucky to have a single car garage attached to side of my house that I have converted into a canoe shop with heat. I have been off and on busy this fall working on a few projects that I mentioned on the site previously. This old Wenonah Spirt11 is finished and I was supposed to deliver it to...

Well, I went with Jim’s suggestion and picked up a set. I went with a bigger dowel and carefully drilled out new holes with a hand power drill. Not perfect but pretty good. I used some Titebond III and clamps. My repair is the bottom frame, hopefully with age the new replacement part will...

At what point is our current administration going to admit his policy of open membership has serious faults. The site is being hacked on a regular basis, maybe a little less freestyle and a little more finding out what guys like “guidestartup80” know about canoes. I embarrassed and disappointed...

A unique owner operated solo woodshop, he can build you a canoe, beautiful hand crafted paddles and more, mostly by hand with minimal power tools. https://www.lastarrowwoodshop.com/ I’m not sure if this link will work but I really liked this paddle with the deer horn attached as a rock guard...

If I were to do this on a regular basis I would have both. I only need four I” holes, once those center points give me the spot to drill I’ll be good. Getting a 1” deep hole close enough shouldn’t be a problem. That’s why someone invented sandpaper and a file.

Haha, I probably didn’t explain my problem correctly. I need to make a new section for the canoe seat in the picture. The new piece will be held in place at each end with dowels and glue. I will need to drill somewhat precise holes in the new piece to match the existing holes in the old frame so...

Thank You Jim, perfect.

I need to make a replacement part for a canoe seat. Cutting it down to size is no problem but I’m wondering if anyone knows a simple procedure to line up the holes for the dowels. I don’t have a drill press, just hand tools. Thanks

I replaced my old candle lantern last year with this newer model. I like having a candlelight atmosphere in my canvas tent. I carry a headlamp but prefer the candle when appropriate. I also have a Stonebridge like Pseudonym. Sometimes I just burn a candle.

His son lives (or lived last I knew) in Patten, Maine. He sold his paddles out of his garage and on consignment at the Patten Hardware. I have his phone number for anyone interested.

I use IMovie for easy editing, and YouTube to share. To share video on Canoetripping I believe it has to be posted on YouTube first, then linked to Canoetripping.net.

Thanks, me too, very handy. I just sewed some patches on an old Woods Pack. Next I’m going to replace some cotton straps on a Duluth Pack with leather straps, rivets and then finish up with the Speedy Sticher. I’m also going to ad some ax handle guards to a few axes, but I’ll just use cowhide...

I bought this chair years ago,it has an aluminum frame which makes it very lightweight yet tough enough to hold up to hard use, out there on the trail or in the shop. The nylon seat began to rip and I thought it’s days where over but thanks to some cowhide and a Speedy Stitcher, I was able to...

Lac Canotaicane, Quebec

Early morning fog on Lows Lake, NY ADK’s

That toast looks delicious, whenever I make toast I just spread some salt on the top of the hot stove and place the bread on it.

Thanks for the “atta boy”, I just used rough sawn 10’ers, you brought it to a whole new level. Well done imo. When I lived in Connecticut I had 14 acres of mostly forest but no ash. I also had a saw similar to yours, maybe smaller. I sold the saw before I moved to Maine, now I have tons of...

Thanks for this nice TR, your pictures really made me sorry I missed this trip. I like the idea of base camping at Hitchens Pond. Back when I used to camp at Lows with my small wall tent, Virgin Timber Landing was my favorite site. I have many fond memories of that site. When you think about how...

That’s pretty impressive, when I took over, the banner stated the site was open to “all paddlers”. I changed it to “open canoes”, but one of our most prolific members (Mike M.) along with a few others schooled me on decked canoes so we dropped the “open”. Thankfully, Glenn’s hard work and vision...