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8 Homemade Firestarters
From dryer lint to fluffy cotton balls, it’s easy to make your own firestarters.
The Way of the Wolf: Resolute Roulette
And so began our four-day stay in the Resolute Airport. The longer we stayed, the more we became a fixture in the airport.
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The Happy Camper: New Barrel Tump For Canoe Trippers
Try adding a good hip belt and shoulder straps. Having all three will make the portage less painful. Of course, you’ll still feel some discomfort. Heck, it’s a portage after all.
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The Happy Camper: Killarney’s New Point Grondine Park Backpacking Trail
Point Grondine Park is a new addition to Ontario’s Killarney region, developed in 2016 by the Anishinabek Nation of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.
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The Happy Camper: Best “How-To” Canoe Tripping Books
The ice is getting soft, the birds are migrating back, and soon canoeists will be oiling up their paddles and heading out for their first trip. To help you get prepared, here are some top “how-to” canoe books.
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The Happy Camper: Three Top Camp Lanterns
Venture Solar Water Bottle Lantern Remember that old camping hack where you strap your head lamp to a jug of …
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The Happy Camper: Winter Camping Etiquette
Here are the best practices for winter camping etiquette.
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The Happy Camper: An Excerpt from My Forthcoming Memoir, Another Bend In The River
To me, life is like paddling down a wild river; sometimes it sweeps you gently along, and sometimes the fast current comes out of nowhere. Whatever the case, there has always been something waiting for me around the next bend.
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The Happy Camper: Whisky Fireside Chat With Canoe The North
It seems I poked the bear a tad with my last article, Are YouTube Celebrities Above the Law? I …
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The Happy Camper: Are YouTube Celebrities Above the Law?
The two outdoor survivalists, who were cast in the third season of the History Channel’s Alone TV series (Zachary Fowler was the winner), are facing several charges after camping and hunting illegally in the backcountry of Banff National Park for part of a 30-day survival challenge in the Canadian Rockies.
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The Happy Camper: Thru-hiker Bruce Watts and The Great Divide Trail
I had the pleasure of doing a Whisky Fireside Chat with Bruce Watts, a thru-hiker with a popular YouTube channel called Campology. He’s been backpacking for over 40 years, covering thousands of kilometers, explored every Canadian province and territory and most of the USA. Bruce has a great video series…
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The Happy Camper: Is Bear Spray Worth Packing?
What also lessens arkoudaphobia (fear of bears) is that the odds of ever encountering a predatory black bear are pretty darn low.
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The Happy Camper: The Rise of YouTube Outdoor Couples
A couple of decades ago it was a rarity to have couples join forces to promote wilderness adventuring. Canadian …
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The Happy Camper: Kawartha’s New Talking Forest Trail
Forget those trail pamphlets or laminated park signs that provide trivia on the trees hikers will see along their walk. …
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The Happy Camper: Three Homemade Hot Tent Designs
The only disadvantage of the popularized canvas hot tent for winter camping is the cost. Prices range from $1,000 to $2,000. That’s a lot of cash to hand out, especially if you’re only going to try winter camping once or twice a season.
The Happy Camper: Haliburton’s Historical Outdoor Experiential Programs
Ontario’s Haliburton Highlands is a mecca for outdoor adventure, and Barrie Martin’s Yours Outdoors programs are the perfect way to …
The Happy Camper: SkiShoes (aka Sliding Snowshoes)
Nate Smith, store manager of Algonquin Outfitters in Huntsville, wrote up a piece on SkiShoes for my latest book …
The Happy Camper: Celebrity Roast for Project Canoe
I swallowed an entire piece of humble pie and got roasted for charity recently. Canoe mates, outdoor podcasters, writers, …
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The Happy Camper: Killarney Backcountry Campsites Now Site-Specific
I think most canoe trippers have experienced that moment while paddling Killarney Provincial Park’s busy backcountry, when you see your favourite campsite in the distance but then realize you’re not the only paddler making a beeline for it. It becomes a race; first come, first serve mentality kicks in.
Well, Killarney…
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The Happy Camper: The Joys of Hot Tenting
Hot tenting beats cold camping, hands down! I remember the trip that changed everything for me. I was camping …