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    Forest companies and the impact on canoeing

    For many years I have been on the local citizen's advisory committee to the forest industry. The industry has been huge up here, and the amount of lumber that is taken each year is staggering. Over the last five years I have made inroads for most of the identified canoe routes, with larger...
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    AI and on-line posers

    The beauty of dedicated forums such as Canoetripping is that you get a dedicated base of folks who have a wide range of experience that can generally be trusted. Most opinions are based in years of practice and real life experience, and even if one doesn't agree, there is usually respect for...
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    Paddle making extravaganza

    I started using all the wood Gamma brought me on his Steel River trip. So far, I have cut out four one piece paddles, and still have enough wood left for at least three more. he had told me the sassafras had a unique smell, and I can testify to the truth of that. The entire shop has a peppery...
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    Save the Moose 2023

    SAVE THE MOOSE CAMPAIGN 2023 I wasn’t going to post anything this year from our weekend canoe/moose hunt, as I may as well just repost last year’s report. Same place and even very similar pictures. But Chainsaw Rob came for a visit, and his stories alone made it worthwhile to post something...
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    Last trip of the year

    It has been a very long fall in Northern Ontario, but the snow is finally falling tonight. I was looking over my pictures from a couple of weekends ago. My wife and I went out on the Annual Save the Moose Campaign. We didn't expect to get anything, as we were both hunting under calf tags, but...
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    Raven, part 2

    Well, I decided I would build another Raven. Lots of rumination, was going to go with a 15 foot Pal, but I always really liked the Raven, so I will try to build this one a little lighter. Someone posted a video by Nick Schade, I believe, where he had cut his stem strips into 1/8 inch strips...
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    Convince me

    The J. Winters Raven has been my favourite solo, and every time I build something different, I regret it. And yet, I was thinking last night, I have the forms for the chestnut pal, and if I reduced the length to 15 feet, I would have a large solo, that would look good too. But will I regret...
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    MAS epoxy

    I used MAS on my latest Osprey build, and this summer I have finally put it into some tripping situations. I have run some good whitewater, dragged over some gravel, had a few bumps, the usual stuff. I have already had three fractures of the outside glass right to the wood. There hasn't been any...
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    Opening up Geraldton to Longlac canoe route

    The yearly decision about what routes to open up was a long and prolonged discussion this year. Chainsaw Rob and myself had many ideas, but in the end, we decided that with gas prices being so high, we would try to stay close to home. We had already opened up one canoe route from Geraldton to...
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    Free cedar strips

    No, I'm not giving any away, lol. A local lady was in the process of moving, and she called me and asked me if I wanted some cedar. I went out and had a look. 35 17 foot 1 1/8 wide bead and coved straps, beautifully made. Pluse enough cedar to make enough strips for a complete canoe. So I'm...
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    Amazon epoxy

    I've noticed that with the coffee table/epoxy craze, amazon has started selling epoxy. Here's an example https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B09CZ9RRX3/ref=sspa_mw_detail_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9kZXRhaWwp13NParams&th=1# There are multiple varieties, all priced pretty cheaply...
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    Hammock camper advice

    I'm leaving for a trip on Saturday, and it was going to be my first trip using a hammock. I've got a hennessy jungle expedition. I bought the insulating mat that goes between the layers, and an extended hex fly. Seems very comfortable. However, the weather up here has been completely goofy...
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    Winter, I divorce thee

    As I sit here, perversely hoping for a snow day so I don't have to go to work, I am rolling in the misery of a long, brutish winter. April is a blink away, and there is still over 3 feet of ice on the lakes. My snowblower has gone into forced retirement, this winter has finished it off. We are...
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    Carbon Straight Shaft

    So I opened up my wallet and bought one of the only carbon straight shafts available in Canada, a Werner, comes in around 13 ounces. They are sending it uncut. The retailer sent me some excellent instructions. I'm wondering if the MAS or System Three general purpose epoxy I have left will be...
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    Save the Moose Campaign 2021

    Moose season opened on October 16th this year, and my wife Irene was very excited. It was to be her first time hunting moose. Her mom had killed a nice one in 1979, and Irene was hoping to live up to the legend. The weather for the weekend was bleak, but we were well prepared. We had chosen a...
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    Crown Land Camping in Ontario suspended again.

    News came out tonight, just as some of us are planning our first canoe trips. Government says the Covid is waiting for us behind every jackpine, especially in areas like Marshall Lake, where there are currently zero human beings. Last year we grudgingly complied, don't think it will be the case...
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    Wendel Beckwith documentary

    This documentary has recently been posted by the Thunder Bay Museum. It's pretty good, actual interviews with the main people involved, I learned quite a lot. https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/beckwith-film-project/
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    School me on carbon Fibre paddles

    So I used Alan Gage's old Black Bart paddle for two hours yesterday. I picked up my good old Grey Owl half way through the paddle and it felt like a war club. Couldn't believe the difference. So now I want a 54 inch Straight shaft carbon paddle. What is out there, I am completely a newb with cf...
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    Nuway stove experiment in a snowtrekker

    I finally got to try out my Nuway propane stove in my snowtrekker tent last weekend. The Nuway is an American made propane stove that vents to the outside of the tent like a wood stove. For the temperatures we were at, it was pretty good. It got to be -5 C overnight, and the little stove...
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