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This affects eating everywhere including canoe trips. In my lifetime, I've read so many inconsistent dietary studies, reports and advice, often with clickbait headlines. Things that have been reported to be good and bad, some reversing roles every few years, include: fat protein carbs (which...

Verlen Kruger paddled a canoe over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) in his lifetime, for 11 Guinness world records, and he didn't even start his paddling career until age 41. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/columns/profile/remembering-the-toughest-canoeist-of-all-time/

Never had a hammock, but am intrigued by low their low weight and airiness for summer trips. I'm a side sleeper who rolls over from one side to the other during the night. Can you side sleep that way in a hammock? I visualize being hammocked in the the shape of a banana, which seems only good...

Has anyone ever tried this product from Northstar Canoe or any DIY foam pad for one-shoulder carries? https://www.northstarcanoes.com/product/shoulder-carry-foam-pad/ I'm too lazy to install and remove the Swift screw-in portage yoke for my 29 lb. Keewaydin 15, which has a wide centralized...

". . . one small Missouri city has become a hotspot for people looking to float their way through the Ozarks and has taken ownership of two impressive titles. Noel, Missouri has a tagline on the city's website that reads, 'The Christmas city and Canoeing Capital of the Ozarks.'"...

These guys are said to be going on a Canadian canoe trip trip later this summer. They say they capsized while both doing a "T stroke on one side." The canoe was a 17' Clipper Ranger. PFDs but no bailer.

I'll be there from Tuesday afternoon (7/15) to Sunday morning. Franklin Hall dorm. I'll probably bring my Keewaydin 15 to try to sneak in a half day paddle somewhere.

This video shows some prototype outfitting for a C1 whitewater canoe, including a bench-type seat that pops free and ratchet-tightened thigh straps. A quick release mechanism catapults everything loose so the paddler is not entrapped by the Rube Goldberg-esque contraptions.

43 native American youths are currently paddling the 310 miles of the now free-flowing Klamath River from source to sea. They departed on June 12 and plan to finish by July 11. Here are a press release along with a newspaper article and the website of the organization...

Here is Sue Plankis demonstrating Canadian Style paddling in a wood/canvas tandem canoe. Note that she explains how heeling the canoe not only enhances turns, but also reduces the need for correction by shortening the lever arm between the functional "keel" and the paddle blade. In this next...

Does this happen? Where? And what kind of species? It certainly seems possible. What prompted my interest was THIS ARTICLE on the golden mussels danger to Lake Tahoe. "Last weekend, watercraft inspectors found golden mussels, a highly invasive aquatic species, on a 45-foot boat that was headed...

Pizza is one of my favorite foods, and seemingly a simple one, but I've never seen anyone make it in camp. This article . . . https://paddlingmag.com/skills/how-to-bake-backcountry-pizza/ . . . claims that "[d]one poorly, campfire pizza will have uncooked toppings and half-melted cheese on a...

Hudson's Bay Company, which was North America's oldest company and once owned one-third of Canada, has closed all its stores and shut down. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/2025/06/01/remembering-the-bay Of course, HBC was intimately involved with the spread of canoeing in Canada...

Financial grants, typically around $500, are available from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) "to assist with the funding of activities by individuals or institutions whose efforts are consistent with the mission of WCHA—preserving, studying, building, restoring wooden canoes, and...

The dogs don't carry bangers or shotgun cracker shells but, regardless of the cuddly socialization, their owners still do. Here's an article and a video about these interactions in Churchill, Manitoba. Why can't Homo sapiens be so kumbaya with Ursus maritimus...

I'll post videos of this event as I find them (or any of you can). High kneel single blading is a classic canoe technique, and watching the form of these world class athletes can be instructive as well as entertaining. We'll start with videos on the men's C1 200 meter sprint event.

This problem didn't arise on a canoe trip, but it could. I lost my smart phone somewhere yesterday, a new Pixel 9 Pro. It's not in my house or in my car. I'm sure it slipped out of my pants pocket when I was sitting in a chair, probably in a meeting I attended last night. I was very worried...

This Quebec gem is twice the size of Ontario's Algonquin Park and is reportedly much less crowded. "Boasting more than 800 kilometers of maintained routes traversing rivers, reservoirs and some 4,000 scenic lakes, Réserve faunique La Vérendrye is one of North America’s most expansive—and least...

On May 11, 2025, after a week of heavy rain, which filled up the Patterson Great Swamp basin, legends tell the earnest story of "The Old Man and the Kee." Nestled in the Harlem Valley and covering over 6,000 acres in New York’s eastern Putnam and Dutchess Counties is one of the largest...

The U.S. freestyle movement, which also incorporates "Canadian style" solo paddling in tandem canoes, has been very influential in stimulating open canoe interest in Germany. This is the annual Kringelfieber freestyle gathering in 2022. The video has interesting overhead drone shots of the canoe...