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NatureGround >> anyone else like to canoe camp?
| 5/5/05 2:17 AM | |
matthew
Edited: 05-May-05 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 2756 |
My favorite outdoor activity. The parks up here in quebec open up in a few weeks and i can't wait. It's a paddlers paradise up here with a wilderness the size of western europe and literally thousands of lakes and rivers to choose from. |
| 5/6/05 12:50 PM | |
GaryG
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Edited: 06-May-05 Member Since: 12/16/2000 Posts: 835 |
Never been to Quebec. Always wanted to check it out. Any suggestions where to canoe? |
| 5/8/05 12:21 AM | |
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matthew
Edited: 08-May-05 01:05 AM Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 2771 |
"Never been to Quebec. Always wanted to check it out. Any suggestions where to canoe?" Depends on what you like? Whitewater? Solitude? Tundra? Lake circuits? There is a park called De La Vereyndre which is 6 hours north of Montreal. It is the size of Belgium and contains pristine wilderness with over 4000 lakes.I will try to find the link. hold on... www.sepaq.com/LaVerendrye |
| 5/8/05 8:55 PM | |
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AGS
Edited: 08-May-05 Member Since: 10/17/2002 Posts: 1744 |
matt, I used to go up above minnesota in the "Quetico Provincial Parks" in canada. It was excellent. We would go out for 10 days and bring all food/gear/etc with us. Water was so clean we could drink right out of the lakes; the nearest source of pollution was over 400 miles away. |
| 5/10/05 1:31 PM | |
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Cire
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Edited: 10-May-05 Member Since: 01/01/2001 Posts: 5551 |
I with AGS. I have been to the Quetico 3 times with the trips ranging from 10-14 days on the water. Great fishing, great tasting water, mosquito swarms that will turn the day's sun into night...good times. |
| 6/10/05 4:40 PM | |
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GaryG
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Edited: 10-Jun-05 07:43 PM Member Since: 12/16/2000 Posts: 955 |
"Depends on what you like? Whitewater? Solitude? Tundra? Lake circuits?" No whitewater experience. Solitude, scenery, and fishing. Reading John McPhees book The Survival of the Birch Bark Canoe. |
| 6/12/05 1:43 AM | |
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The Illustrated Man
Edited: 12-Jun-05 Member Since: 07/15/2003 Posts: 4779 |
My hats off to people who can canoe. I've tried and always had a tough time for some reason. I'f I'm on a river, it's usually on an inflatable of some sort, doing some whitewater. ttt |
| 6/15/05 4:06 PM | |
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AGS
Edited: 15-Jun-05 Member Since: 10/17/2002 Posts: 1851 |
I think the key to controlling the canoe is the "J and C strokes" A lot of people try to use the paddle like a rudder. This, for the most part, doesnt work very well. Front man provides a lot of the power during manuevering, along with pushing off rocks etc. |
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