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Canada is happy to have as many Americans as possible come to Canada and spend their money here. There are definitely affects of tariffs on travel but it's not US visitors to Canada it's the fact that many Canadians are choosing not to visit the US and if they must, to spend as little money...

These days there are lots of vegetarian options for freeze dried meal in a bag For example https://www.rei.com/c/backpacking-dinners/f/f-vegetarian?ir=category%3Afood&r=category%3Afood%7Cbackpacking-food%7Cbackpacking-dinners%3Bf Can't get any easier....boil water, add to bag, wait 15...

Presume you are taking the "Budd Car" from Sudbury to Missinaibi Station. (be aware there are two Via Rail stations in Sudbury). When booking with Ontario Parks your Starting point would be Missinaibi Lake because that is where the park starts. The portion from the train to the lake is Crown...

The Mountain House Pro Pack are just a "scam" (I really dislike using that word, it gets tossed out so often that it has become meaningless) The Pro Pack meals a slightly more than half the weight of the regular bags because they contain just a bit more than half the amount of food. They are...

I can see a couple of uses for this thing (none would apply to me) You and your buddy are bushwacking into a small lake in search of trout, you are not "portaging", your boat is staying at the other end (lake/river), you could bundle up your rods and if there was a boat stashed at the other end...

First problem was simply being a bit lackadaisical, the nose of the boat caught the rock because I let the bow float out to far and when I went to pull it in there was too much slack at that point it was really too late to do anything, I took a quick look downstream and seeing the huge pool (the...

The seat is hidden behind the big green dry bag, you can see the nalgene bottle sitting on the rails. You get a better view of the seat location in the video image below. Note that it's the stern that is up against the shoreline. I wondered if somebody might notice the kink, the boat got...

Commercial freeze dried meal in a bag.........in a bear vault? Pointless! Certainly in black bear country, maybe in grizzly country. In polar bear country they want to eat YOU, they have no interest in freeze dried food unless you are freeze drying seal meat!

I know of one that might be for sale but it is located in Canada. These boats do show up from time to time, you best bet would be to set up saved searches on eBay, craigslist, facebook marketplace etc. and wait for one to show up. I had good luck a few years ago finding a relatively obscure...

Thanks for posting this so I don't have to. Just so people know I'm not totally crazy, I do wear a PFD always in moving water (above class I or very simple Class II) or on flat water with windy/wavy conditions. I do not use a helmet when paddling. On the other hand when I'm speed skating I do...

I suspect the stern paddler just couldn't handle it anymore and made a wet exit, the bow paddler was so into the "sound-healing experience" they didn't notice.

Not that far of a "throwback" but it is Polar Bear Day...........Seal River 2006

Only minor issues getting 50 days of supplies into the XL14 (14'3", 32" width at gunnels, 30 at waterline, 3" rocker). This pic is from about day 12/51, there has been a little "settling" of the dry bags. Same boat, different trip, the Put-in at Harris Lake (near Savant Lake), start of a 46...

I paddle a Mohawk XL14 (it's about 14' 5") for tripping up to 50 days and I do not travel light.