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I spent yesterday in Algonquin. What an incredible time of the year to be out on the water. The weather was perfect and the colours are just starting to loose their prime. I also was lucky enought to be with...
After I filmed with Ray Mears for his BBC documentary Northern Wilderness he asked me how he could repay me. I said "Teach me how to sharpen a knife." The world-renowned survival expert gave out a bit of a giggle...
Here's part two of my Spring solo trip I did up around Biscotasing Lake. I found an old portage out of the west end of Indian Lake that creates a fantastic 4-5 day loop - heading back to Biscotasing. Too...
I just picked up a great new book the other day - Outdoor Parents, Outdoor Kids: A Guide to Getting Your Kids Active in the Great Outdoors by Eugene Buchanan (Heliconia Pres, 2010). It's a fantastic read. The information inside...
Everything you need to have fun outside this fall
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A roundup of your favourite Canadian national parks
In our 2010 Readers' Choice Survey, we asked you to pick your favourite national park overall. It's obvious that you love your parks from coast to coast to coast. You voted for...
What you chose as the best Canadian provincial parks
Our Readers' Choice Survey also asked you to pick your favourite provincial parks. A number of parks across the country were particularly popular: P.E.I.'s Cabot Beach, Quebec's Mont-Tremblant, Ontario's Lake Superior...
A roundup of your favourite outdoor gear
We asked you to pick a favourite piece of gear. You chose everything from sleeping-bag liners to bug shirts to ice tools. One person even picked his BBQ. Here's how the different types of...
Celebrate its 40th anniversary by visiting Mount Carleton Provincial Park
This year marks the 75th anniversary of New Brunswick's provincial park system, and also the 40th anniversary of the creation of Mount Carleton Provincial Park. By far the largest of New...
A week ago I spent time with the winners of the Great Canadian Voyageur contest in Mattawa, Ontario. The grand prize was to "glamp" with me in a fully furnished prospector tent at Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. The winners...
Our Temagami family canoe trip was great, except for breaking a paddle trying to scare a bear off our island campsite.The bear encounter was on our last morning of a five day loop through Wasaksina Lake — Cross Lake —...
For one of the upcoming segments for my syndicated camping column on CBC Radio this summer (to air Aug 25th) I am to list some of the silly things campers (and paddlers) have done out there. Yes, it's the Darwin...
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