VOLUME 7 • I SSUE 2


T E C H N I Q U E


Learn to Line D E P A R T M E N T S FEATURES 16 Stikine Speedtrap


“The Stikine is huge, man. And fast. Don’t paddle, or you’ll get to the end too soon.” With this strange and daunt- ing advice in mind, Dave Quinn begins his adventure down the fastest canoe river in North America.


24Get Fresh


The particulars on getting rid of particulates in your drinking water. BY CONOR MIHELL.


5 Editorial 6 Letters 8 Canoescapes


11 Tumpline NEWS: National paddling body cuts off some limbs. Treehuggers are squeezing in the right places.


REVIEWS: The summer’s best books.


KNOW HOW: Predicting weather. Things to know about the Hudson’s Bay Company. To save your paddle, you must whip it, whip it good.


GEAR: Stohlquist’s Splashdown jacket, the new Odyssey from Aqua- Bound, Trailblazer’s Take-Down Buck Saw and the Freeplay Freecharge.


CANOES: New models from Hellman, Nova Craft and Esquif.


20 Tumblehome Man the barricades. It’s time


the Canoe Party seized power. BY JAMES RAFFAN.


22 Technique Tie one on and walk the fi ne line


between portaging and running rapids. BY MARK SCRIVER.


28 Tuck Shop


30 Butt End When it comes to making love in a canoe, it’s safer if your partner is buoyant.


p.20 COVER PHOTO: ATLIN LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK, B.C., PETER MATHER // PHOTO THIS PAGE: SOPER RIVER, BAFFIN ISLAND, MOE WITSCHARD


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