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  1. PaddlingPitt

    Unfulfilled Tripping Dreams?

    Kathleen and I began canoeing and tripping fairly late in life. She was 38 and I was 42 for our first northern trip on the South Nahanni River, NWT, in 1990. Our last trip, in 2022 was 17 days on the Barren Grounds 300 km (200 miles) east of Yellowknife, NWT. It is January, the month that I have...
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    Outdoor Skills Advice From People Famous For Other Reasons

    When I was an adolescent, I read a lot of Ernest Hemingway. Yesterday I searched for reasons about why he committed suicide, and came across this 1920 article he wrote about camping out. A tight, direct prose similar to his later novels...
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    Planning for 5-month isolated winter followed by 1-month canoe trip at beak-up

    Several people in the thread in the Winter Storage Question asked me for more planning details regarding how Kathleen and I planned for our winter sojourn north of the Arctic Circle (Our Winter of Content in Canada's Western Arctic), followed by a canoe trip down the Anderson River to the...
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    Two Row on the Grand River, Ontario

    I was not aware of this event. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/two-row-on-the-grand-1.7026531
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    Pros and Cons of Guided Canoe Trips

    I have some paddling acquaintance, all excellent paddlers, who are inviting participants for a guided, three-week, 600 km (375 mile) trip in the Northwest Territories. The fee for a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 10 participants, with two guides, is approximately $16,000 CAN ($12,000 US) per...
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    Whitefish & Lynx Lakes, NWT: 2022

    In 2019, Kathleen and I paddled the Yukon River, from Whitehorse to Dawson City. The following is what I wrote in my journal at the end of that trip. Kathleen and I had spent 17 days and 7,250 km (4,500 miles) on the road to live only 14 days on the Yukon River. Was it worth it, some might...
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    GPS Advice

    I have a Garmin eTrex GPS purchased in 2000. I have rarely, if ever, used it for navigation until this past summer. But on our canoe trip in the NWT Kathleen and I were supposed to be picked up by float plane at a specific location. So I entered the coordinates as a waypoint, even though the GPS...
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    Happy National………Day

    Glenn, What is the source of the Happy National……. Day that appears near the top left of the screen? Do you ferret these out yourself?
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    Canadian Lake Biodiversity Photo Challenge

    This photo contest might be of interest to all those who are paddling Canadian Lakes this summer! https://livinglakescanada.ca/our-programs/lakes/lake-blitz/
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    Land of Light - Canada's Northern Oasis

    Kathleen and I have often given a slide show on our expeditions in northern Canada, with an emphasis on natural and cultural history. Many of you will have seen some of these images in my previous trip reports, but the emphasis here is quite different. I hope you enjoy it. Glenn suggested that...
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    Adjust Image Size

    I tried to attach an image from my iPad, just to see if I could. But the site did not seem to give me an option to reduce the image size, which left it too large to be uploaded. Any suggestions?
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    Have You Ever Had To Be Rescued/Evacuated On A Canoe Trip

    Here’s a story on The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about 8 canoeists on the Clearwater River in Northern Saskatchewan who had to be evacuated because of an approaching fire. Does anyone else a rescue/evacuation story you would like to share...
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    Battling The Bugs

    I want to see if I can post, but I don't really have anything to post about, having already used up all of my trip reports. Canoe trippers have many ways that they deal with mosquitoes and black flies. When Kathleen and I first started tripping, we bought head nets. After about five minutes we...
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    Moose in The Morning

    Kathleen captured these images this morning. Moose hung around just outside our sunroom for 35 minutes. Great way to enjoy our morning tea. Minus 30 C (-22 F)) this morning. But calm and sunny. ​​​​​​​
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    Old But Still Beautiful Camera Stuff

    Kathleen and I have started cleansing all of our shelves and closets and storage areas of stuff we will never use again. It is a monumental task. We try to spend at least one hour per day. One shelf contains pre-digital camera equipment, as follows: Minolta X-9 camera body with a 28-70 mm Macro...
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    Birch Bark Canoe Returned After 50 Years

    A good news story! Birch bark canoe returned to master builder's family almost 50 years after it was made https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...mily-1.5782773
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    Svea 123

    Back in the ‘70s, Kathleen and I were backpackers. Our stove at the time was a Svea 123. It was light weight, compact, dependable and easy to use. When we became canoeists in the ‘80s, we switched to a Coleman Peak 1, which was larger, and could more easily support larger pots. That original...
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    Paddle to the Amazon: 40-year anniversary

    Quite the epic adventure. https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/paddle
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    Lower Stikine River Topo Maps for Sale - Sold.

    In 2015 Kathleen and I were planning to paddle the Lower Stikine River with some friends of ours. I still love, and travel with, topo maps. Because of extended rain, however, the river was in flood, and the trip did not take place. I will not be going back to the Stikine, and the maps are taking...
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    Snowdrift River, Northwest Territories (2001)

    Kathleen and I chose to paddle the Snowdrift River for four reasons. First, we could land at the same spot at which we began our Thelon River trip in 1993, which very much appealed to us. We loved that camping spot at the east end of Lynx Lake. Secondly, instead of travelling east toward Hudson...
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