| Sell and Swap » Big, old, and slightly smelly canvas pack - give away. » 1/07/2026 8:42 pm |
Gone!
| Sell and Swap » Big, old, and slightly smelly canvas pack - give away. » 1/02/2026 6:55 pm |
I have slides of my dad's pre-outfitter, caribou hunts near Ungava bay. Not for the weak-hearted.
| Sell and Swap » Big, old, and slightly smelly canvas pack - give away. » 1/02/2026 11:25 am |
This is a large (22x17x10.5" or roughly 64 litre) canvas Canada Post mail bag conversion. It weighs a little over 4 lbs. Whoever did it erred on the side of discretion, placing the Canada Post logos on the inside. It has shoulder straps, over straps, and a tumpline.
It has been around the block a few times - moose in the boreal, caribou on the taiga - and it shows. The canvas could use a good scrub. I just spent the better part of an hour cleaning verdigris out of the hardware, but you can still see bits of green here and there on the bag and straps. The leather is in great condition - no cracking and always well oiled (probably what lead to the verdigris). There are no tears/holes in the canvas. It does have that "old canvas bag" smell.
You can pay for shipping (from Montreal area) or if you are in the area/traversing Quebec at some point I could simply hand it over.
| Trip Planning » A little advanced planning for Spring 2026 » 11/04/2025 10:10 am |
oldboyscout wrote:
A pretty easy one is Grand Lake through Stratton, High falls and down the Barron Canyon. Portages are fairly short and moderate. After hernia surgery I did this route taking it easy and arranged to have my car moved to the end of the Barron canyon for a pretty leisurely one way trip.
The bonus is finishing off with the spectacular canyon!!!!
You could always turn right at St Andrews and check out Tarn Lake (JK - don't do that. 
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| Equipment » Hammocks » 10/06/2025 5:36 am |
It's such a customizable system that you may get several answers. I use the underquilt all the time. For me, the temperature does not seem to matter - whatever body part is pressed against the bottom of the hammock gets cold. I used blue foam before I got my quilt, but it was difficult to keep centred. I ended up buying mine from Hofman Outdoor Gear - Little Shop of Hammocks had a very long lead time and I couldn't wait. It's a very simple design and it gets the job done.
If you're handy, it wouldn't be too hard to repurpose an old sleeping bag - a few loops head and foot with a couple of lengths of shock cord...
| Catch-all Discussions » Our greatest stupidities » 8/16/2025 3:36 pm |
I read a trip report, perhaps linked to from here. One of the subjects articulated something like "Lost is a fallacy. One always knows where one is, it's the precision that varies."
| Catch-all Discussions » Our greatest stupidities » 8/15/2025 6:21 am |
I once navigated through about 3km's of dense, boreal transition forest before I realized my compass needle was pointing at the battery in my handheld radio. I got a little queasy over that. I did an about face and carefully made my way back. Vitally important to always glance back at where you came from - helped immensely in this case.
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 997 » 8/02/2025 4:24 pm |
kinda feels like Booth
Yeah - looking up the pass, portage to Kitty off to the left.
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 993 » 7/22/2025 6:12 pm |
Booth, south western section.
| Equipment » Rogers Satellite Beta » 7/22/2025 6:11 pm |
It's the battery life that will keep InReach relevant (unfortunately). I don't know of a phone that will last a week+ on a charge.
I dunno, I can get 7-8 days with minimal usage out of mine. I can also get a lot of power banks or solar for the cost of just 1 season of inReach. Plus a phone affords the luxury of weather updates and any alerts we may need.
I've been waiting on this over Garmin or a PLB for years, glad to see it's finally coming.
I can get 3 days, tops if i don't use anything. If intended use is similar to InReach - providing route updates - that's going to cost some power. And battery banks aren't light. Don't get me wrong - I love the idea, I'm just speculating on practicality. The InReach is a tough little nugget of a device. I trust it as part of an overall safety plan. My cell phone does not meet my requirements in a back country situation. Now if a hardened, mission-specific mobile device were available...
| Equipment » Rogers Satellite Beta » 7/22/2025 5:42 am |
It's the battery life that will keep InReach relevant (unfortunately). I don't know of a phone that will last a week+ on a charge.
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 991 » 7/19/2025 6:01 am |
"schwack" 
| Where In Algonquin? » 880 » 5/16/2025 5:18 pm |
Is it Clydegale looking southeast from site 1?
| Where In Algonquin? » WiA 853 » 2/27/2025 6:23 pm |
No, I don't think anyone has.
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 823 » 12/24/2024 12:09 pm |
I'm throwing my camera away.
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 805 » 11/17/2024 4:33 pm |
Got a feeling that Dwight's probably been there, too.
| Catch-all Discussions » What Are These? » 9/13/2024 7:03 pm |
We called those "fisher sets". The slots in the sides are to accommodate the springs of a conibear trap.
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