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Small Rivers and the Solo Canoe

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Small Rivers and the Solo Canoe The solo canoe comes alive on small rivers, awakened by the intimacy of the rivers tight curves and the whisper of the gentle current, suddenly raging as the rocky bed drops out from under it, often without advance revelation. The solo canoe is perfectly suited to this environment, as the sailboat is to the open sea, the kayak is to turbulent waters and the freighter canoe is to the Canadian lake. Paddling a canoe across a calm, remote Canadian Lake is a surreal experience; the open panorama of the forested shoreline and hillsides displaying either countless shades of green, the equally countless colours of an autumn forest or the sombre grey of the shoulder seasons. Fish break the surface, moose feed along its shoreline and the haunting cry of the loon echoes off the surrounding hills. Its beautiful. But, it lacks the connection found only in the close quarters of small rivers. Immersion in the environment on a small river is complete, nature caressing your skin, your paddle, your canoe, as you slowly paddle past banks of lush plants, overhanging trees and beaver lodges, songbirds and innumerable insects flitting across your path. Your eyes focus on minute details rather than on vast, open vistas, and yet another beaver dam forces you to exit your canoe, planting your feet on, or rather, in, soft, aromatic ground, or on twisted bedrock and loose boulders, stained dark by the tannins in the water. I love, Im in love with, Canadian wilderness in all of its forms; the hills, mountains, seas, lakes big and small and the endless forests, but its the small rivers that hold my heart
Date: 2020-11-30

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Comments and reviews: 5

Joe
Some beautiful shots of the rivers. Lots of little water falls. The sound of them relaxes the soul in a way. Killarney and Algonquin parks are two that I see you frequent. I figure that I'll to visit both of them at one time or the other. I've never been on an extended canoe camping trip. I know that as I newby, I probably should not venture far, but I really do want to see the back country and be far away from people.
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Random
Very nice. Very similar to the small rivers and streams in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin (my stomping grounds. I paddle a Mohawk Solo 14 and it is just about perfect for such waters. The only Ontario river I've paddled is the Sand in LSPP, from the headwaters down to Superior. Unfortunately it was before I had a solo canoe.
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Mark
Wonderful video -- thanks for sharing! Do you take longish trips in your Keewaydin 14? I'm looking at 13-14' solo canoes for general recreation, fishing, etc, but would like to do some canoe camping, as well --- perhaps 5-7 days at most.
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TheLawDemon
_I love, Im in love with, Canadian wilderness in all of its forms_. .. .. except mosquitos. Not Mosquitos. You don't love them right? And maybe midges. .. .
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Head
The face on that guy though! He looks like someone has just run away with he's favourite teddy bear and he's last bag of pick and mix.
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