Absolutely. He certainly wouldn't recover the cost of a fly-in to the Yukon either, making a KZbin video out of the trip.

Smokes are performance enhancing donchaknow.

Then it is the lighter that failed. In the cold though I don't think a spark will be enough. In the winter the fuel needs to be warmed first, thus the candle.

I also have an Evergreen Prospector. Is yours Royalex? Evergreen did not put numbers on any of the canoes as far as I know. So I don't know what you mean exactly by Prospector 16, since I think there was only one model. Otherwise, yes, it is exactly 16 feet long and an excellent canoe. The Prospector is a little small. Maybe there is enough displacement that it could carry that much weight, but it does not have a lot of space.

@wildernesscanoeassociation It is a 16 foot Evergreen Prospector. Have owned it for quite some time. It does have a brass tag with a serial number on it. I purchased it at MEC in Edmonton. Funny story with that. Purchased it one week and the week after I drove back to Edmonton. Walked in the store. It was still hanging from the ceiling. Told them that's mine. They took it down, and I walked out of the store. Didn't even ask for the receipt. Hahaha 😀. I think it was $1500 at that time. Used it a lot in those days. Got to get back at it. I did enjoy those days. Also, I do not recall what it's made of? Not Royalex. Some other name. It's tough as nails though.

@@wildernesscanoeassociation Kevlar. Weighs 50 lbs.

That's nice! My Royalex one with outfitting weighs 74lb.

@wildernesscanoeassociation Yes. Pretty easy to carry. When I was younger, it was an easier lift over my head. Lol. Once I have it there it's pretty balanced.

Oh yes, it was pretty lucky.

I think you have enough experience that you would not need to read this book, but it is an especially good example.

Hey it's no problemo. It is fun to make videos!

This year's course is 1 and 2 June 2024. Please send us an email and I can give you the contact information.

@@wildernesscanoeassociation amazing I'll get right on it!

I don't suppose there are any rentals around, but it surely would be fun to paddle the streets!

Thanks. The footage in this one only spans five years!

You missed something: they do have a stainless steel version ... the Trangia Duossal line is stainless inside food contact surfaces, aluminum outside for better heat distribution.

Is the video accurate enough? 'cause I don't actually know.

@@wildernesscanoeassociation No. It's much lower than the video. Fast and deep at the bottom, wave train a little further up, obstacles further up again... Lots of eddies on River right but parking on River left.

Cool! Nice to meet you today.

Thanks go to Dawne and David Robinson.

It is fine right now. In the video it was around 9cms which is pretty much the lowest it can be run.

We were very lucky, in that it rained substantially the day before the trip.

Oh thank you for helping, we owe you a debt. This was definitely the most documented thing we have done, with the best production.

Exact!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Notice how I did not explain where we camped.

Thanks for visiting

They started from the Streetsville Memorial Park on Church Street, and went down to Port Credit. But the video does not show any of the top actually, and begins at Erindale Park. We will make a better video with a lot more explanation in the future, and are still accumulating footage.

It is our pleasure. I agree that the quiet calm of the wilderness is kind of ruined by bringing along a blast furnace. These stoves are more gentle and consistent with the environment.

survivor man life style

winter drought

Sorry, I don't think there is an Esquif Avalon shown in the video. The purple canoe is a Pocket Canyon, which is one of my personal favorites. I will ask Erik to comment.

@@wildernesscanoeassociation I assumed it was an Avalon with the kneeling thwart - but now that I rewatch it actually appears to be a Miramichi (or something that starts with an M anyway). My mistake!

The black canoe with yellow trim is an Esquif Mistral. It was made out of Twin-Tex, and supposed to be a replacement material for Royalex, but this turned out to be a failure. Andy shows up to things often and has paddled his Mistral solo in many different rivers, so I think he likes it! But we have another member who has a Twin-Tex Mistral where the hull has collapsed with severe oil-canning.

Always liked the admire the stuff just up and downstream of Burnhamthorphe

The islands there are a pretty memorable part of the outing. It is probably the best whitewater run in Southern Ontario; interesting and much longer than the Elora Gorge. Next time, take the opportunity.

You bet!

I am pretty sure that we were on Schewabik Lake here. Yes the entire trip is on Crown Land, and we did not have to buy any permits. This plane just happened to fly over, (presumably patrolling the Game Preserve) and saw canoes on the lake, so we had to present our fishing licences.

This was just Day 1 of two, weekend one of probably 5 or 6!

There hasn't hardly been any snow this year, so not much water either. It is good to see here.

You are about 2.5 hours away from the Madawaska River, where there are two excellent schools, at the Madawaska Kanu Centre, and the Paddler Co-op. Both of them teach at Palmer Rapids, Ontario.

The WCA is primarily a canoeing club. We do a lot of other things as well.

I think so. They aren't very expensive.

This is Gary's Esquif Canyon, and I did not notice that before; it is unusual for his bag cages to not have the centerline tie down strap. This page will be useful to you: www.mikeyeeoutfitting.com/outfitting-gallery-mike-yee-outfitting.html Mike Yee will argue that without the keeper strap, it is much more likely the airbags can escape the cage. He always installs one.

@wildernesscanoeassociation OK, thanks for the info! It has proven difficult to find concrete info on cages for airbags.

It is an exceptionally small business, and there aren't many rules.

We hope that more people in Toronto are exposed to the Don River. The new parks at the mouth are almost finished; it will shortly be very different down there.

Sure. In Canada methyl alcohol is often called Methyl Hydrate, or methanol. In the U.S. it can be called wood alcohol or wood spirits. In some countries it is called methylated spirits or denatured alcohol. It can be found in any hardware store in the paint department. In Canada there is a generic brand simply labelled Methyl Hydrate, 'Turbo Power Heavy Duty Methyl Hydrate,' or 'SOLVABLE Professional Grade Methyl Hydrate' that is sold at Canadian Tire, Home Hardware, Rona, Home Depot, and Lowe's.

This whale dove for about 8 minutes (feeding on bottom). Then surfaced for about 1-2 minutes. Then dove and repeat the cycle. Under water it would travel about 1 km at a time. We were in a fishing boat and would have to speed off when we saw first blow. By the time we arrived at new spot we only had maybe 30 seconds to view the whale.

:-)

Relaxing.

Please see here: myccr.com/canoeroutes/Ontario

We are missing plenty of the originals, so if you are willing to help, please send an email to the admin@ address for myccr.com

I will look at what you have and compare the maps and text with mine. I`ll start uploading the ones you do not have . @@wildernesscanoeassociation

Ok. Uploading them to where?@@canoeman1961