Canoeing

The Happy Camper: The Best Books About Cross-Canada Canoe Adventures

After a glance up and down my bookshelf, I gathered the canoe books I had read. Here is a short review of each.

Five Great Cities For Paddling

You don’t always have to travel deep into the woods or mountains to enjoy paddling. Here are five places for paddling in urban centres across Canada.

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The Happy Camper: Canoe Trip in Opasquia, Part One

In the morning Andy and Albert gave the pilot the coordinates of a random, unnamed lake in the southeast corner of the park, one the pilot had never landed on before, and we set off to our magical mystery tour of Opasquia Provincial Park.

Happy Camper: Sold my house and quit my job

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Sold My House and Quit My Job: Time for More Outdoor Adventures

I am 60 years old now, and I can firmly state that I have become very rich in spirit, but …

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The Happy Camper: Nova Craft’s New 14-Foot Prospector

Nova Craft’s 16-foot Prospector has always been my preferred canoe. It’s the closest to the original Chestnut Prospector made in …

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Through the Heart of the North: Yamozha Expedition

Frank Wolf gears up for a grand finale trip of 2024.

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The Happy Camper: Algonquin’s Ralph Bice Lake

Each spring, my regular canoe tripping buddies and I head out to the backcountry of Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park to hook into a trout or two, swat at some black flies, eat some good food and drag ourselves over some muddy portages.