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Highly recommend this book for dehydrating: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1525585444/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_i_JXBSH9XHF6W89MY9B238

Kevin Outdoors on YouTube (https://youtu.be/v8QyEIvlgps) just released the book. He pays a lot of attention to the small details. This book basically summarizes everything he has read in all other books about dehydrating plus his lifetime experience. Half the book is recipes, the other half is everything about food in the backcountry from making it to how to bear hang it.

I'm not going to pretend to be a professional photographer, but I do enjoy taking photos and love the park, so feel free to use one of my favorite snaps. I don't mind sharing full resolution if you want.

Enjoy Ireland :)

Opeongo

Happy isle

Trying to look up room for my legs led me to this hilarious find of a sleeping bag.

Thanks! I got one of those cheap accessory bundles from Amazon, and it's the bicycle handle mount. See here for reference. It's not that exact bundle, but the bicycle handle mount looks identical (it's likely the exact same). Any of the shots facing me with the canoe (paddling and portaging) I use my GoPro with that mount. It's attached to either a thwart, or the front handle of the canoe.

We use a Phil & Teds travel crib. I bought it specifically because I read somewhere it was tested/rated for safe sleep in Canada. It's also only six pounds!

Here are the certifications that I was able to dig up...

Safety certified

EN716:2008 - Europe ASTM F406-12a - USA Canadian Regulation CPN4 of 2008 - Aus/NZ

https://www.amazon.ca/phil-teds-Traveller-Crib-Black/dp/B0735QBD2C/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=phil+and+teds+travel+crib&qid=1598481837&sprefix=phil+and+teds&sr=8-2

http://www.algonquinmap.com

This map right here will show u everything u need to know.

Wicked app for Android. Get Jeff's maps Algonquin from the store. (it's free)

If you are in Algonquin it'll show u exactly where u are at all times on the map with GPS.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Avenza Available apple too

Avenza Maps

Light weight puffy jacket? Preferably with hood.

Also? Consider bringing some of the handwarmer hot shots - can always put a couple in the sleeping bag before getting in, and it's pre-warmed.

It gets early - consider bringing something like this LED lantern - and you can hang it from the inside top of the tent so you don't need to wear a headlight all the time.

If it does drop to zero or below, try to ensure that your sleeping bag isn't touching the tent sidewall - the condensation from your breath will sometimes be on the sidewall and can dampen your bag, which is colder.

Last thought? Calories. If it's cool? Eat early and often. Keeps you warm, so bring snack food you like - dark chocolate with nuts and caramel? Sure, why not. Hot chocolate with marshmallows and a shot of scotch? Heck yes. M&M's or sour gummy bears? Ok, you do you.

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When I went I set up my cot/tent combo (Teton XXL w/ quick tent - awesome system) I mounded snow around all sides to create an air space underneath and cut down on wind sucking out heat. I also used a wool blanket, with thermarest pad on top, and then my winter rated bag. Boiling water in an HDPE nalgene was still warm in the morning after -20 temps.

For those in hammocks, Klymit makes an insulated bad specifically for hammocks. They claim it's R-4, but I read some reviews that questioned that value.

https://www.amazon.ca/Insulated-Hammock-Sleeping-Pad-2020/dp/B07YP8SFRV/ref=asc\_df\_B07YP8SFRV/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=335190120460&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3412868795625990990&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt...

For basic use like tarps, guy lines, and bear-hang bags, 95lb Paracord is lightweight and doesn't take up much room.

Depending on the weight of your food+barrel (if you're much above 50lbs) you should probably go with the 275lb paracord for your bear-hang. The 90lb is strong, but it may snap from shock weight if the barrel starts swinging around in the wind and bashing into a tree.

My buddy brought this on our trip last summer for little joe lake. 5 of us drank from it and no one got sick. Miniwell Gravity water filter

We use gravity filters in the park.

(I own this one, it works very well)

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07C3TR6JK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_2KZC9MFKJZZSTRGFKGKD

Also I grab some Gatorade powder, or something to take the taste of lake out of the water

https://www.amazon.ca/Explorers-Guide-Algonquin-Michael-2008-03-14/dp/B01N3UMTPT has lots of tips about where and when to see different animals.

I found it at Wal Mart in the US, in the outdoor section right next to the bug spray...amazon, etc I am sure has it online as well:

This is what I was using, but I found it at Walmart too

This is the same thing I have, works like a dream!

https://www.amazon.ca/SOLEADER-Portable-Gasifier-Backpacking-Generation/dp/B071KCSZ5Z/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=wood+burning+stove&qid=1600578594&sr=8-6

Why not wine? We have refillable liquid bag container things that we pour bottle of wine in and drink that. Bag can be carried out and reused.

like this

But if I’m being honest we sometimes will bring in one can each, crush it and put it in the bottom of our food barrel and take it home and the food barrel always gets hung. We’ve never had an issue with bears. Cooking bacon is going to attract bears more than an empty beer can in my food barrel.