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Thanks for posting. Enjoyable reading and pictures to study for wood/canvas canoeists!

I'm going for the marathon length build record on this one... Actually, I got focused on really diving into the restoration of the early Chestnut Bobs Special. I did finish all the repairs and got her into canvas in mid-October 2023 and will prime, paint, and complete that canoe when weather...

Bill, I have the notion that the Horseshoe outlet stream would be mostly navigable under normal water levels, but my understanding is that the level has been lowered while construction is ongoing at the lower dam. If one can believe the Google Earth measuring feature, the narrowest channels of...

Thank you. I located this today from Adirondack Explorer: bog-river-access-road-closed Here's the relevant part: The state Department of Environmental Conservation is offering alternative access points to the Bog River. One is the Horseshoe Lake outlet, which is accessible .4 miles past the...

Oops, egg on my face! Still, odd place to find it. The nearest road is a kilometer away by my guess. Or one hell of a discus toss from the Adirondack Railway about a hundred meters away…

Logging era machine part found while bushwhacking north of Harrington Pond/Brook, north of Rainer Creek, having missed the turnoff for the carry to Clear Pond from Lake Lila, Adirondacks. Presumably, this boggy area was at one time flooded so logs could be floated to Lake Lila. I imagine this...

Oops, windy day today; tail end of the recent storm I guess. Rain softened soil and gusty winds today brought this down. It's a Spruce of some variety, with lots of Ivy climbing the tree as well. Maybe I can salvage some w/c canoe parts from it!! Gotta look on the bright side!

Wind from the south (rare for us) caused a live 80' White Pine on the edge of our property to fall on our neighbor's home. Apparently punched holes in their roof from the branches since only the top 20' of the tree hit the roof. I offered to clean the bulk of the branches off the home during...

Just shuffle it around with the others on the rack. She'll never notice...

Thank you. Google Earth seems to show some sort of structure on the lake side of the tracks; presumably a kiosk.

Only encountered trash at one campsite on Little Long Pond in the St. Regis Canoe Area. The site on Clamshell Pond had a couple of tarps left behind, but they were neatly folded and stashed away from the main site. I could do, however, with fewer fireplace grilles... lots of sites have many of...

Is anyone aware if it's feasible to access the Bog River Flow downstream of Hitchens Pond via the ADK Scenic Railway from Horseshoe Lake? It is about a 1.5 mile carry from Horseshoe Lake to the bridge over the Bog River flow. I would like to paddle the counterclockwise route to Tupper Lake...

I spy the Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau! What a view. Never boring!

Thanks Mem, I just cut off the excess canvas at the inwale today. I'm excited for warm weather for primer, paint, outwales, and stem bands.

Thanks Robin. That song reminds me of the "talking" ballads style of the 60's folk crowd like Tom Paxton, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Jaime Brockett (Legend of the USS Titanic).

Tsuga8's post reminded me that i hadn't updated my post regarding final finish. I chose tung oil, and am happy with the result. I didn't want a finish to add color other than a faint amber hue, and the oil accomplished my goal. I'm glad that I didn't want to use the paddle right away since...

Everyone who sees this picture laughs, so I guess it's funny, and meets one of the criteria for this thread: and... for scale: Common Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) Phallus_impudicus

Editing my photo library on a dreary, rainy day and I came across this fine fellow. Northern Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans melanoma) seen here among the floating, boggy bits of Bog Pond in the St. Regis Canoe Area, ADKs. There is a small universe of flora on these floating bog islands...

Island Falls Willow 15'. Although I paddle all my tandem w/c canoes solo, this is the only dedicated solo. It is likely my favorite canoe to paddle and at 53#, the lightest to carry between lakes. Shown here at the northern terminus of North Bay, Upper Saint Regis Lake, ADK's while attending...

Thank you. For fun, I was trying to determine your position on the lake when you took the photo.