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About 9 years ago I watched the weather and lucked out with some nice early April weather up at Lows Lake in the Adirondacks. The gate was still closed so I wheeled my way in to the put in. I was rewarded with some beautiful weather, although it did get down into the mid 20’s at night.

Hi Jim, Welcome to the site. Thats interesting, "last October, I picked up my first wc canoe, a 1964 Old Town 50lb." Like you already know one wood canvas canoe will never be enough! 50lber is a really nice canoe.

Yes, it’s a classic, unused, not made any more, but use it once on a rocky river (where it excels and built its reputation) and you have a scratched up $900 canoe.

Beautiful canoe, such nice craftsmanship, I hope it gives you many days of happy tripping. BTW, Nice looking shop.

I’d paint the canoe with a quart of Epifanes paint, (a quart will give you 3 coats, using a 6” foam roller and scuffing between coats) and I’m the type that would remove those aluminum gunnels and make ash gunnels, then varnish them with Epifanes varnish.

Since Duluth Pack plastic liners are extra long I just roll a neck ( I guess a gooseneck like Pseudonym mentioned) and tie them with a lite but strong string, wrapping the string 5-6 times and finish with a bow tie. I had my #3 Duluth Pack get stuck in a wrapped canoe under water, then removed...

I use plastic bag sold by Duluth Pack inside a canvas Duluth Pack for clothes, sleeping bag, and anything else that I need to keep dry. I used to use two plastic bags per canvas Duluth Pack but have since gone to one plastic bag. I have patched the plastic bags inside and out with duct tape with...

I finished it this week, I guess it was the best thing I ever saw and enjoyed on YouTube, by far the best canoe related video. Every time things got tough and the canoe was taking a beating I said to myself “can’t do that with a wood canvas canoe”. I agree with my friend Gerald, I watched it on...

I get their newsletter in my emails, they seem like a very good choice if your looking for a guided trip. They have some beautiful wood canvas canoe’s in their fleet also. I like that, hope it’s a rewarding trip.

Thanks for the heads up, it’s a long one but like you said, a little at a time.

Thanks for such a nice trip report, your writing and photos were very much appreciated. I would have thought that the fishing would have been much better, but that’s how it goes sometimes. Did you try jigs with a black rubber tail at all? Anyway, Thanks.

Those are some great pics of Wabakimi Falls, looks like a nice day. Sometimes folks won’t wave, then you meet a guy like Mike.

That’s a nice looking river, does it stay wooded like that for long? Thanks for sharing those pics.

I have to hand it to you, that’s a pretty hard core trip imo, 14 miles on snow shoes, and cold camp. Was it one overnight? Very nice pics, Your camp looks like you have some expedience. Wow, very “cool”

Just applied the second (and last) coat of varnish to this JR Robertson 16’ courting canoe this morning.