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Critique Touring Spray Skirts
Can anyone summarize the ideal spray skirt for a touring kayak... I heard neoprene/nylon is ideal but am unsure where to buy and if I ...
Updated 3 days, 2 hours ago by sarahfisher.

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Bisphenol A (BPA)
Bisphenol A (usually abbreviated to BPA) is a compound used in the manufacture of various plastics. Throughout early 2008 it has made increasingly large headlines ...
Updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago by Rob M.

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Blue Mountain Ski Resort, Collingwood, Ontario
Blue Mountain is a ski resort in Ontario, near the south shore of Georgian Bay, just outside the town of Collingwood. Though it's not much ...
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fuel bottles
we can't seem to find msr or other fuel bottles due to these being taken off market ... does anyone knoe where these can be ...
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Pitching in
The Puntledge River runs right past my house on its way through Courtenay and into the Comox Harbour. As a dam controlled river with strict ...
Posted by Ryan Stuart on May 9, 2008 at 11:00 AM

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Portaging through Tim Horton's Drive Thru
Here's a picture a fellow paddler sent me recently (Craig Creighton) of portaging through the Tim Horton's drive thu in Bancroft while paddling down the ...
Posted by Kevin Callan on May 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM

Kopka River CBC Fresh Air interview
Here's the first of a seven part CBC radio interview (Jeff Good's Fresh Air show) about the Kopka River trip I took last year with ...
Posted by Kevin Callan on May 6, 2008 at 11:36 AM

Quetico's Hunter Island
According to park regulars the ultimate canoe trip in Quetico is Hunter’s Island. After a quick glance at the map, however, it’s hard to grasp ...
Posted by Kevin Callan on May 6, 2008 at 8:47 AM

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