Hey everyone, So what's everyone up to? I know I've been on the quiet side lately. Mostly because I've been updating the graphical appearance of my site. If...
Becky Mason's video on Soloing (you can see it at my ste www.outdooradventurecanada.com - we don't sell it though) has a great demonstration of the Canadian...
... Lu and Paul, As I learned and use them, the Canadian and Indian are really two quite different strokes, as is mentioned the gregcons.com web page...
Lu, Please feel free to post any info you have re: the Canoe Museum. I first visited the collection when it was housed in a barn near Dorset, was up in...
Blackstone Lake is named for an Ojibwe Chief of that name, famous in our area for his last heroic trek, during the 1918 flu epidemic, in which he endeavoured...
I just can't let the entire month of April go by without there being at least one post here. We have beautiful weather here today, almost like summer, and...
Hi Paul I just pan to paddle somewhere around Amsterdam. I know nothing spectacular but belief me some places around our fair capital of the Netherlands are...
I'm down in the Niagara area. My only planned trip this year is for Killarney, as for just paddling around Georgian Bay, etc. I thought I'd just sort of take...
The Beaver River flows from Kimberley Ont. to Thornbury on Georgian Bay for 27 km with 3 portages. The lower section from Heathcote to Thornbury has some good...
The Canadian Canoe Museum has re-opened in Peterborough, if you've never been there, you should check it out. I'm going next week since I'll be in Bobcaygeon...
I just received an invite thru my e-mail to join this group, so I did. I'm reside in the States and at least twice a year do some paddling in your beautiful...
Hi Matt, and welcome: I've never done the Spanish River but I've heard it's great with a lot of navigable rapids, except for one set called the "Graveyard"? ...
A canoe for one person or two? $500 will get you an older but serviceable canoe from one of the better makers. Or $400 will get you a brand new Coleman plastic...
Following is the account of a reenactment canoe trip taken this autumn. To write such an account necessitates taking some liberties with the truth. To begin...
It's Friday morning, 7 a.m. - I pick up the phone and dial, "I'm just calling to report in sick this morning. I'll be back on Monday." It's Friday morning,...
Hi Paul: Great trip report. Sounded like a great time. Some of my most memorable outings were 2 or 3 day trips. We always look forward to the planned, extended...
Announcing one week fur trade re-enactment canoe trip - tour of Voyageur's Highway border lakes between Minnesota/Ontario, Participants meet in Ely, Minnesota....
Day One: I meet Nibimocs at 5:00 AM, outside Britton's Cafe in Ely, Minnesota. We shake hands and go in for an omelete. By 5:40 am we are through eating and...
Day Two: We sleep late. At 7:15 AM I finally start the fire and began cooking bacon, eggs, and hot Tang. Two of the eggs have cracks, but they have not...
