luke
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Post by luke on Sept 29, 2015 20:11:56 GMT -7
Yep, pretty much like a ladder. You see platforms and even removable seats in the models Adney made of fur trade canoes.
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Post by marvin on Oct 20, 2015 12:34:31 GMT -7
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Lloyd
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Post by Lloyd on Oct 30, 2015 15:03:29 GMT -7
I am to poor to own a bark canoe, but..... I am not a hunchback, Bob and I had PFD's on under our shirts. We crossed a lot of open water on the upper Priest Lake, and if the wind comes up, you might just take a swim...
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Lloyd
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Post by Lloyd on Oct 30, 2015 15:14:15 GMT -7
We wrapped our gear except for guns and overcoats in canvas, bound them up with rope and then secured them to the canoe. I also tied my gun to the canoe. I am a strong believer that if the canoe goes over, I want my stuff to stay with the canoe. I can always upright the canoe and dip the water out, but I can't dive to 3 or 4 hundred feet. By the time we made shore, those little whitecaps grew and were breaking over the bow of the canoe. Got a little hairy.
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Post by leatherstocking on Nov 2, 2015 17:25:03 GMT -7
Ive seen very few lakes as beautiful as the "Jewel in the Crown"!
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Post by idmountaineer on May 24, 2016 8:25:45 GMT -7
You guys up in that lake country have it nice. I'm mostly stuck on some nasty creek dragging my canoe over beaver dams and rocks. But I still have loads of fun. Haven't done a period canoe camp yet it's in the plans. Don't have a period canoe but the one I have has served my quite well. I've hauled several deer with it during hunting season. I would like to make a dugout or bullboat some day, I don't think a bark canoe would last in this neck of the woods. Here's a picture of my brother-in-law and I on Salmon Falls Creek. Obviously not in period gear but we both shot a deer that evening and had a good time. I do love canoeing, I might get it out today. Poor thing has sat all lonely all Winter. ![]() ![]()  |
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