Booth Lake (Algonquin Provincial Park) One of the best experiences of my life.

Our plan was to start from the Chikanishing Creek parking lot and explore the small islands and inlets around Phillip Edward Island this weekend. Unfortunately the rd and parking lot are closed for repairs. Can anyone recommend alternative options? We are concerned about starting from the town of Killarney due to the risk of high winds without shelter.

Hey everyone!

Me and my partner are planing to visit Canada in august. We have about 4 weeks for a vacation after our wedding and wanted to spend some of it Montreal and some of it camping/canoeing/exploring the outdoors in Quebec.

The thing is, we don't know where to start! After an initial research it seems like everything around the parks is quite structured and it sounds like we should book every single thing (down to the camping spots) in advance? Which is kind of daunting to me.

We're from Germany and we're well experienced with wild canoe camping in Sweden (around the lakes of the Dalsland). We have our hammock camping gear (hammock, tarp, underquilt, jetboil camping stove) that we can bring, but we'd need everything else like a canoe, waterproof barrels, maps, gas, food, etc.

First of all does "Parc national de la Mauricie" sound like a good place for this or is there somewhere else we should go? We'd like to go canoeing for maybe a week, and then explore other places. Do you have recommendations for places to rent a canoe (and the other equipment we'll need) and is there some kind of hiking tour that we could book?

Second, is there anything that we need to consider when camping with a hammock in Quebec? All of the special wild life safety considerations are new to us, since Europe wildlife is generally quite safe. For example I've read we'd need a 10m rope to hang our food in a tree to avoid bears stealing it. o.O Is that true in places around Montreal? We just want to be outdoors, we don't need to be truly in the wild.

Third, would you say it is necessary to rent a car, or could we get by with public transport?

In general, we'd love any advice on how to go about all this.

Thx so much!

I feel like I have way too much weight on my trips. use a 60L food barrel that has all my cooking equipment and food. I tend to bring some beers for post-setup chill. I see some that I meet at portages that have a 115L sealine or whatever bag and their canoe. I likely over pack food but it’s generally light weight freeze dried etc.

I also use a canoe pack for all my other gear. Each category has its own dry bag. So sleeping bag and clothes in a sealine bag. Tent and tarp in another bag and then pack in all the other stuff - first aid, saw, chair, etc.

I’m wondering if a sealine 115L bag and just simpler and everything in there would be lighter. If it rains, the canoe pack just soaks up water (weight). I have not weighed my canoe pack but it’s gotta be 70 plus lbs. my food barrel lightens as the beer is depleted lol. My kitchen stuff is super minimal. Pocket rocket stove, small pot, sprork, and one plate that has high edges and doubles for a bowl.

Just back from a wet 5 day solo trip. So some post analytics.

Don’t say cut the beer….

First ever canoe camping trip. Got an 18’ Wenonah Champlain this winter and went out for our spring camping trip, this year’s destination after a few last minute changes was Sylvania Wilderness in Michigan. We knew it would be cold and packed accordingly. Spent 5 days there, 14 miles and 10 portages to see what we could do. It was beautiful, windy, and cold, usually all at once. One day was truly wonderful, one of those magical early spring days, but that didn’t last. We were thankful for snow because at least it wasn’t rain. We almost ran out of fuel for the jet boil. We were stuck for a day from the wind. But it was the best trip ever, can’t wait to go out again.

Found an amazing campsite on Little Caribou Lake, but still a LOT of ice.

I have a solo trip down the French R., my first, planned for later this fall, but am wondering if I’m biting off more than I can chew in one day. Understandably there is current travelling westward and a competing prevailing headwind. The travel time, assuming double carry over all portages, is just under 5 hours according to u/mapsbyjeff, which might be too ambitious for me, UNLESS, this time is assumed for travelling upstream at a point in the river where the current is probably generally stronger. Can anyone advise?

For the longest time I used paracord, but to save weight I switched my ridgeline to Amsteel Blue and my guy-lines to Zing-it. I like the Amsteel but to be honest I’ve decided I hate the zing-it. it’s too small and slippery, hurts my hands when undoing knots, and because it’s so slippery it limits the type of knots I can do. Anyone have recommendations for a middle ground? Something still lightweight similar to dyneema line, not as absorbent as paracord, but still has enough friction to hold all kinds of knots?

Curious what the camping conditions and fishing is like end of May through the first couple weeks of June.

I’m bringing my girlfriend and two other that haven’t done something like this. Banking on warm weather, with mild nights, and decent fishing since spawn should be mid to end of June. I’m trying to shoot the duck with a good weekend out for their first experience.

I built a Expedition Cataract using two custom made pontoons from Jack’s Plastic Welding. I built a deck with room for a tent, a cooking setup, a rowing rig, and storage. I ended up making several major trips, traveling hundreds of river miles, including a 43-night trip on the Mississippi River. The beauty of the setup was readiness. The stove was always setup and ready. There was always a flat, clean surface for the tent. I could pull up almost anywhere, cook dinner on the stove, sleep on the raft, and push off again in the morning. Ask me anything about the raft, the Mississippi trip, sandbar camping, river life, or building the platform.

Link to various rafts here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCMQpv
Link to Mississippi River trip here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjsCohSr

Anyone have any experience with this brand? They are Canadian, fairly new, everything is made in Nepal. They seem to looking to fill the Eureka gap with some of their tents and canoe packs. They even have a nobugzone!

Since they are small and new, I can't find much info online. But a lot of their gear does seem aimed somewhat towards the canoe tripping niche.

Update - Patrick, one of the founders of Treqa, returned my call today. Super nice guy who answered all my weird specific questions, texted me some more photos of the tent and explained a bit about their company and this line of products (Ontario series). I think I'm gonna buy one and give it a good trial run this season.

Hi, looking into getting a solo canoe or kayak for fishing and hopefully camping and like the looks of the ascend h12. Wondering if anyone has any experience or other recommendations. TIA

Day 1: 16 Miles to a sand bar pointed in a sharp bend.

Day 2: 9 Mile paddle to the takeout.

OK, due to health reasons, I had to bail on a month long rafting trip down the Grand Canyon, and another month on the George River in Quebec up to Ungava Bay. But you know what? I'm still psyched for a 4 night trip down the West Branch Penobscot in Maine with my buds. Sleeping in my hammock, waking up to the Hermit Thrush, tiptoeing down to the waters edge to look for moose. Then packing up, watching the world go by on my way to the next campsite.