VOLUME 12 • ISSUE 3 ultimate


family adventure


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COVER PHOTO: COURTESY ONTARIO TOURISM. LOCATION: WOODLAND CARIBOU PROVINCIAL PARK. // PHOTO THIS PAGE: DAN CLARK. LOCATION: GREAT SLAVE LAKE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.


FEATURE S Have Kids,


Will Paddle 36 Alice and Dan Clark’s 100-day paddle to the


Arctic with toddlers Your Weekend


42 Essential gear, easy routes and pro tips so you can escape to the wilderness for the adventure of a lifetime—and be back at work on Monday


Right to Roam


48 Paddling the last great wilderness in Europe


DEPARTMENTS 5 Campfire


5 | Community 8 | Editorial: No excuses 10 | Contributors: Who’s inside


12 | Canoescapes: Certified lily dipper, quills by moonlight and the promise of fall


19 Tumpline


19 | Canoes: Dugout revival 20 | Tumblehome: Canoe gurus stumped 21 | Wild Rice: Power to the paddle 22 | Trends: Traditional tripping is


on the rise 25 Know How


25 | Technique: Are you ready to go solo? 26 | Canoe Tree: Bluewater’s Prospector 17 and Trapper’s Corvus


28 | In the Pack: Camp stove cook-off


29 | Expert Tip: Have the best night of your life


30 | Campcraft: Never get lost again 31 | Food: Grandma’s secret Belgian recipe


33 Family Camping


33 | Base Camp: Wandering into a rendezvous


34 | Little Explorers: Starry-eyed guide 35 | Betcha Didn’t Know About… Silence 40 | Bubble Street: By Paul Mason


62 Butt End Tumblehome p.20


Kevin Callan on preparing for the apocalypse www.canoerootsmag.com 3


PHOTO: TIM GERT


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