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Gamma, given your thorough planning and determination, you will bag this trip. It’s just a matter of when. When I retired just about 20 years ago l thought I would have all the time in the world to do what I wanted, when I wanted. Funny how things keep popping up that require my involvement.

I have been thinking about the lack of freight car space for canoes during the “high season” for Wabakimi tripping. Perhaps Via Rail could add another freight car during their busy months. I also wonder if an outfitter didn’t purchase these on speculation that they could be sold to his...

On one very rainy Wabakimi trip in 2009, which was an extremely rainy year in NW Ontario, Uncle Phil showed us how to quickly dry out a really soaked tent. He fired up the Coleman 400 series stove put it in a pot and very carefully placed in the erected empty Timberline 4. The tent dried out in...

Cruiser, sorry for the bum tip. Just found the packing list, I got the bug tarp almost two years ago. I was thinking last summer or fall - time sure flies when you’re older.

In all years of Wabakimi area trips, where it usually rains a lot, we always packed the wet tent or fly outside the waterproof pack liner but inside the pack. But when traveling with Uncle Phil (Wabakimi Project founder) we traveled on Wabakimi time which often allowed plenty of time in the...

I will never separate my tent fly from the tent body. On a Wabakimi trip several years ago I made a distressing discovery - when I set up my tent on the first night, I discovered I did not have the fly. It then dawned on me that I had given the fly to my wife the previous fall for some quick...

Cruiser, it may be too late but Johnson Outdoors, the owner of Eureka, sold it and was unloading all of its existing stock including their bug tarps. I picked one up (NoBugZone CT11) directly from Johnson Outdoors for about $70.00. I sure hope this purchase works out better for me than when I...

A friend wanted roof rails on his Wrangler with the detachable composite roof (fiberglass ?). He bought a pair of rails made for the Subaru Forester and attached them to the top. He transports his boat (40+lbs) and so far everything is going okay. I wonder about the safe weight capacity for this...

I use the gloves Costco sells every spring in 10 ct packs. Very inexpensive and durable, I go through maybe 2 pr per year. I like my paddling gloves by NRS. I started using these on the advice of my dermatologist who noticed too much sun exposure on the top of my hands.

When I owned a VW Eurovan I usually provided the trip vehicle carrying two canoes, gear and four paddlers. I would load my canoe without assistance using a step stool. This was necessary due to the height of the van. I kind of viewed the balance required to do this as a form of exercise. I no...

I doubt there is a safe month to paddle on the big lake. I have a friend who worked as a seasonal ranger at Sand Bay in the National Lakeshore. They regularly rescued people who rented kayaks there. The saddest incident in the Lakeshore was when a father and 3 young children perished in an...

With my limited computer skills I was able to find portions of the popular segments of the Kopka River, NW Ontario.

Great report (like your others), on a dream trip. I would bring my wife - who is conversant in French.

When I think of Lake Superior, I go back to my honeymoon trip to Isle Royale NP in June 1974. The bride and I took the Isle Royale Queen passenger ferry from Copper Harbor MI, the most northern point of Upper Michigan, across the lake to Rock Harbor, Isle Royale. The trip over was almost as...

Lake Superior can often be adventurous to paddle at anytime of the year.

In Ignace ON on the TransCanadian Hwy 17 where Hwy 599 goes north there is a great burger stand. I can’t remember the name but it is a mom and pop trailer parked in between two store fronts in a small strip mall right behind the Tesla charging station. They put a deck in front of the trailer...

Sporks - we have a few around here which were given to the grandchildren when they were young. But apparently even they didn’t really want them since they are still here and the grandchildren are long gone. This thread made me realize I am a spoon guy - my day starts with a spoon and cereal and...

Wisconsin, Upper/Lower Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Washington DC, Hawaii-Big Island (outrigger canoe), Guam No. Mariana Islands (outrigger canoe), Palua (outrigger canoe single), Ontario (40 weeks of trips over 18 years), Manitoba.

I went on a number of BWCA trips with the youth group from my wife's church. They were mostly fun trips, especially with those athletic teenaged boys who made contests of showing off their strength and agility with heavy canoes and packs to impress the girls. This allowed me to saunter across...

PBJ on whole wheat wraps is on all of my trips. Never any spoilage issues and always a group favorite.