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VOLUME 12 • ISSUE 1


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COVER PHOTO: MIKE MONAGHAN / LOCATION: GAMMON RIVER // ABOVE: FRANK WOLF DEPARTMENTS 7 Campfire


7 | Community: Canoeroots’ new home online, love thy boat, goofy guys and getting comfy


10 | Editorial: Economics 101 12 | Contributors: Who’s inside


14 | Canoescapes: Best of the 2012 Canadian Heritage Rivers Photo Contest


25 Tumpline


25 | News: Ottawa to D.C. by voyageur canoe


28 | Trips: Five routes that will get you howling


29 | Tumblehome: Canoe heroes


30 | Canoes: The mystery of the Bobs— solved!


31 | Wild Rice: Resolutions worth breaking 32 | Profile: Not your average bush pilot


35 Know How


35 | Campcraft: No match, just fire 37 | Technique: No more kneeling 38 | Food: Lighten up


39 | Expert Tip: Can you outpaddle an angry moose?


40| In The Pack: Chop, chop 41 | Camp Kit: Gear you’ll love


42 | Canoe Tree: Nova Craft’s Moisie and H2O’s Paramount


47 Family Camping


47 | Base Camp: Mechanic or mermaid? 48| Little Explorers: Track attack 49 | Betcha Didn’t Know About …Crickets


50 | Getaway: Your ultimate family biking adventure


56 | Bubble Street: By Paul Mason 80 Butt End


80| Elemental: The joy of suffering 82 | Butt End: Why you should always say hello to Kevin Callan.


FEATURE S PIMP YOUR RAILS


58 How to replace your gunwales for strength and style.


THE THIRD PERSON


62 Portaging across the Labrador Plateau with Frank Wolf.


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