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Thanks for the offer Iskweo, I am somewhat of a luddite when it comes to photos & posting them but I will get them together. This canoe has no serial # but some odd features. It has never been used except by myself, the former owner won it in a raffle in northern Canada (so the story goes ) back...

Anytime a wealthy individual wants to gift wild land in perpetuity as a wanderland for the rest of us is ok by me. What would we do if it wasn't for Percival Baxter or the folks that created the adirondack preserve. All those who labored to create park systems for us to enjoy , I feel lifelong...

For all the different stoves out there ,I also have to vote for the svea 123, small , reliable , great heat control ,works well in all temps and the vintage brass design. Need a double burner bring two. The original is the greatest !

Has anyone checked a known model against a mfgs. spec table. I wonder what kind of tolerance was acceptable. I'm sure there was a variance in weight.

The thing about vintage equiptment if it lasted that long its pretty tough and carries lot of experience with it.

I have an unidentified w/c canoe. In describing it to someone where are measurments taken from overall ? The bow & stern ends of the gunnels or the furthermost distance at the stembands ? Is the width at the inwales or outwales or tumblehome and the depth to the ribs or planking ?

Thanks for all the tips guys, I plan on bringing a +- 20' w/c canoe as on a previous trip crossing eagle lake we were hit by a storm. While nothing compared to the ocean it got pretty nip & tuk as to forward momentum. Mike that tarp suggestion is a definite, but it didn't help on that occasion...

I'm in the same boat as many of you retired guys. Lucklily I live in a sparsely populated area of Pennsylvania between two rivers with many ponds ,forests and gamelands nearby. While much of my years time is devoted gardening, fishing ,hunting, firewood and horses ( I rarely ride anymore, I...

The great thing about this forum are the members, many of which while I've never met them I feel they are kindred spirits. While no one can make all the excursions listed you feel as though you can sit by the campfire and listen to the conversation. Thanks Robin !

Thanks Yellowcanoe, every few years we have made a Thoreau inspired trip, this will be the next leg , it great to get a preview of the highlights so as to build anticipation of the journey, I also try to read any history or accounts to see how my imagination squares with the reality of the site !

Thanks Chip , for the 2008 info .I sent a contact as a message look forward to reading your 2003 TR.

Anyone been on this trip previously, I have a few days in early october & will canoe this with a few friends. How long did you spend there & how is the west penobscot ?

Murat, Thanks for posting that, I've been putting off bringing my two grandsons on trips worring about their short attention spans at 8 & 9. This gives me the inspiration to go ahead, We must pass the baton to future generations and offer to them an appreciation of the natural world and It's...

More & more I come to rely on tried & true items. My flotation cushion serves its original purpose but protects my knee caps as I like to kneel in canoes rather than sit, in camp it acts as my chair & as my pillow while sleeping., I also find the campmor versatarp to be able to perform a...

Yellowcanoe, I don't think any of this discussion is a rebuke of your methods , being 65 myself anything that can keep you out there is a indispensable item & to each his own, I've alway learned a lot from your comments & admired your adventurist spirit. Go Girl !

Ya know Doc, sometimes I think that might be a good philosophy for life in general !

A rule I try to follow, was stated in Steward Edward White's book " The Forest ". Make 3 piles after your trip, #1 Things you used everyday, #2 Things you used occasionally, #3 Things you never used. Stop bringing #3, consider not bringing #2, Bring pile #1. You'll save alot of time in packing...

Two Old town RX canoes, pack & charles river and Two wood and canvas ,a northwoods 14' e.m. white and a mystery canoe ( 19.5' x 38" x 14" ,3 straight 2" ash thwarts , one slatted ash catbird stern seat only, painted canvas with no filler , all robertson screws in ash gunnels , red cedar ribs...

Thanks Yellowcanoe, I will look both up.

Went to my first assembly on thur. 14th & loved it ,one day is not enough to speak to all the knowledgeable folk there. Was camped out in st. Regis wilderness & spent the day drooling over all the beautiful craft. While I own four canoes ,two of which are wood canvas, I went to sleep wondering...