Waters, Equipment and Guides Available All motor roads in Canada, when ther in the Maritimes, old Quebec, industrial Ontario, the prairies or mountainous British Columbia, lead to points from where canoe trips can be started. Main highways from American-Canadian boundary points go right into the best canoeing country on the continent, where fishing and hunting are part of the day's activity and the camera can be kept busy filming scenery as well as wild life.
Canada abounds in rivers and lakes, smooth waters and rough, rapids and waterfalls, deep waters and shallow. Those who desire to travel between cities and towns, with a stop each night in a proper hotel, will find canoe routes making this possible. On short trips guides are not absolutely necessary, but on long trips, or any trips into the distant bush country north of the railway line in Canada, they should be taken. Indian and white guides are available.
Canoes should not be brought long distances to the jumping-off place. Those best suited to conditions in the locality where the trip is to be made can be rented or bought from local outfitters. There is general agreement that canoes should not be shorter than sixteen feet. Where many portages have to be made a light canvas-covered canoe is best. For ordinary use a cedar or basswood canoe is generally used. Three paddles and two kneeling cushions should be part of the equipment.
Packsacks and dunnage bags make up the luggage of the canoeist. Valises, bags and bundles awkward to carry are out. Food, equipment and clothingaresopacked as to be easily borne on the back by means of a pack boatd, shoulder straps, or even a tump line across the forehead. Loads are kept as light as possible, 40 pounds per person for a four-day trip being the limit advised by guides.
Among northern woodsman, packing a canoe for rough water is an art. Everything is firmly stored amidship with the necessities for lunch and pitching camp on top, and the whole lashed tightly into place against the possibility of a spill Guns and fishing tackle receive special attention, Being packed so as not to get wet er lost should the canoe overturn.
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