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    3 Minutes with a Maine Guide Video Episodes

    3 enjoyable and informative minutes per episode. https://www.youtube.com/@3_Minutes_With_a_Maine_Guide/videos
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    3 Minutes with a Maine Guide - Gear - A stern wannigan

    Here is a traditional wannigan with a difference.
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    Finds, Relics, and Evidence from The Past

    In The Lonely Land Sigurd F. Olsen wrote "...Then he dug with a sharpened stick in a wide crack beside the fireplace and pulled out a great chunk of moss that had filled it. He laid it on a shelf of clean limestone and began to comb it carefully, picking it apart bit by bit. He was deeply...
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    Fry Pan vs Porridge Pot

    In Sigurd Olsen's Lonely Land (1961) he says: "Boiling fish is common in the North. The Indians (sic) boil it with a little flour, or broil oily fish like trout. Only white men resort to the frying pan." I'd always thought frying was the traditional method, but it seems to be a more modern...
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    Winter Swimming?

    Recently I was listening to a yarn told by a Dubliner. He reminisced about when he was a chiseler (a young lad) and the traditions around Christmas time. This fellow mentioned "New Christmas" and "Old Christmas", being the difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars and particular habits...
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    A century old birch bark canoe returns home.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/kahnawake-century-old-birchbark-canoe-1.6973120
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    1935 Canoe Trip

    Here's an enjoyable trip. "A good time was had by all."
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    Map Fans

    Is paper map reading becoming a lost skill? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/maps-cartography-skill-1.6871726
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    Chilko Lake (Tŝilhqox Biny,) British Columbia

    Here is short photo canoe blog by the extraordinary young man Iohan Georguiev. RIP. https://www.bikewanderer.com/on-the-road//canoeing-chilko-lake
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    Can we thrive with mediocrity in our canoe lives?

    Here is an interesting article that questions our approach to hobbies and interests. The comments below the article are worth a read also. Must we strive for perfection or can we simply enjoy imperfect pleasure? Can you accept a blem paddle, love a scratched hull, or enjoy a trip gone amiss...
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    Places Out Of Time - A film by Lloyd Walton

    "In one century we have come from a society that feared wilderness to one desperately trying to save it. This film details the changing needs for wilderness over one hundred years of Ontario Parks." Excellent and enjoyable footage here, including canoeing, camping, and tripping.
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    When is a Canoe Not a Canoe?

    Although this builder did not apply his carpentry skills towards constructing a canoe, he sure came close. Chosen woods, tight joints, laced seats... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/toboggan-champs-nb-bronze-best-sled-1.6738733 What else besides canoes have you canoe builders...
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    $$$$$

    When a new paddle can cost upwards of $350, and a canoe 10x that, it doesn't take long for the canoe tripping costs to add up. Unless of course you carve your own paddle, strip your own canoe. But few people do that. Frugal people choose used. And of course, how long before you acquire 2 more...
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    ownership

    With the outfitting selection available, usually all brand new, from paddles to pfds, canoes to coolers, tarps to tents, why would anyone want to buy? Just show up at the outfitters, choose and use to your heart's content. And then return it. Is owning your own equipment all about cost savings...
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    Dutch Oven Recipes

    I'm considering a new Dutch oven strictly for our camp kitchen, and wonder what recipes you camp cooks have to share?
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    A 90 Day Family Canoe Trip

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/wohlgemuth-johnson-canoe-trip-nwt-1.6583284
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    Voices Across The Water (trailer) NFB

    A short trailer (1 min 49 sec) of indigenous canoe making.
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    The Massassauga Stag

    Tradition has it that pre-wedding jitters are smoothed out with a party for both bride and groom, either separately or all together. Me being conveniently uninvolved in any important decisions makes for a stress free life for me. Until the groom and best man informs me some canoe camping...
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    Natural fabrics and camping - Youtube.

    Here's a YouTube channel from the UK I recently subscribed to. Giles Binyon hikes and wild camps in southern England using natural fabrics and traditional gear. He's an informative and pleasant fellow who's trying to get back to basics. Enjoy.
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