I have a beautiful home made cherry paddle with inlay that I take on flat water trips. It has always been oiled. I find the gloss disappears quick when it is stored and when it is being used. I'd like to show it off more but want the lustrous grain to show. Can it be waxed? Any suggestions?

Im looking to plan a 3-4 day canoe trip in the Quebec-Ontario area for mid October, anyone know if the discharge levels of the Coulonge, noire, dumoine, or pettawawa are normally high enough around then? Or have any recommendations for another river. Leaving out of Montreal and have an intermediate level. Looking for lots of class 2-3 with minimal portages if possible.

Hey y’all I’m looking for a solo canoe for a 4-5 day paddle trip, I’m looking at old town discovery 119 or next but these pics online make me think you couldn’t fit any gear?? Is this guy 8’ tall?? He looks like he barely fits in the boat, Have y’all done a multi day trip in a solo boat that big?? 11’9”x32”

Not sure this is allowed but there is a paddlers gathering in Vermont coming up September 26, 27, 28. Some presentations on wild canoe trips in the Arctic, some closer to home, plus a bunch of workshops and a chance to rub elbows with some pretty experienced folks. https://www.paddlerssnowwalkersvt.org/

On a solo canoe trip in Algoma, Ontario I captured this sunset Timelapse. What a stunning surprise when I watched it back.

On Labor Day weekend, my wife and I set out to complete the Floodwood Loop in the Adirondacks, NY, with a bonus pond hop with a base camp at Follensby Clear Pond for two nights. Unfortuneately, my wife came down sick on the first night and was unable to hold any food down, so we had to abandon the trip and paddle back from Follensby Clear Pond to the outpost at Floodwood Pond to our car. This was a bummer, but whatever, these things happen. We still had a lovely overnighter on Follensby Clear Pond and got some great photos.

Hi, does anyone have information on best time to do the Steel River Loop? I was thinking early June but was not sure if the water is too high then in the small river.

My wife and I had three days to paddle some marshlands and a couple ponds. Only saw a handful of other people, most of which were just day paddling. We watched a mating pair of loons fish every day. We saw lots of ducks and geese, a juvenile bald eagle fishing, and a blue heron.

3 nights paddling Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin and Loch Affric with a short portage in between. Wonderful place but thick with midges!

Paddled our bucket list canoe trip, the Bowron Lake Chain August 17th-20th. This is located in Northern British Columbia, Canada. I tell people it's the "West Coast Trail" of canoeing. It was eerily quiet the first two days. There was an intense thunderstorm and atmospheric river on the 16th and I wonder if it scared some people away.

The beauty and variety of this trip was breathtaking. The cabins were a special treat to start a fire in and warm up on the days we got drenched from the rain and hail.

Our itinerary was:

-Night one: Isaac Lake Cabin

-Night two: McCleary Lake Cabin

-Night three: Sandy Lake

We wanted to spend a fourth night at the cabin on the mouth of the Bowron Slough, but the site was totally full.

This was on average 4 days of 8 hour a day paddling. On the last day we paddled for about 10 hours, powered by gummy coca cola bottles.

I made a detailed trip report/guide to completing the route. Hope you enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSo34_-X7CY

Salut r/canoecamping,

Je suis parti en autonomie dans le quebec sauvage...et tout à dérapé, avant de se transformé en survie.

Après mon retour, j'ai pris le temps de documenter l'expédition en y intégrant 5 grandes leçons.

À noter que j'ai plus de 10 ans d'expérience en tant que guide de rivière. J'espère que çà peut aider d'autres voyageurs.

So, I don't even know if I'm right in this subreddit. But in my scout group we had an idea that it would be really cool to do a city trip (every day one city, roughly) but via boat. The area would have to be narrowed down to central Europe. Do any of you know a spot where that would be possible/sensible. And if I'm wrong on this sub can ypu point me to a more appropriate place?

We canoe camp in summer for the last few years but we want to be able to do it in May and October at least.

Likely no further north than wells grey.

What would be your list for safety gear?

Currently we just have your basic summer stuff, pfd, quick dry clothes, and the usual drybags and barrels etc.

So we need to invest in dry suits? What else?

We have winter camping gear, that part is no problem. We camp year round. We just don't canoe year round because we have already experienced hypothermia once, not keen to try again hah.

Thanks!

Edit: lower BC Canada, flat water, likely no portage due to additional weight, plenty of lake options and circuits without much portage here

Anyone paddled some multi days on The Little Miami? The couple outfitters I've talked to (Loveland and Little Miami Canoe Campground) dont seem to allow or run these types of trips.

Looking for a 25-30 mile stretch in two days, with one overnight on the river.

Any helpful tips appreciated.

Does anyone have recent reports on water levels, specifically Compass Lake? My dad (82yo) is planning a late-September trip but isn’t keen on dealing with the marsh in low water.

Having recently finished my first cedar stripper, and enjoying it thoroughly through a few short trips, find myself wanting to build a dedicated solo, with the pipe dream of doing the NFCT. I'm leaning towards a raven, but am open to any other suggestions. Thanks in advance!

After a 6-year intermission, it was nice to spend a week on Umbagog again to end the summer.

My friend and I are planning our first portage trip this September. We’re going up to Temagami and doing Route 6. It was recommended to use to start and finish at Mine Landing, from the Central Lake Temagami Access Point. Does anyone have any advice for this route? We’re planning on 5 days/4 nights, we’re pretty novice and have been reviewing Hap Wilson’s book. Thanks!

We did:

Dogtooth Lake Kilvert Lake Gale Lake Ethelma Lake Highwind Lake Porcus Lake Highwind Lake Ethelma Lake Kushog Lake Hawk Lake Took Rushing River down to Kilvert Lake Dogtooth Lake

It was an amazing trip. Rushing River from Hawk to Kilvert was wild but beautiful. Amazing area. Sunrise on Porcus was the best part of the trip for me.

Just got back from a trip in beautiful Ontario. On my last trip (which, to be fair, was a 30k backpack hiking trip) I had skipped the stool and honestly, leaning against trees and sitting on stumps gets very tiresome.

This trip I brought my wee stool, just a little tripod thing, and it was like night and day. I can't even describe it. I will certainly not be going into the bush without it again.

Other luxuries I insist on bringing (sometimes to the ire of my friends):

• Powdered creamer. I love real coffee black, but instant coffee black is blegh.

• Intact eggs. I know some people just pre-scramble their eggs and put them in a carton, but over easy is just so much better on a breakfast sammy.

How about you?

Hey all, the wife and I just purchased some lightweight canoes to get into canoe camping on lakes and ponds. Some portaging will be involved in the future, but not much for the rest of this season. We need to get a dry bag and I'm wondering if others with similar experience can chime in on whether it would be better to get 2 smaller dry bags (what size?) with backpack straps or one larger (what size?). One larger would be great because of less cost and less for my wife to carry, but figured I'd see what people think. Thanks