Designed to be seen, voyageurs often created their designs using paint. More colorful than scraped bark, their designs many times, reflected the mark of the trading company which the voyageurs represented. These designs were as bold as the men who paddled the canoes and sometimes included large areas of color that covered both ends of …
Native Americans led the way in engineering the canoe as we know it today. They used natural materials to the fullest extent possible, even taking advantage of a property of birch bark in creating their decorative designs. Birch bark, when removed from trees in winter, has an inner bark rind. This inner rind was scraped …
We watched the landscape as we flew over the lakes. Newton, Pipestone, Canadian Agnes, Kahshahpiwi, and Saganagons just to name a few. We were originally going to drop in at Clay Lake, but the water levels were so low that it was changed to Bitchu, just south of Clay. After landing on the eastern edge …
Everyone has their own gear list and here’s ours. “Old hat” for a lot of old timers but if you’re new to canoe camping trips this list might come in handy. It’s aimed at longer back country trips and contains what we think are essentials and a few “extras” for our personal comfort. Revise it …
Paddling.net has created a Kayak and Canoe Launch Sites map app. There’s an amazing number of launch points and it’s growing… so you can find launch sites in your area across the US or anywhere in the world. Help them out and all our ‘pals of the paddle’ and update ones in your area. Visit …
Lost Creek, is a small small stream flowing into Big St. Germain Lake from Lost Lake in northern Wisconsin. Put in at the public landing on the north side of the lake and paddle west to the mouth of the creek. You will be paddling up stream but the flow will not be a hindrance.
We’ve created the Kanuyak YouTube channel and kick it off with a quiet little kayak paddle trip video of Mielke Lake in northern Wisconsin. You can also go directly to the Kanuyak YouTube channel. Hope you like it. Mielke Lake, a small lake in northern Wisconsin, is good for a short, quiet evening kayak or …
