Recent content by Robin

Bert Call photograph taken c. 1930 at Chesuncook Lake, Maine. The three young men are looking east at storm clouds gathering over the Katahdin Range.

I have #12 canvas on a 14’ Chestnut Fox, I’m careful and it’s holding up well. I make/use traditional filler from the recipe in the excellent book “This Old Canoe” by Mike Elliot. (lots of Chestnut/Peterborough information in it) I have read mixed reviews on alternate fillers but I spent time in...

I started keto the day after Christmas, loosing 35lbs since. My goal was to loose weight to help me stay Mobil with my weak hamstrings. (50-50 chance the weakness was caused by statins prescribed to me in 2014, a well documented risk of statins) When compared to last year, my blood work showed...

Great report, very interesting and informative. I lost a canoe in an easy rapids through my own fault, retrieved my gear and bushwhacked to a logging road, eventually being driven out by an elderly couple to Matachewan, Ontario. Got a room, the proprietor found a nice guy to drive me to my truck...

The brigade of the expedition To the North Sea left Tadoussac on May 31, four weeks ago already. Since then, it is several hundred kilometers by canoe that have been covered up the rivers, starting with the Fjord-du-Saguenay, then the Chicoutimi River with its seven portions, the crossing of...

That’s a nice basket, looks great in the canoe. I’m always scanning the internet for baskets. Mine is just a run of the mill ice fishing basket, it’s nice but I’d really like one like yours. Most of the ones I see for sale are either beat up and damaged or too expensive.

I picked this up last year from fellow Member Paddlin Hal, it needs some love. Thanks to some Gflex, TotalBoat Total Fair and that flat sander a 1/4 sander and 100 grit I think there's some life left in the old gal.

WwVille de Saint Felicien Arrived just in time for the National Day, the expedition brigade À la Mer du Nord 2025 is already preparing to leave! Many of you came to welcome them, discover their journey and share a moment with them during the festivities 🎊. Before they continue their...

Same here, no lashing in.

The brigade leaves Mashteuiatsh today, June 23rd, after a wonderful welcome from the Pekuakamiulnuatsh. What great stories heard, and what good food we ate!! We arrive in Saint-Félicien in the middle or late afternoon, just in time for the great show of the National Festival of Quebec...

I crossed the border in early May at a small border crossing here in Maine. He just asked the basic questions and then seemed more interested in my actual destination and itinerary. Everyone was fine along my travels, most where interested in my old Chevy truck, but everyone was friendly till I...

That’s a very good deal, nice canoe.I prefer wood gunnels, lots of wood options and availability on places like Facebook marketplace and Craigslist. Those decks need to go…imho, haha Replace the rope with webbing on the seats. I’m not sure about those patches, but GFlex is a great product...

Arriving last night at Pekuakami / Lake Saint-Jean, we celebrated this important milestone with a feast of pike caught by Stephanie, beaver stew offered by Nina, Francis' godmother, and wine from the Couchepagane winery, located at the mouth of the Belle Rivière, offered by winemaker Bertrand...

I recently purchased this from Abe books, lots of great old tales, some true, some not so true but good reading if you like the old stuff.

The canoe, loaded to the brim with bags and gear, glides gently across the dark water, almost silently, as if unwilling to disturb the ancient silence enveloping the lake. The canoe glides confidently, like a natural extension of the body and breath. Though laden, its line remains firm. The...