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...
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Pierre
pjjgirard
Oct 12, 2004 11:57 am
Day Three: We are up a little earlier this morning, and I start the fire and put on steel cut oats with craisins and maple sugar from my sugar bush. We eat and...
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Pierre
pjjgirard
Oct 15, 2004 11:12 pm
No great plan, but hope lac Superior Exploration Co. members will consider digging some watape on the Oct. 22 trip - a start anyway. We will need about 30...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Nov 28, 2004 1:35 pm
"From the village of Madawaska on Highway 60 follow the Major Lake Road for 26 kilometres (crossing the Hydro transmission corridor) to the Access Point Office...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Dec 24, 2004 9:11 am
Just want to wish the Group a Merry Christmas. There hasn't been anything here for a month now so I thought I'd better post something before Yahoo...
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Larry Christensen
canoelac2
Dec 24, 2004 1:40 pm
Merry Christmas to you, Paul. Hey, Yahoo ought to know we're "seasonal." :-) -- LC...
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dir
canoacanadense
Dec 24, 2004 9:42 pm
Merry Christmas!!! And best wishes from Brazil! Tony Osse Antonio Carlos Osse www.companhiadecanoagem.com.br ... De: Paul...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Jan 21, 2005 3:34 am
Andy Anderson had been having a run of bad luck. Without going into any great detail, suffice it to say that he felt a few days in the Algonquin Backcountry...
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eyecanoe
Jan 27, 2005 1:56 am
Hey Paul, Great stuff, when's the next installment?...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Jan 28, 2005 1:55 am
The following day was uneventful other than the fact that Andy left his hat behind at the Wenona Lake put-in and we were obliged to go back up the Lake to...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Feb 2, 2005 8:51 pm
At the far end of Hogan Lake there is a narrow channel that leads to an oblong bay, which then empties back into the Little Madawaska River. As we worked our...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Feb 7, 2005 8:30 pm
The end of the portage is about a kilometre from the mouth of the River at Radiant Lake. And Radiant Lake is just that - radiant, or so it seemed to me at...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Feb 12, 2005 4:49 pm
Ron headed off downstream and we pushed up the Lake to the portage at the Portal Rapids into Bruntroot Lake where we found a sleeping bag on the ground. It...
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Brian Matthews
northernoutl...
Feb 21, 2005 2:00 am
Hi Folks; My wife Clare and I are enthusiasts and just learned of this site through Paul. Although we have an old Chestnut Prospector, our real enjoyment has...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Feb 25, 2005 7:36 pm
It's not really my intention to make this group a site for me to post my canoeing stories, but since it's the off season and there's not much else going on,...
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Brian Matthews
northernoutl...
Feb 25, 2005 10:35 pm
Great reading Paul! I wish I had kept such a good record of our trips. Mostly we only recorded technical details, not so good for reading. 90% of our trips...
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tbone
tbonecanoes
Feb 26, 2005 1:32 pm
Keep the reports coming. It helps with the cabin fever I'm getting from this long winter weather. Tony...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Feb 26, 2005 9:27 pm
Brian, Since you are interested in trains I thought you might enjoy this snip from chapter 5 of my book. Paul Kioshkokwi Lake is about eight kilometres long...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Feb 27, 2005 8:13 pm
I don't know if this is really necessary, but I see that Pierre Girard has indicated in his story posts that they are copyrighted. Since mine are extracted...
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Brian Matthews
northernoutl...
Feb 28, 2005 1:07 am
Hi Paul; Have you ever read Bushwhacker Magazine? Boris Swiderski did a great job for a few years putting together this great little publication. A couple of...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Feb 28, 2005 1:22 am
Hi Brian, Here's the link to Bushwhacker: http://www.bushwhacker.ca/ Apparently the magazine is no longer produced in hard copy, but there are links to...
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Brian Matthews
northernoutl...
Feb 28, 2005 1:46 am
Wow! Looks like Ol' Boris is still flying!!!!!! Somewhere I have a mountain of the original magazines, they were the best and had some really terrific stuff. ...
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Doug Steele
swampgasnews
Feb 28, 2005 1:58 am
Hi Everyone! Land O LakesRegion Sunshine and fresh snow last week was great for me. It gave me a opportunity to X-country ski the back forty and beyond. There...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Mar 1, 2005 2:32 am
Back in the 1870's a trapper named Jake Clancy had a camp on a long, narrow lake in McCraney Township that he named Rainy Lake, and in the early years of the...
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Paul
ontario_wate...
Mar 11, 2005 3:21 am
I left my home in Welland, Ontario around 9 a.m. and headed for the Tim River access point on Algonquin's western boundary. Ten miles north of the Town of...
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tbone
tbonecanoes
Mar 14, 2005 12:23 am
Thanks for the great reading on a lazy Sunday evening Paul. I've never been to Algonquin but I feel that I have been now. I just wish spring would hurry on in...
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Brian Matthews
northernoutl...
Mar 14, 2005 1:46 pm
Another great read... Thanks Paul! Brian. ... From: Paul To: canoeontario@... Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:21 PM Subject: [Canoe Ontario]...
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randykeip
Mar 17, 2005 4:27 pm
I reside in Kitchener and I presently have for sale a cedar strip canoe I built approximately 3 years ago. It is in excellent condition and has many extra...
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queticopassage
Apr 22, 2005 10:08 pm
Anyone here heading to Quetico this summer? My permit is for June 12th and I'm packed and ready. qp...
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slaytonphil
Apr 29, 2005 1:05 am
Hi: I am a new member. A group of friends and myself are planning a canoe trip on the Drowning River near Nakina this summer in the middle of July. Has any...
