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me i'm back to sierra cups...

hehe -- i was pushing my boat thru the boot-sucking muck at the end of stiles last year, on the way to james, when i turned around a saw a bear swimming across behind be between the two points -- he looked at me like i was kinda dumb, shook the water off, and disappeared into the woods...amazing...

this trip report warms the cockles of my heart..i got married once at one of the algonquin camps and have a daughter named after the river you were paddling on...or is it the lake...i think it's the river. anyway great trip report! i'm heading up for a week at the end of the week!

ammo cans...

what a great looking trip, you've overlapped bits of two of my last three temagami runs :) i'm hoping to get back up there in the next few weeks...

these are awesome packs, i find the woods size and shape a little handier in the boat than my duluths, tho the construction on the american packs is heavier duty -- the woods shape also seems a little more flexible with variable sized loasd -- my original two woods are from 1988 and still going...

Woods stopped canadian manufacuring about a decade ago -- it appears now to be a house-brand of canadian tire...all mid-range china gear...no canvas

love this stuff! tho for solos i bring instant oats -- as mentioned, the overnight soak is the trick...and brown sugar

there are six 'chestnuts' currently showing on the GTA kijiji...including this 18' freighter....

pipe wrap and duct-tape on the ends over yakima bars...decades of fun for pennies...

great lookin' video! i generally T my packs, with a tump and then single the canoe on the second trip... when i get old i'll get kevar maybe

sounds like a nice relaxing trip, my season opener trip has been to the rain lake area for the past few years -- one of my more favourite access-points for weekend trips it turns out -- the weed/wee/way chain is a nice little hop and McCraney is pretty sparsely used for its size, being...

yep, similar thing happened to me way-back when i used the grab-handles...i've rigged a bridle ever since...the pros use a prusik, me i just tie from the seats, run it under to the other seat and then throw a quick-knot mid-section and tie-out from there -- it's less than elegant, but uses a...

nice set-up -- my current outfit is a small baker and a couple whelens...real game changers after three decades in timerblines

i did, in fact, and do...the otter above is mine -- (the beaver is an old ex algonquin rental with repairs -- i love loved gear -- I've got about 30 linear feet of 5/4 ash and about eight feet of cherry in the garage...even have some cardboard templates i've fiddled with for a maine-guide shape...

my grandfather had a cut down SMLE, so i picked up a sporterized #5 when i was 18 -- seemed pretty good at hitting things and was handy enough in the woods, but i stopped carrying guns years ago...and only encountered four bears last summer...

my #1 (solo) tripping paddle is ottertail -- maple, a little shorter than the old chin-rule at about chest height...but it's really all about shaft/blade length, my upper hand rarely gets above my nose when cruising -- my #2 paddle is beaver-tail and a little longer for reach and pushing and...

duct tape and ambroid... a couple carriage bolts with extra nuts are the mostly boat-specific components of the repair kit...

sssshhh, they hardly mention new-brunswick boats in peterborough....

small world -- durnan was ambidextrous, played with two catchers and would toss his goalie stick from hand to hand depending on the play...also wore the C for montreal -- the last goalie ever to do so in the NHL...