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I sold my 2023 Silverado and went back to my roots, my 5th squarebody (1983 Chevy k20) with my 16’ squarestern wood canvas canoe with a 2.5 Yamaha 4 stroke.

Thanks for sharing your trip, fun read.

Welcome, Rutstrum and Mason set me on tandems also. I paddle wood canvas canoes so I really have no experience with modern non wood canoes, but I have many days in 16’ tandem canoes solo. My first was a 16’ Chestnut Pal which I really liked, but then I found a 15’ Chestnut Chum which became my...

I have used titebond III on many canoe gunnel scarfs also and even some canoe paddle repairs, it’s worked well for me.

Looks good, nice gear. No doubt you have this covered, In Canada, you need a 50 miter floating rope, a sound device, ie whistle, and a bailer.

Jake Feener is the real deal, and I believe that was his wife with him. He has some pretty interesting videos on his YouTube channel, northern Maine bear and moose hunts that he guides, plus some racing. From second hand info, I’m told he is real nice guy.

Well, for my road trip to northwest Ontario I downloaded a bunch of new music (mostly older country) from Pandora…unfortunately Pandora doesn’t work in Canada. So I sat in silence, but I did find a nice station in the Ottawa Valley that played 50’s country, a lot of it local talent. That was...

I recently tried to buy my non resident fishing license and non resident crown land camping permit on line but the site seemed to be having issues. Good thing, as the canoe camping part of the trip never happened. “Service Ontario” locations are pretty reliable, although I would not wait till...

That’s a very nice looking finished product, Those new inwales are worth the effort, beautiful, and the new rib tips really stand out for a neat finished product. Your caning job on the seats is also very impressive. I remember the late Fitz paddling his Bobs at the WCHA Assembly, he leaned it...

Life for the Montagnais in those days was a lot different than those of us today. Some of us might see medical issues, others might see the reality of life of a migrant people who needed to move their families to areas that supported them through different seasons.

Won’t be long, northwest Ontario

I’m reading the book “Last of the Coureurs de Bois” by Paul Provencher. He spent lots of time with the Montagnais in Quebec, and he had great admiration for them. “The Montagnais Indian has won himself a great reputation in our northern forest as a mighty load-carrier. I’ve met many...

I should be about 100 miles east starting around the 24th of May for a week or so, just planning to base camp down a small lake Memaquay knows about. Have fun!

In my 14 months in the Army in Vietnam I never wore underwear, nor did anybody I ever met. Sleeping under clean sheets and wearing clean underwear is blessing to this day.

I agree, I met them at the Paddlers-Snow Walkers gathering in Vermont last fall, it was great talking wood canvas canoes with others who use these canoes as they were intended rather than mantelpiece’s.

What I find most interesting in this thread is that 5 of the 8 posters haven’t been back in years.

A nice article about poling a canoe here in Maine. I have met the guides, one of the few outfits that use wood canvas canoe with clients. https://www.centralmaine.com/2022/07/10/up-the-river-without-a-paddle-a-canoe-pole-could-do-the-trick/?copylink=true

Jake Feener of Feener Productions paddles/poles down the Big Brook to the Allagash River.

I use the Littlbug Senior, it weighs next to nothing and packs flat in my Duluth Pack. It’s almost like cold handle frying pans where made for twig stoves, fire gets too hot just pull the pan off without looking for a rag or glove. Like Allan says above, they are great for keeping warm or...

Years ago while on a group trip in Quebec, we where sitting around the fire one evening towards the end off the trip, talking, and the subject of how nice the fishing, paddling, bugs and weather had been. One of my friends said it was a “last week” trip. When questioned, he replied “how many...