Paddler's Guide to Happy Camping
This is Kevin Callan's blog about his trips, his (mis-)adventures, and his favourite gear.
May 2008 archive
CBC Radio Fresh Air Kopka River Interview - part 3
Part 3 of 7 interviews by Fresh Air's Jeff Good, done by satalite phone while paddling down the Kopka River in Northwester Ontario
Kopka River Part 4 - Portaging (Cliff Climbing) Around the Seven Sisters
Part 4 Day five of the trip was Father’s Day and before breakfast Andy and I opened gifts packed away by our families. Andy received Tim Horton’s gift certificates for us to use on our way home and I got some fishing lures, plus a lovely card signed by my ...
CBC Radio Fresh Air Kopka Interview Part 2
Here's part two of the CBC Radio interview with Jeff Good from Fresh Air. There's five more parts which I'll be posting this Friday. Enjoy.
Kevin Looses Canoe
I thought everyone would like to see the video of our Kawartha group cleaning up garabe for the Great Wilderness Clean-up project. I's funny. And yes, there's footage of me loosing my canoe - very embarrassing.
Canada AM Gadgets
- Posted on May 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM
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I was on CTV's Canada AM Morning Show this morning doing my regular camp gadget demonstation. http://www.ctv.ca/canadaam Check the segment out on my web site http://www.kevincallan.com/media.htm Here's a list of the items and where to get more information and prices. My favorite was the plaid canoe from Nova Craft. Canada ...
Great Wilderness Clean-Up a Huge Success
- Posted on May 12, 2008 at 8:08 PM
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The Great Wilderness Clean-Up was a huge success this weekend. I'll send full details when everything comes in but I thought everyone would at least like to see some results. Here's a few web sites with results coming from the UK, Brazil and Ontario. http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/viewtopic.php?t=25322&start=75 http://underachieversconsortium.squarespace.com/ http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=10582 Our own Kawartha ...
Portaging through Tim Horton's Drive Thru
- Posted on May 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM
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Here's a picture of a fellow paddler sent me recently (Craig Creighton) of portaging through the Tim Horton's drive thu in Bancroft while paddling down the York River. It's always something I've always wanted to do myself. but Craig got to it first. It's a laugh.
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 some friends. Hope you enjoy it. I'll post the others later on in the week,
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 why exactly this would be such a critical part of the park to explore. The route, for the most part, is made up of large, ...