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$24.95A Paddler's Guide to Algonquin Park - 3rd Edition
$24.95A Paddler's Guide to Ontario's Cottage Country
$19.95A Paddler's Guide to Killarney and the French River - Second Edition
$24.95Canoe Atlas of the Little North
$95.00Once Around Algonquin - An Epic Canoe Journey
$19.95A Paddler's Guide to Quetico and Beyond
$24.95The Adventure Map Mississagi River
$16.95The Canoe
$29.95newObserving Nature By Canoe & Kayak
$24.95newBirchbark Canoe - Living Among The Algonquin
$19.95newTemagami - A Wilderness Paradise
$24.95Sold OutA Paddler's Guide To Weekend Wilderness Adventures in Southern Ontario
Sold OutA Paddler's Guide to Ontario's Lost Canoe Routes
About Canoe Guides
While maps offer information as to canoe routes, portage lengths and general direction, canoe guides can provide context and first hand knowledge of particular routes and journeys to help with trip selection and planning. What is the best campsite on a particular lake? How many days should you plan for a particular excursion to take? How bad is the current on that stretch of river? Canoe guides can really help in answering these questions and in selecting appropriate routes for the amount of time you have, and the skill and experience level of the people you’re travelling with.
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Top 70 Canoe Routes of OntarioNewly updated for 2023, Top 70 Canoe Routes of Ontario adds 10 more routes and over 50 more pages, making it THE classic guide to the very best canoeing the province of Ontario has to offer.
Kevin Callan - Another Bend in the River - The Happy Camper's MemoirKevin Callan's Another Bend in the River - The Happy Camper's Memoir details Kevin's youth, introduction to the outdoors, education, and over 30 years as an author, educator, spokesman and outdoorsman. Of particular focus is how nature can and has helped with and acted as a panacea for anxiety and the stresses of modern urban life.
Kevin Callan's A Paddler's Guide to Algonquin Park - 3rd EditionOnly 320 kms from Toronto, Algonquin Park is one of Canada's foremost canoeing destinations; a paddler's paradise of spectacular lakes and rivers. This 3rd edition book by Kevin Callan features 64 more pages, 10 new canoe routes (for a total of 35), new photographs by Mr.Callan, and detailed redesigned maps showing portages and permitted campsites.
A Paddler's Guide to Ontario's Cottage CountryAuthored by renowned canoeist and outdoorsman Kevin Callan, this updated (with additional routes, new maps and a new format) book features 20 of the best canoe routes in Ontario's Kawarthas, Haliburton, Muskoka, and Georgian Bay regions. Full of photos and original maps showing all access points, important river features, and accurate portage lengths.
Kevin Callan's A Paddler's Guide to Killarney and the French River - 2nd EditionThis second edition update to Kevin Callan's guidebook series provides the 30 best canoeing, kayaking, and hiking trips in Ontario's picturesque Killarney/French River region, a favourite wilderness getaway spot in central Ontario. At least three of the routes in this book are documented here for the first time.
Canoe Atlas of the Little NorthFirst Nations people call it Nishwawbe-Aski; "Land of the Original People." The area known as the Little North lies in Ontario and Manitoba, north of Lake Superior, east of Lake Winnipeg, west of James Bay and south of Hudson Bay. Early French fur traders referred to it as Le Petit Nord, as distinguished from the vast area west and north of Lake Winnipeg, Le Grand Nord. Despite its name, the Little North encompasses over 20 major lake and river systems within more than 500,000 square miles.
This remarkable atlas, in an oversize format, is a landmark publication - the result of five decades of travel, research and documentation.
Once Around Algonquin - An Epic Canoe JourneyKevin Callan's Once Around Algonquin is an entertaining and exciting tale of misadventure on Algonquin Park's legendarily tough "Meanest Link" - a 420km route made up of 55 lakes, 6 rivers, and over 100 portages totalling 68km in Ontario, Canada. In addition to tales of bloodthirsty mosquitos, stolen whiskey, moose pee in the campsite and an unexpected paddle through Huntsville's famed bathtub race, Callan also details the park's history and evolution, interweaving stories from this bromance adventure tale - all with Callan's strong storytelling, and trademark humour that shares insights into some of the challenges and rewards of canoe tripping for both the novice as well as the seasoned pro.
A Paddler's Guide to Quetico and BeyondKevin Callan's "A Paddler's Guide to Quetico and Beyond" is a guide to Northwestern Ontario's "Canoe Country" - Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park (the 2nd largest park in the province which adjoins Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area), and includes detailed route descriptions, maps showing all access points, important river features and accurate portage lengths.
The Adventure Map Mississagi RiverThis is one of Ontario's lesser known and lesser used wilderness paddling rivers. This waterproof, 1:80,000 scale map, features the area from the hamlet of Biscotasing on the Biscotti Lake via Ramsey, Spanish Chutes, Barney, Bark and Rocky islands to Aubrey falls, including campsites, portages detailed paddling guide.
The CanoeThe Canoe is the definitive history of the construction and use of the canoe, kayak, dugout and umiak in North America. The book covers the canoe's origins among Native peoples, its quick adoption by European settlers, its development from a working vessel to a recreational craft.
Observing Nature By Canoe & KayakRenowned naturalist and award-winning photographer Michael Runtz takes readers on a journey through the waterways of Northeastern North America in this portable, pick-up-and-read field guide, with more than 350 species of flora and fauna beautifully captured in full-colour photographs.
Birchbark Canoe - Living Among The AlgonquinIn Birchbark Canoe - Living Among The Algonquin, author David Gidmark chronicles the story of the building of a traditional birchbark canoe and his apprenticeship learning the skills, language and relationship to the land of the Algonquin of western Quebec. A fascinating story not only about building canoes, but also about how to see and relate to the wilderness as the Algonquin do.
Temagami - A Wilderness ParadiseCompiled by Hap Wilson, Temagami: A Wilderness Paradise (3rd Edition) features the best canoe, kayak and hiking routes in the wild Temagami region of Ontario.
Sold Out Kevin Callan's Weekend Wilderness Adventures in Southern OntarioAuthored by renowned canoeist and outdoorsman Kevin Callan, this book covers the Ontario region closest to the American border and just a couple hours drive from Toronto. Here are 20 perfect quick-getaway canoe routes for one-, two- and three-day paddles. All are easy on the portages, big on the rewards of nature and not too far from your own backyard. These routes offer a variety of experiences, from cushy trips for novice paddlers to more challenging excursions for experienced canoeists.
Sold Out A Paddler's Guide to Ontario's Lost Canoe RoutesLooking for less travelled, quieter canoe routes? A Paddler's Guide to Ontario's Lost Canoe Routes provides 15 little known, obscure trips that range from two to eight days, involve all types of water, and are suitable for canoeists of all skill levels.