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Personal Gear
- Waterproof gear bag or a bag lined with a garbage
bag
- Ziploc bags to hold everything inside the bag (2
Gal. Freezer style)
- Canoe/portage shoes or old gym shoes 1
- T-shirt & shorts 2
- Long sleeved shirt 3
- Rain jacket/pants or poncho 4
- Sweater or jacket 5
- Canoe gloves or work gloves
- Compass
- Personal first aid kit 6
- Filled water bottles
- Sunglasses
- Sun screen (mandatory, even on face)
- Hat with a brim 7
- Insect repellant in small bottle
- About 6 feet of rope for tying your gear bag into
the canoe
- Another 10 feet of rope to use a painter for
tying up the canoe to shore.
- Map of area in a waterproof bag
- Trail lunch that can be eaten in a canoe
Optional Items:
- Fishing equipment (telescoping or
backpacking rod, very small amount of tackle in a packable bag
- Camera and film (think waterproof or
ziploc it)
- Kneeling pad/seat pad for canoe
Extra bag for the trip home, left in the
car:
- Underwear
- Shorts
- Shirt
- Socks
- Sweatshirt/jacket
Footnotes:
1. Shoes will be wet all day. Shoes must
have laces, no sandals.
2. The ideal material is nylon as it is
quick-drying. Cotton will be cold if it is windy.
3. Even if it's hot, you may need to put
this on to protect against sunburn
4. Canoeing continues in the rain as long
as there is no lightning
5. Polarfleece sweaters are ideal. They
will keep you warm even if they are wet.
6. Should include at least bandaid,
antiseptic wipes, sunburn ointment, moleskin - this time for your hands.
7. If your hat is a baseball style, you
will also need a scarf for the back of your neck
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