Recent content by Robin

Nice cabin, I enjoyed the pics and story. That wood stove seems very efficient, the insulation will make a big difference in firewood usage. I have often dreamed of the exact same thing but time slipped by, but I’m happy with my heated shop. It’s good to have a quiet place to escape to.

I’ve met a group of kids from Keewaydin in Temagami many years ago. I watched a small but stocky young lady carry that 17’ Prospector across a portage. She gently let the the canoe down without any damage. The next kid had two canvas packs, he dropped them as it looked like he was taught, looked...

Nice pictures, Welcome.

We have a special place in our hearts for camp canoes. It would be easy for a camp to let the tradition of using wood canvas canoes on the trail fade away in favour of canoes made of modern materials that require less care and maintenance, but ultimately those alternatives also provide less...

What a great campsite to pick yourself up. I pulled out my Wabakimi Map from years ago to follow your route. My days of a trip like this are over, so your report and hopefully reports from others who have mentioned their intentions to visit the area give me great pleasure.

Schuyler Thomson, retired canoe restorer, builder, told me he considered the 17’ Chestnut Prospector to be the best all around canoe. He restored over 1500 canoes, built over 100 new, he supplied new and repaired canoes for Keewaydin (Vermont) Of course his opinion is biased towards wood canvas...

Earlier in this thread I mentioned I needed to cain the seats for a JR Robertson canoe. Unfortunately, I gave up on them, I just couldn’t get them right.. A friend gave me the name of someone less than 30 minutes from home who cains so I dropped them off, they should be done mid February. In...

A proud Chestnut Prosecutor owner showing off his freshly restored canoe.

Thank You for this interesting trip report, I enjoy your writing with the matching images. I’m looking forward to the next installments.

I bought this T Shirt recently, cyber but not sure if it was on a Monday, I think my family thinks it’s inappropriate for my age but that’s what’s great about being old…I don’t care!

I have restored/painted quite a few fiberglass and Kevlar canoes, living in Connecticut at the time they were pretty easy to come by. Most folks would balk at buying a Kevlar hull with a crack and rotted out gunnels for $100-300, not me. I sold every canoe I restored, most at asking price but if...

JR Robertson coming along, it has closed gunnels which are new to me, and they need new ends. Pleasant way to wile away the winter in a warm shop.

I always liked what you can do with these old canoes,

Nicely done Patrick, I have these two maps on the door and wall of my shop, when I find myself dreaming of trips I’d like to take, NW Ontario and the North Maine Woods are just a few feet away.

When I was 7 in 1955 my family spent a week or so at a friends camp on Muskrat Lake in Cobden, Ontario. They had a canoe but I was stuck in a row boat with a 10’ rope tied to dock. I have this picture of my brothers and me in a 16’ Plycraft canoe. (I’m in the bow with a ash beavertail paddle of...