swedish pimple wrote:

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If you message James he will help you figure out exactly what you need. He sells basically everything you need to hammock.

My bucket list trip is a year in Algonquin Park.

I don’t see anyone having an issue with US citizens being here unless they are talking nonsense about things like annexing Canada. I’m assuming anyone who has spent time in Canada doesn’t plan on coming up here to be rude. So come for sure. Canada is pretty peaceful. For the record I live on the border and there are rumours that Canadians should not go to Michigan because Canadian cars tires are being slashed.

I have a carbon Osprey so no plans for a new boat but Swift has aces new boats. I’d go try them out in the spring.

I have 10 days planned in Pukasawa this year. Algonquin hiking is too competitive for my booking style.

Hi Johnny

It’s Guide Fushion. It has a yoke. Fixed seat.

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I am pretty sure this isn’t legal, even with a permit. I have always had good experiences with the camps. You might try calling the camp to ask for clarification of if this is an official policy or if some counsellor a have gone rogue on this. I wouldn’t be surprised if the camps are pushing for reservation by site as they could reserve the full summer on all the sites they want and never have to share again 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hi Barry,

Thanks for the information. In the past I’ve put the ursack in a dry bag and hung it. I’ll probably just do that for this trip and contact the park.

Based on the regulations I would say a ursack stored according to manufacturers guidelines would meet the Park’s regulation but the fine based on food not being hung has me concerned that wardens may not see it that way.

For the record, if the park wanted to say that the only acceptable device is a bear vault I would be okay with that too. The reason I went with a ursack is it isn’t as cumbersome as a bear vault. I bought two 30 L bags. So I’m hoping Algonquin will provide an answer approving Ursacks tied to a tree.

As for the question of why the fine. My understanding is that it was on Opeongo. Opeongo has been having bear issues. The warden said they food wasn’t hung and they were off their site. So I think it may be as simple as the warden went onto an unoccupied site and saw food wasn’t hung. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am a ruler follower. Even when rules don’t make sense to me I will follow them. I went to a ursack because I watched a video by an experienced Algonquin camper who had a perfect hang between 2 trees. The bear climbed onto the blue barrel. Got it out of the air. Tore the barrel apart and ate everything. From what I see once a bear associates blue barrels with food they can get to it if they want it in most cases so my hope is I use systems good enough to not attract a bear as I don’t want to be responsible for habituating an animal. No system is perfect but for me that was the tipping point in deciding that a ursack was a better option for me.

For now I’ll just double up by putting the ursack in a dry bag and hanging it.

Thanks for the info everyone

I do think it is breaking the rules to book this way. While the chances of a warden actually arriving on your site having 2 bookings in one canoe I do think means you are off your permit 🤷🏻‍♀️. While the rules don’t explicitly state this I would say that you can’t properly fill out a permit for a tandem boat as 2 permits without being somewhere between evasive and dishonest 🤷🏻‍♀️. I’ve been tempted to ask the Park as I am curious if booking 2 permits would be considered in contravention of the rules but I haven’t as I have pretty much decided I just won’t do it anyway.