Recent content by Marten

The best bath I ever had while camping was in a ranchers huge stock tank in the Missouri.Breaks area of South Dakota. It was always overflowing from a deep artesian well with an inch and a half pipe pumping out hot water at the perfect shower temp. Freezing days and we never smelled.

My favorite finds from the past are old cairns leading through areas with no other sign of humans having been there. When trappers started using snowmobiles they took to the frozen wet areas as they were easiest to use. Come canoe season paddlers followed their paths through some really nasty...

I have a similar issue with Atikaki Provintial Park.in Manitoba. There is no good info on the portages there. Northern Tier Scouts have traveled the trails for decades but have pulled out. If some new paddlers do not start using it most of the routes will be lost. My solution has been to share...

All I know is I have to endure it to get to the Pickerel on that next lake.

If price does not matter find the one that feels and looks good to you. Not all can steady a 10x binocular and will see more with a 8x. I chose Swarovski 7x42 for this reason. Expensive binoculars are made to take abuse and stay aligned. Put mine to that test when a Pitt Bull attacked my wife...

I prefer really good binoculars since I am a bird watcher but often leave them home. I prefer to.zoom in with my pocket camera and then I.can.even.enlarge that image on the screen. Birds flitting in tree tops or distant camp sites can be frozen in a still image to be studied.

Well, that settles it! Was thinking three weeks in Manitoba this summer but writing six weeks back into the schedule.

I was paddling up.a 14 feet wide shallow stream through a treeless area in a 17 foot canoe and spotted a moose 400 meters ahead. It was in Atikaki PP in Manitoba in July. I was getting a few pictures when I realized it was running at me. I waved my.big yellow paddle to no effect. I looked for a...

Land of Fire canoe video Just released and a great one, so well done.

That third pair looks like what I have. Really.thick wool. My wife has been able to makes cuts in some of the good wool and sew in a wedge to give me a few inches more at the waist.

Glenn's linked map does show the Green Zones but they are tan colored. Strictly.enforced around those areas.

Non resident means not a Canadian citizen. You need a crown land camping permit unless you are a Canadian citizen to camp on crown lands in Ontario. Renting a tent or camper lets you skip the crown land permit in Ontario. Manitoba does not require permits for camping in the lands outside parks...

I have always written journals on canoe trips and then went to filming the trip to be edited into videos. I enjoyed doing that and the main purpose was to be able to go back years later and revisit trips when I could no longer get out there. I can still get out there but the trips are more laid...

If you are heading to western Ontario be sure to check into the Green Zone rules. Even with the Crown Land permit non residents cannot camp in a Green Zone. I was told it was because a few decades ago truck campers were lining the back roads and hurting local business. Also.if you own land in...

Drive to Wallace Lake near Bissett, Manitoba and paddle into Atikaki Park. $40 yearly parking permit and no other permit or fees. No useful map to buy but searching canoe sites will provide all that. When you have exhausted the paddle in options start flying in from the air base in Bissett...