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p. 8 Contents S P R I N G 2 0 0 7


5 EDITORIAL 7 LETTERS


Taking care of Poppa’s pack, an unsung cross-country hero, the misspent youth of a former museum guide, have you paddled a plank lately?


8 CANOESCAPES 13 TUMPLINE


Picture yourself here.


Quetico Provincial Park lays out the welcome mat for forest fires; taking on big water in rafted canoes; Jagger paddles the Nahanni; important waypoints to know about your GPS; things you didn’t know about campfire smoke, and a few other kinds.


20 TUMBLEHOME 22 PROFILE


When James Raffan went to pick up the canoe Farley Mowat may or may not have been conceived in, he knew not to expect a straightforward narrative from the colourful storyteller.


Seth Wotten is paddling across the country, and he cares who knows it.


24 TECHNIQUE 38 IN THE PACK


40 TUCK SHOP 42 BUTT END


4 n C ANOE ROOT S spring 2007


Learn to turn your canoe quicker than you can say, “Tandem cross-bow draw U-turn.”


Bright lights for trippers, North Water’s thirsty DL Wide Mouth throwbag, Turtle’s flat-shafted Whip-poor-will paddle, Drom- edary bladders you can drink from by MSR.


The canoeist’s marketplace.


Kevin Callan bares his soul, and leaves even more vulnerable parts exposed.


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