About this blog:
This blog documents my trips while I canoe, portage and camp in central and northern Saskatchewan over periods of four to six months in all types of weather conditions, good as well as bad (forest fire, heavy rain or snow). Illustrated with photographs and video. Walleye, pike and lake trout are caught at least twice per week to supplement meals. Wild edibles are harvested to complement meals each day spring and summer. Portages usually have to be cut or cleared, especially for my preference of non-documented routes.
About me:
Ever since I was a young boy growing up on a farm in Ontario, I have loved to be outdoors. Whenever possible I would be out for the day hiking the countryside, harvesting edibles and building a lunch fire. This carried through into adulthood. My first canoe was purchased in 1974, a 5m (17') Grumman aluminum that I used until buying a better canoe in 2007, a Clipper fiberglass/Kevlar. My first trips were shorter ones on rivers in Alberta when we lived in Edmonton. My love of canoeing though came about when we moved to Saskatoon and I discovered the unlimited bodies of water in central and northern Saskatchewan, where it is said if you canoe your entire life you could not cover it all. Since 2010 I have been canoeing for four to six months each year. I am fortunate that my wife Jeanette is supportive and acts as my main contact while I am in the bush, including arranging assistance when I call via satellite phone. Initially I canoed documented routes, but now I look at topographical maps to plot my next trips, preferring to pick my own paths, cutting portages as required. Even though it may not be true, it is nice to think I am the first to travel a specific route.
About me:
Ever since I was a young boy growing up on a farm in Ontario, I have loved to be outdoors. Whenever possible I would be out for the day hiking the countryside, harvesting edibles and building a lunch fire. This carried through into adulthood. My first canoe was purchased in 1974, a 5m (17') Grumman aluminum that I used until buying a better canoe in 2007, a Clipper fiberglass/Kevlar. My first trips were shorter ones on rivers in Alberta when we lived in Edmonton. My love of canoeing though came about when we moved to Saskatoon and I discovered the unlimited bodies of water in central and northern Saskatchewan, where it is said if you canoe your entire life you could not cover it all. Since 2010 I have been canoeing for four to six months each year. I am fortunate that my wife Jeanette is supportive and acts as my main contact while I am in the bush, including arranging assistance when I call via satellite phone. Initially I canoed documented routes, but now I look at topographical maps to plot my next trips, preferring to pick my own paths, cutting portages as required. Even though it may not be true, it is nice to think I am the first to travel a specific route.