What the packsacks should contain depends largely on the duration of the trip. For per sonal equipment, woollen shirts and old clothes are advocated. Boots, chosen with an eye to the locale, should be comfortable and broken in, because blisters are both painful and dangerous. Besides clothing and toilet articles, a compass, fishing rod and tackle, camera and a sewing kit of needles, threads, yarns, buttons and small scissors, should be carried. Two to three blankets, a waterproof ground sheet, a flannel sheet, mosquito netting and mosquito dope are requirements for each member of the party.
Tracking ropes. axe, candle lantern as well as flashlights, a light tent (say a seven-foot-square silk waterproofed affair). cups, plates. pots and pans, dish cloths, candles, cutlery and laundry soap are among group necessities. A first-aid kit, with quinine capsules included. must not be forgotten. A good supply of matches should be carried in tin boxes. At least one small waterproof package of matches should be taken by each member and used only when the other matches are wet.
Some of the trips under 150 miles in Eastern Canada are in Algonquin Park, Timagami and the Georgian Bay districts of Ontario; along the Shannon River in Nova Scotia; along the Tobique and Madawaska Rivers in New Bruns-Wick; and in Western Quebec. The long trips are mostly in Quebec; in Ontario, where the routes lead to James and Hudson Bays: Manitoba, taking in the northern part of Province, and also Northern Saskatchewan Alberta; and in Northern British Columbi along the Pacific Coast.
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