The Happy Camper teams up with his good canoe buddy to answer some questions people sent on how to plan a canoe trip. Part 1 includes route choices, distances traveled per day, leadership, conflicts and general group dynamics,
Great advise. Specially while canoeing with other people. At least once a year my sister and brother-in-law like to come for a paddle as well but they're not into long days or portaging so I always have to work around that for where we go. I introduced them to portaging last year and even though they were super short, there was still some grumbling. LOL! But afterwards they loved it.
I have the MNR book still from way back when. And many of the brochures. Thanks for making me feel old! 🤣🤣. But you make up for it by saying that the average canoeist goes 2km/hr. I thought I was slogging along doing 3-4km/hr. 😃😃. Since my goal is to relax and possibly find a waterfalls or two, I often plan on paddling 10-12 km per day. I love my hammock time in the back country!
First one but no questions . But for the record ,know of a lake less than 2 hrs travel time , good speck fishing and whole lake to myself even on a long weekend
The Sudbury Canoe Routes from the 1980's, many of these routes have become Parks. What is it old P E T said, 'paddle a 100 miles in a canoe and already you're a child of nature.' We need more children of nature to maintain nature. Good part one.
since i worked a gold mine job in cochrane ontario ive alwats thought tamiskaming shores was the most gorgeuous spot on the way up to north bay by jesus
this makes it sound so easy to canoe ontario but people dont realize the size, id love to start my kids off on this type of skill set but man o man this is a minimum 6 hour one way drive for me being from souther ontario i need to retire with a pension to achieve this sadly
You don’t have to go that far! There’s incredible paddling in southern Ontario! Especially for day trips for the kiddos to get more comfortable. I say that as a born southern Ontarian with no pension 🤣 Creativity is key down here!
Planning - great topic! Happy Easter weekend. I was just thinking about you Kevin, while I was getting a new map for the QE2 Wildlands at the Canadian Outdoor Equipment store….
If Kevin & Andy were The Golden Girls, which one do you think they'd be? I'm torn, I think both might be Rose. But if I have to make solid choices, Andy = Rose & Kevin = Sofia.
Kevin,the mam that's want to take his wife should do a trip like you and your girlfriend did.where you car camped at different spots along the way.and go fishing or canoeing for a day every now and then
Since I typically don’t like marathon trips, I usually don’t mind when someone sleeps in a bit as I’m up at 4-5 and thoroughly enjoy my alone time for a few hours…….gives me time to enjoy my pain meds before camp comes alive!
This is very informative and the most I have seen you stay on track Kevin🤣 You both have such a wealth of information to share so thank you for taking the time.
The point would be this: The wealth of knowledge with regards to all aspects of trip planning which is what this video is all about. There were several lakes mentioned for newer paddlers. There will always be lakes among experienced paddlers that are kept secret. The point is, take this information on trip planning and go find your adventure! Remember if you’re new to this any lake is new and full of adventurous potential!
