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  1. jcavenagh

    Lending Gear Stories

    Well, my Prism and SPOT are currently in the BWCA on loan to a paddler who lives a couple miles from me. No horror stories...yet. :rolleyes:
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    Sassenach Lake parking area

    I post a note from Phil Cotton to make sure full info is provided: Shannon Lawr, Superintendent of Wabakimi Provincial Park, has advised me that the access roads indicated on the map you mentioned were established by Ontario Parks to record from which Crown land area visitors who were making...
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    Sassenach Lake parking area

    OK...here's the info WEST SIDE- Sassenach Lake Take 702 Rd to KM marker 59 (50.470337, -90.261266) Turn right onto heavily overgrown track. 1.7 km in on that road is the put in point: 50.470851, -90.236903 The 1.7 km road is 4WD only and is very rough. Per ONT MNR: Access Point 4 (Sassenach...
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    Sassenach Lake parking area

    Has anyone here ever parked a vehicle at the Sassenach lake entry point for Wabakimi? The new permit website indicates there is drive up access there, but I have never heard of anyone actually parking a vehicle there. If you have parked there, can one get there in a front wheel drive sedan or...
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    Best donuts or best donuts on the Road

    Rise'n Roll...there are several in northern Indiana. Really good donuts
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    Maps. What do you do with 'em?

    I, too, have maps filed by state and area. Not so much as MM, but still growing... One time I was driving from Chicago to Wash DC. I stopped at my suster's palace overnight in Cleveland. In the morning I took out my map to see how I was leaving Cleveland and which route I wanted to take to DC...
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    Beer!

    I have never brought beer on a canoe trip. But, back in the 70's we paddled around on Lake Galena in IL and had several coolers full. So maybe 60 beers in a canoe is my record. As for my favorite beer...that is difficult. I have been lucky enough to drink beer in England, Ireland, Belgium...
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    WTB - Tandem tripper

    Thanks, sm63, I'll call tomorrow.
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    WTB - Tandem tripper

    Thanks, sweeps
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    WTB - Tandem tripper

    I am looking to buy a 16' or 17' tandem for paddling on the lakes of the Canadian shield. Looking for a Souris River Q16 or 17; a MNII; or a Bell/Northstar Northwind (or similar) Basically looking for a nice, used kev boat. I can drive several hundred miles from Chicago to pick up. email with...
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    What do you do about bringing food into Canada?

    I have driven across the border at Grand Portage and Int'l Falls several over the last 6 years. I never had any issue with dehydrated food. Mine is vacuum packed in seal a meal after dehydrating so I believe its considered packaged food under the regs. But I have never been questioned on it...
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    What are your favorite accessories when paddling?

    Crazy Creek canoe seat. I really like it.
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    Happy 150th Birthday Canada!

    Yes. Thanks for being a great country!
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    i cant wait for driverless cars!!

    Driverless tech may be OK for Interstate highways or TransCan highways. But what good will it do when I am at 50.596084, -90.186248 trying to find a way to get into Tew Lake?
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    alcohol stove fuel (Trangia)

    I just use HEET in the yellow bottle. Don't use the other type(red bottle) as its ISO. Is HEET not available at Canadian auto parts stores? Here is another vid about this issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt69fbNhCgs
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    Photo of the day

    No Title A photo full of anticipation....looking north to start my first trip north of 50N
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    Trips planned for 2017 What is everyone planning

    No canoe trip fr me this year. Hurt my knee last summer and it's turning out to be a whole lot worse than I thought. BUT...Paris in the spring with my wife. Hopefully, Wabakimi in 18.
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    OT but fun - Sales and Scam calls

    Just for fun...take a look at this vid... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdPW8JrYzQ
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    Canoeing myths busted

    Yes...I thought I was wrong once,....but then I realized i was mistaken.... ;)
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    ​Ranger interactions – stories good or bad

    Gary probably doesn't think of it like this, but he is really making his job MUCH easier and MUCH safer. He likely doesn't have to go out to save folks who have miscalculated because he gives them just enough of a boost to make it. And he doesn't have to go out in storms or at night for the same...
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