New to group. My wife and I live just south of Ontario in Minnesota. When we were in our teens and twenties we guided canoe trips in NE Minnesota and Ontario....
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Paul Bray
ontario_wate...
Jul 2, 2003 1:54 am
The new picture is of Gail Lake, a spring feed lake in Killarney Park where I will be spending a week next month with my son, brother, his grandson and two...
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Paul Bray
ontario_wate...
Jul 2, 2003 1:55 am
Happy Canada Day...
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G. Derbyshire
gregderb
Jul 3, 2003 5:22 pm
Go to grandriver.ca for the local Conservation Authority, and links to other sites. Greg ... From: Joe To: canoeontario@... Sent: Thursday, July 03,...
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Paul Bray
ontario_wate...
Jul 3, 2003 11:03 pm
Also check out Archive posts 38 to 41....
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canadian_canoeist
canadian_can...
Jul 4, 2003 11:52 pm
The Grand River Conservation Authority publishes a great book, "Canoeing The Grand" complete with maps that you can buy on- line from their web site. I had...
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Robert
robroy95
Jul 7, 2003 10:42 pm
I was in Peterbrough, Ontario on the weekend and got to go to the Canadian Canoe Museum. For anyone who has never been there, you should try to visit it some...
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pjjgirard
Jul 8, 2003 7:26 pm
Though we've done a lot of day paddling on our lake, and down the river to the walleye hole, for one reason and another events have conspired against our canoe...
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G. Derbyshire
gregderb
Jul 8, 2003 9:13 pm
I enjoyed your tales of adventure; I've had a few like it myself, with variations, of course! ...Just one concern: when you said you kept all your packs in...
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pjjgirard
Jul 8, 2003 10:21 pm
... with variations, of course! ...Just one concern: when you said you kept all your packs in your tent, I presume that was all except your food pack which --...
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dave eastman
paddles42
Jul 9, 2003 12:05 am
Check these people out: http://ca.geocities.com/wwcanoeclub/outdoor.html It's the Waterloo Wellington Canoe Club, and they do a lot of paddling on the Grand....
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G. Derbyshire
gregderb
Jul 9, 2003 1:29 pm
Pierre: Thanks for that last disclaimer! I, too, have had bears wandering through my site, but our food packs have always been strung up in a large tree;...
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Paul Bray
ontario_wate...
Jul 10, 2003 3:07 am
Robert, I was at the Canoe Museum many years ago when it was still in a couple of barns just outside Dwight, Ontatrio (or maybe it was Dorset, the're right...
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pjjgirard
Jul 10, 2003 8:05 am
... through my site, but our food packs have always been strung up in a large tree; sometimes from a limb overhanging the lake we're camped on, (all in dry...
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Paul Bray
ontario_wate...
Aug 16, 2003 1:34 am
Yahoo is making changes to the 'Groups' setup, but they don't effect us to a large extent, the main one being that attachments to messages will no longer be...
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pjjgirard
Aug 25, 2003 6:35 am
While I'd imagine most folks in upper Ontario are into harvest already, and some of ours is already ripe, we are planning to go out for harvest the first week...
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Paul Bray
ontario_wate...
Sep 5, 2003 3:17 am
Now that it's September I guess you've all made a trip or two over the past few months, I unfortunately, was unable to make the trips I had planned for July...
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pjjgirard
Oct 7, 2003 8:35 am
List: We have purchased a small titanium wood stove for early spring and late fall outings and are wondering what kind of canvas tent to purchase to go along...
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Paul Bray
ontario_wate...
Oct 8, 2003 11:30 pm
You want to put a wood stove "inside" your tent? ... heavy....
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Peter Lawrence
pteestrider
Oct 9, 2003 8:22 pm
Hi There! Your best bet probably is a small wall tent or a quite large self supporting nylon one( although the prospect of something burning inside a nylon...
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pjjgirard
Oct 11, 2003 12:30 am
Paul: Your response makes me think I just got off the ship from Mars (LOL!). Been doing it all my life, running winter trap line, and camping out while netting...
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pjjgirard
Oct 11, 2003 12:41 am
Peter: We used wall tents when I was young and guiding for my pa. I think those things must have weighed about 45 pounds Nylon is out - for the reason you...
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Peter Lawrence
pteestrider
Oct 11, 2003 3:38 pm
Hi Again! I dont know what your determination level is but if you are interested in good quality canvas tents, there is an outfit called MacPherson(sp?) in the...
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pjjgirard
Oct 12, 2003 5:58 am
Peter: I tried that spelling and all I came up with were sites inviting me to view Elle Macpherson nude. Located the tent factory under McPherson, but there...
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pjjgirard
Oct 16, 2003 5:11 am
My wife, brother, sister in law and I have decided to paddle Woods Caribou PP June 15 - 26 next year. Anyone on the list done any paddling there? What would...
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pjjgirard
Oct 18, 2003 3:04 pm
When I was young, we had four tents. Three were small wall tents used for outfitting, but when the family went canoeing, we traveled in style. We had a 10X10...
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Paul Bray
ontario_wate...
Nov 11, 2003 12:23 am
Two hundred kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario lays the town of Huntsville and the western terminus of Ontario Highway 60. This two lane, undulating blacktop...
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canadian_canoeist
canadian_can...
Nov 13, 2003 8:38 pm
Great post about Algonquin Park. A bit long but a good read with some interesting facts. You're right about one thing..."there's really no other place quite...
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canoacanadense
Nov 17, 2003 12:29 pm
Hello, greetings from Brazil. Yes, I´m a brazilian paddler in a Ontario,CA group!! :) Well, I´ve been in Canada 3 times, but paddled just once, what caused...
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Paul
nessmuk91
Nov 17, 2003 3:10 pm
Hello paddlers.... I also am new to the group. To introduce myself... I am primarily an Adirondack backcountry paddler and guide, with several boats including...
