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Took a while but finally made a "Crow's foot" based on Matt H's idea for my own wooden pole using up some metal and wood scraps. Mine is from a thick piece of yellow birch. Ended up using an old piece of metal bracing with a large enough hole so the 5/8" lag bolt at the base of the foot could...

Congrats! You're right about poling opening up so many new opportunities. Spent part of the summer casually poling into marshy wetland areas for wildlife viewing. You really do get a neat perspective standing up. I could see swarms of little panfish scooting around and saw some large-mouth bass...

Bumping this up to support the raffle. It is being organized by paddling friend and Artist, Mike Ormsby. Great chance to win an authentic 13' bark canoe made by two well known builder's from Maniwaki Quebec - Jocko Carle and Basil Smith. These two builders were featured in David Gidmark's...

Nice work! It does look quite professional and sturdy. Paul Provencher wrote a neat little book called I Live in the Woods. He used an assembled reflector oven to transport kitchen goods too. Here's his illustration making use of a tumpline...

Great report ColdFeet! You should be quite proud of your solo accomplishments. Looks like you picked a perfect place complete with native pictographs to boot! Did you end up using any of the recipes from that "26 ways to cook bannock" lecture at the Assembly in July?

Great score and right in town too! Nice. With your large group firebox under the awning, you'll be nice and toasty inside. Please take it on a trip soon. We all want to see that tent in action.

Great meeting you again Fitz and thanks for the kind words. Sorry I didn't get to say a proper goodbye but we needed to head back home after the group photo on Saturday afternoon. Really liked that 1930s Bobs Special you brought. Kevin Callan posted a short 2 min video on his channel of the...

Great set of photos! Connor looks to be right in his element. What a treat to be tripping with Grandpa...and in a state-of-the-art carbon fiber canoe! Really like that shot with that reflector oven and the cinnamon buns. I can see how collecting pine cones for the fuel could be a fun distraction...

Appreciate all the feedback everyone! The little guy also helped me out at the Wooden Canoe Assembly in Peterborough this past week. He really liked the kids scavenger hunt at the Canadian Canoe Museum. We're off for some more paddling next week.

Awesome meeting you to Coldfeet! Robin was there in spirit with his great wanigan and even Memequay's Outer's club was represented with a Woods canvas pack. The theme was Chestnut Canoes so there were quite a lot models lined up. Fitz brought his 1930s Bob's Special. A really neat one...

Got to spend some quality outdoor time with my older boy on our annual father son trip. For the last two years, we've been visiting the Haliburton Highland Water Trails (formerly Frost Centre) to explore these well maintained waterways. I had planned to take him further north on a more...

Hope to see some fellow CanoeTripping.net members over in Peterborough this week for the WCHA Assembly. I've put together a display featuring 10 historic paddle designs to go along with a presentation on Saturday.

There's a recently published book that should interest some folks on the forums.... Border Country: The Northwoods Canoe Journals of Howard Greene Author: Martha Greene Phillips Foreword by Peter Geye $39.95 cloth/jacket ISBN 978-1-5179-0107-3 408 pages, 376 b&w plates, 9 x 10, 2017 University...

My little one freaked out in the canoe over the summer and said he's now scared to go on the water. As a way of hopefully getting him back in the boat, I re-carved a damaged paddle into a tiny user for him. The shaft of the original paddle warped heavily after a decoration experiment with a blow...

Looking great. What do you think your first project will be when the shop is all done? Maybe a form for a wood canvas canoe?

With another winter now in full swing, hoping folks will keep this thread going with new project ideas for wood scraps. Saw a cute camping set for kids online that had a replica campfire and wooden marshmallow for pretend roasting. Used up some scrape pine and round dowel pieces to make a...

Pack looks great Robin. Now it's ready for another lifetime of use!

In your opinion, how far should your stove pipe project out from the tent? I'm planning to have the stove jack out the door (like Robin's setup) and not straight up the roof. The 8.5 feet of nesting pipes that came with the knico trekker stove seem pretty long if venting out sideways.

Good to know. I purchases a used Knico Trekker over the summer. The previous owner said he used it one time. Noticed the he didn't use a false bottom and was worried about the burn marks and future problems. When I told him the manufacturer suggested using sand or a false bottom, he knocked off...

Great idea as an heirloom gift for the grandkids, Robin!