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Video - A 12 year old's perspective on an Arctic canoe trip


Cradle to Canoe - Camping and Canoeing with Children
by Rolf and Debra Kraiker


Coming in February: The Confessions of a Beachcomber
by E.J. Banfield--Australia's Thoreau, Muir, and Audubon.
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A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe

            224 pages
            By:  John MacGregor
            ISBN 1-929516-06-1
            Publisher: Dixon-Price Publishing
            List price:  $ 17.99

A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe recounts the travels of John MacGregor in a "decked" canoe, known now as a kayak, on the lakes and rivers of Europe in 1865.   The book outlines the joys and difficulties of this pioneering paddler from his first "shakedown" cruise down the Thames and on the edge of the English Channel through rivers in Belgium and Germany, on to Switzerland, and to his final triumphal paddle up the Seine into Paris.

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Canoecraft
A Harrowsmith Illustrated Guide to Woodstrip Construction
145 pages
By: Ted Moores and Merilyn Mohr
ISBN 0-920656-24-2
Copyright 1983 by Camden House Publishing Ltd.
List price: $16.95

We used this book to build our own canoe, which you can see in some of the pictures throughout this site. It's beautiful, strong, light, and causes people to come up to us in parking lots and strike up conversations. The book is clear, well written, and recommends technology that works. If you want to build one of his boats, look into buying plans though. Scaling up the ones in the book would have been a real pain. We bought our Chestnut Prospector plans from a Toronto boat shop called Tender Craft which at the time did major mail order business in bead-and-cove cedar strips, West epoxies, cane seats and so on.

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Path of the Paddle
An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Canoeing
200 pages
By: Bill Mason
ISBN 0-442-29630-4
Published by Northword Press
List: $19.95

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The Nols Cookery
Experience the art of outdoor cooking
106 pages
By: Sukey Richard, Donna Orr, and Claudia Lindholm
ISBN 0-8117-3083-2
Published by: The National Outdoor Leadership School and Stackpole Books

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Wanapitei
Canoe Trippers' Cookbook - Wilderness cooking for and nutrition
87 pages
By: Carol Hodgins
ISBN 0-88954-254-6
Published by: Highway Book Shop

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Canoeing Ontario's Rivers
320 pages
By: Ron Reid and Janet Grand
ISBN 0-88894-489-6
Published by: Douglas & McIntyre

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Temagami Canoe Routes
136 pages
By: Hap Wilson
 
Comment from a Reader:
Mr. Wilson describes a portage at River Valley which starts near the bridge and goes across the railway tracks. Somebody please tell Mr. Wilson that the portage trail is (now) on private property and is clearly posted as such. We lined half the rapids under the road bridge, and ran the other half, but it was tough. Beware of the waterfall just past the railway bridge! Go to shore before the waterfall!
 

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The Canoe and White Water
237 pages
By C.E.S. Franks
ISBN 0-8020-6294-6
Published by: The Department of Political Studies at Queen's Univertisy, Kingston, Ontario.

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The Complete Wilderness Paddler
A detailed working handbook on planning, outfitting, and conducting a canoe trip, map reading, portaging and much more!
260 pages
By: James West Davidson and John Rugge
ISBN 0-394-71153-x
Published by: Vintage Books

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The Canoer's Bible
A complete guide to the pleasure of canoeing. With 100 illustrations of canoe equipment and its best use and care. A special section on planning your trip.
164 pages
By: Robert Douglas Mead
ISBN 0-385-07276-7
Published by: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Comment: The NEW ISBN number is inserted below in the link

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Wilderness Canoeing
The complete guide to the North American Water - Woods Wilderness
173 pages
By: John W. Malo
Published by: Collier Macmillan Publishers
 
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Song of the Paddle
185 pages
List: $19.95
By Bill Mason
ISBN: 155013082X
Published by Key Porter Books

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Building a Strip Canoe
Easy step-by-step instructions for 4 canoe models, plus full-size patterns
83 pages
List price: $11.95
By: Gil Gilpatrick
ISBN: 0899330266
Published by: Delorme Mapping Co

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Reflections from Canoe Country : Paddling the Waters of the Adirondacks and Canada
Hardcover, 256 pages
List Price: $24.95
By: Christopher Angus, Anna Gerhard Arnold (Illustrator), Paul Jamieson
ISBN: 0815604440
Published by Syracuse Univ Press (Trade)

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Parents' Guide to Hiking & Camping: A Trailside Guide (Trailside Guide Series)
Paperback, 271 pages
List Price: $18.95
By: Alice Cary
ISBN: 0393316521
Published by W.W. Norton & Company
 
Even though the canoeing chapter was dropped, there are lots of great tips for camping with kids and plenty of quotes from our FAQ.
 

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Books above this line we own and have read. Books below this line we have not read ourselves: they were submitted by a reader or we just noticed them at Amazon and thought they sounded interesting.

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White River Guide Book
By: Jerry M. Hay
ISBN: B0006RYLLQ
Published by Indiana Waterways

Complete guide to Indiana's White River in Indiana. Includes 37 detailed charts, 82 pages, many photos, glossary, index, key page, and much more. Each chart is also has a full page description of that river section.
Also includes a helpful section called "Reading the River".
 

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Mississippi Howl
By: Allan and Dianne Roden
ISBN: 1420884816
Published by AuthorHouse

This book is derived from journals kept by Allan and Dianne Roden as they paddled down the entire Mississippi River in their home-made, cedar-strip canoe. Accompanied by their Australian Cattle Dog, Annie, they started at the source of the Mississippi at Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota where the river is a small stream. Most of the way they camped in a tent on the banks of the river, as they followed it 2,500 miles all the way to New Orleans.
They experienced many adventures, like getting lost in a large swamp, battling 4-foot waves on a huge lake, getting stuck on wing dams, and dodging barges. They also saw an abundance of wildlife and met many interesting people that represented a cross-section of the United States. It was an opportunity to reconnect with each other and rediscover their inner selves.
 

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Boundary Waters: Canoe Camping With Style
Paperback, 160 pages
List price: $11.95
By: Cliff Jacobson, Cliff Moen
ISBN: 1570340072
Published by Ics Books

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Canoe Country Camping: Wilderness Skills for the Boundary Waters and Quetico
Paperback, 199 pages
List Price: $ 14.95
By: Michael Furtman, Susan Robinson
ISBN: 0938586661
Published by Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers

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Canoe Camping
Vhs Video Edition
VHS Tape
List Price: $ 9.99
ISBN: 6302256402
Published by Q V Publishing

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Cottage Country Canoe Routes
List Price: $15.95
Paperback, 96 pages
By: Kevin Callan
ISBN: 1550460714
Published by Stoddart Publishing

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Kayak Touring: Canoe & Kayak Techniques (Canoe & Kayak Techniques , No 2)
Paperback, 64 pages
List Price: $8.95
by Dave Harrison (Editor), David Harrison (Editor)
ISBN: 0811727211
Published by Stackpole Books

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Mr. Lunch Borrows a Canoe
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding
List Price $15.99
By: Vivian Walsh, J. Otto Seibold
ISBN: 0670856614
Published by Viking Childrens Books

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Paddle Routes of the Inland Northwest: 50 Flatwater and Whitewater Trips for Canoe & Kayak
Paperback, 256 pages
List Price: $14.95
By:Rich Landers, Dan Hansen
ISBN: 0898865565
Published by Mountaineers Books

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Quiet Water Canoe Guide New York : Best Paddling Lakes and Ponds for Canoe and Kayak
Paperback
List Price: $15.95
By: John Hayes, Alex Wilson
ISBN: 1878239511
Published by Appalachian Mountain Club

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The Survival of the Bark Canoe
Paperback
List Price: $9.00
By: John McPhee
ISBN: 0374516936
Published by Noonday Press

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Troubled Waters: The Fight for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Paperback, 333 pages
List Price: $19.95
By: Kevin Proescholdt, Rip Rapson, Miron L. Heinselman, Kevin Rapson
ISBN: 0878391002
Published by North Star Press of St Cloud

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Whitewater Kayaking (Canoe & Kayak Techniques , No 3)
Paperback, 64 pages
List Price: $8.95
By:David Harrison (Editor), Dave Harrison (Editor)
ISBN: 0811727238
Published by Stackpole Books

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Woman of the Boundary Waters : Canoeing, Guiding, Mushing, and Surviving
Reprint Paperback Edition, 176 pages
List Price: $14.95
By: Justine Kerfoot, Les Blacklock
ISBN: 0816624437
Published by Univ of Minnesota Press (Trd)

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Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada : A Journey of 3200 Miles by Canoe and Snowshoe Through the Hudson Bay Region
Hardcover
List Price: $49.50
By: James W. Tyrell
ISBN: 0404116957
Published by AMS Press

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Arctic Adventures : Exploring Canada's North by Canoe and Dog Team
Paperback
List Price: $16.95
By: Wilson
ISBN: 0919574432
Published by Gordon Soules Book Publishing

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