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Yup minus 25c walking the dogs in the dark this morning, minus 32c with windchill. They- retired racing Greyhounds- are not as keen on the temperatures. Beautiful clear blue skies and fresh snow to whiten everything up. 15cm since Monday so ski trails are back in great shape. And that big...

I have no idea but that "tweedy" basalt innegra look on the hull is weird. And that carbon innegra texture is just more strange expensive bling. Love your boat designs Bill, but starting to wonder about the fabric and colour choices! Bruce

Odyssey- so glad to hear/read someone else that did the whole cloth diaper bit while camping and canoeing! Yup small bucket with tight lid and bleach for many years of tripping- thankfully many years ago now. Looking back now, definitely part of it was environmental for sure but another factor...

Paul, I'm a transplanted Ontarian, too, living in Edmonton area. Still have family and cottage property back there so visit regularly and try to get at least one Algonquin/Killarney/French River trip in each summer. I miss the Ontario canoeing... That said, I paddle out here regularly from ice...

Welcome aboard Paul! There are a few of us on this board from Alberta- what part of the province are you from. I recognize a few of those locales... A Swift Keewaydin, eh? Nice boat! Don't see as many Swifts out here as Clippers or Novas. Did Bowron Lakes with my wife a couple of years ago at...

One thing missing is that you didn't say how big your dog is. In my experience you don't need to overthink this. We just take the floor mats from the back of my wifes Kia Soul for our dog "Chestnut" in our Chestnut. With a rubber backing they give some cushioning and don't slip. Merry...

Campsuds, toothpaste, and when the stars align, a swim DITTO! No to deodorant and bug goop. ( I'm usually lucky enough to paddle with someone else who is much more appetizing to blackflies, mosquitoes, deer flies, horse flies, etc.) The beauty of tripping with like minded souls is that we...

Thanks for the second chapter. One question: i didn't see this anywhere else- what time of year was this? Cheers! Bruce

Michael, Those are Charles Burchill's Manitoba route reports... Different, but also very useful. Thanks wjmc for those Sask routes. And great start to the trip report Dogbrain; looking forward to the rest. Cheers! Bruce

Seriously? "The plague that is Bruce"? I resemble that.... Bruce :p Love it!

OT Yankees have a fair bit of rocker!@ Specs: 16foot, 36" wide 12" deep- factory weight of 67lbs. This one was CS or Common Sense Grade. As Fitz noted, interior was originally varnished not green paint. Not a terrible price but please, paddle it rather than hang it from a ceiling! :p Cheers...

Patrick, Not too far off topic for me! Military history and canoeing are both strong interests of mine. Can't quite match your family history in WWII but I lost a great Uncle at Dieppe and my grandmother glued Mosquito wings together in Weston. There is a strong military presence in that part...

Patrick! Welcome aboard and good luck with your planning and execution of next Springs ice out trip. I like the NW corner of the Park, too. Very different and not nearly as crowded as some of the southern lakes and portages. If i did have one recommendation it would be to carefully consider the...

Michael et al, I laughed when I read the latest notes on Friday evening because I was sitting in a hotel in Fort McMurray about 100m from the Snye! As Michael noted, the Snye River was a backchannel that used to connect the Clearwater with the Athabasca River as it flowed around Macdonald...

Nevertheless, I would much rather have been reclining against a log, eating gorp on a sun-filled gravel bar, rather than sitting in a sunless, smoke-filled bar. And that's the simple, honest truth. Michael, you have a way with words. I was almost teary eyed reading that last diary entry. That...

Yup! And their end of year sale of rental canoes and showroom samples is a very dangerous proposition... Cheers! Bruce

Excellent write up! I'm glad I asked for it. AO has been my go to for at least the last 30 years- great people, lots of knowledge about current status of the Park. Even when we don't rent anything from them I just love browsing through the Oxtongue Store. And invariably we end up spending...

OK Dagger. You can't just leave it like that.:eek: Shall I assume you rented from AO? Where did you go? Access? Lakes? Portages? Agreed that Algonquin is a gem- though it can be VERY busy in peak summer months. The Park varies quite a bit West to East side and North to South. Glad you had...

Well out here in Northern Alberta we've had frost for at least the last 3 weeks. A couple of snowfalls too but it hasn't stayed on the ground. Farmers still trying to get the crops in after a dismal wet summer. Until the water gets really hard, we like to paddle whatever open water there is-...

Thanks for your persistence Michael. Looking forward to another extended trip report ...with Pictures! Bruce