On the French River?? I had no idea!! I’ll have to go back some time and spend more time fishing!! And yes you are very lucky if this is your home!🔥 Thanks for watching!
Been through that area numerous times back in 80s and 90s and sure do miss it. And now I'm in my 60s and off to make more adventures. Thanks for the memories.
Hey man, the campsite that you stayed on at 14:20 my brother and I stayed at the exact same one 2 years ago. If you went left instead of straight to the old voyageur channel you hit bad river down the crooked rapids. Unreal area, insane fishing and stunning beauty. Love the lower french.
I thoroughly enjoy all your videos. I get some good ideas from you for my canoe trip videos. I like the way you put them together. I am not as adventurous as you and quite a bit older. I usually go to Quetico for a 7-10 days in one of my 5 cedar strip canoes. We once did a family trip in power boats to a cabin in the Georgian Bay near the French river delta. I thought it would be more fun to canoe there. Lots of bears, lots of wind, lots of ways to get lost but not much luck fishing.
It is soo stunning! Quite a few cottages but they are kinda clustered together at least. I think I was lucky I got there early last spring. I couldn’t imagine all the boat traffic peak season!
@@The-Dutch-Explorer Our eldest & I did a variation on the figure 8 out of Hartley Bay last September. It was gorgeous, but a totally different trip from yours. So much wind!!! Very little boat traffic, but after Labour Day, so.... Speaking of which - have a great long weekend!!
West and Peachey were the manufacturers of the “Alligator” steam warping tugs that you encountered. They were manufactured in Simcoe, Ontario. A restored “Aliigator” is actually in operational condition there. Read the book “Alligators of the North”. It explains their development, use, and transportation. I enjoy your videos.
Love the French River. We did this trip 2 years ago. Had the same wind and stayed at the beach site, too. It was great seeing you at the Toronto Outdoor Adventure show this year👍
What a nice surprise! I was just watching Jason's French River video this morning. Another nice video to get us excited for the coming season. That shot of the dogs was crazy. (I thought they were wolves).
They were definitely dogs, both wearing a big bright fluorescent collar (not visibleon the footage) with what looked like a gps tracker attached. At first site from a distance I definitely thought they were wolfs too! They followed me for a little bit and even swam a short distance to the next island over. They seemed very at home in the area and there was a cottage a little distance back where some guy was working on the place. I assumed they were his. 🐕
Great video. I spent a week on the upper French some years ago. Both the scenery and, fishing were great. I really want to get back someday. Your cedar strip canoe is georgeous, but it must be a little tricky compared to the much lighter new boats. I really admire your conviction of relocated to CA. Also appreciate your talent of capturing the immense beauty of Northern Ontario. New sub from Detroit.
Thanks!! Much appreciated! I live in South Ontario, about 3 hours from Detroit. Still too populated here for my liking but there is pros and cons! Thanks for the nice comment! Lots more adventures to come! Thanks for watching and thanks for the sub!
@The-Dutch-Explorer agree pros and cons! It is great to have whatever you may need close at hand, but the masses can be a little too much. A few years back, I relocated in northern Michigan. The area was very beautiful and not too many people. Unfortunately, I have moved back to the burbs after I was offered a position, making significantly more bucks. I stayed with that job for 10 years. Before I could no longer take it but I still miss my pace up in Traverse City, MI. We are watching your Woodland Caribou trip now, a very beautiful place, great video! Cheers
Beautiful canoe! Thanks for taking me along. I'm old now and can no longer do this. By the way, I'm dutch too. Both grandparents were raised in the Netherlands.
I really enjoy your relaxed attitude and videos, you capture your trips well. Good music too. I hope you've got some good trips lined up for this season!
@@The-Dutch-Explorer Steel River will be awesome I'm sure. I've got some trips coming up for sure but I don't know what any of them are yet 😂 it depends how this 8 mth old puppy of mine matures.
hey bud this is awesome - loving the music . Will finish tonight when kiddos in bed! Beautiful, it's on my to do list! Looks like a good one to do with one of the kiddos!
Thanks Eze! Absolutely beautiful place would be great for the kids!!👌 just gotta be careful around the motorboats from the cottagers, cause they aren’t always careful around canoes.
I agree 100% man! But then too…. Almost all of Canada is this beautiful🤷🏻♂️ but I’m with you, I rather not see or hear any of them. Im happy there is still places up north here where you wont see anyone for weeks! Those are the places I like to go to!😬
Majestic how the geese welcomed you into GB. I really miss your videos. It was a pleasant surprise to see a new post! As always, I look forward to your next trip! Greetings from Germany, my friend 👍🍻
Those dogs aren't the friendliest! The swim/run about 5 km to get to where you saw them. That's my island you saw them on, and we had issues with them attacking our dog and being aggressive towards us that summer. The last part from around the Crooked to the bay is actually called the Bad River (I think because of all the rapids), and the water was really high in June 2022. Respect for taking & portaging a cedar strip canoe! It would be the otters eating the "clams". At the Dallas Rapids area was the old French River Lumber Camp- not sure of the exact dates but it was still in operation I think in about 1916 (they took all the trees off our island that year, just after we purchase it). The old tar pot coming out of the mag channel was where there was an old commercial fishing camp- Gauthier's, they closed in the late 1960's or early 70's.
Thanks for all that information! The dogs were a very odd encounter to run in to! Tons of history in the area and I’ll be back some time for sure! Probably a little later in the season. I might some time try and run the entire length of the French from Lake Nipissing but not with my wood canvas. I would like to try and run the rapids! Do you have a place on the island there? What a stunning area! I can only imagine what it would have looked like before covered in trees
@@The-Dutch-Explorer literally, the island you saw the dogs was my island. We have 2 white cottages & various other white buildings looking out directly at the Bustard Islands & lighthouses. You would have paddled right past it. It's been in the family since 1916. My parents were teachers, so I spent my summers up there paddling our canoe around the area. I have an inland route, so you don't have to go out to the bay to get to the French. :) Just be careful running the rapids, lots of boat traffic in the Crooked- we run it with our 16'.
My back yard. Beautiful place. You passed over some productive walleye spots, I'm surprised you didn't hook into any. I hunt and fish in that park every fall.
It is a Sturgeon River canoe. Hand made by someone as a wedding gift to the people I bought it from. It was yellow when I bought it. Since then I had it rebuild and gave it my own preference of color and added my logo on the front deck😁 thanks for watching Jason!
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet but I think that the cast iron pieces you found were part of an old wood stove. Or at least I've seen wood stoves with oval openings much like that
@@The-Dutch-Explorer I just got back from a trip overseas so missed the first few weeks of unseasonably warm April weather. Going to be going up to Kearney for the weekend, probabaly the Nipissing the week after, then Crow river at Algonquin around Vic Day long weekend. But would love get get up to temagami and Sudbury area in the summer. How about you?
Great amount of plans you got there!👌 Victoria day long weekend im looking to go to maybe Haliburton highlands and in June I’ll be going to be on a solo trip on the Steel River. Im pumped!!! 🛶
Great trip man! I also did the Old Voyageur Channel (basically identical to Kevin Callan's) last Summer and it was spectacular. If you're heading up there again I recommend tripping from Wolseley Bay down to HW69 and have a blast running a few days of class II-III rapids.
I would totally do that! Maybe even this year as I’m looking to gain more whitewater experience! Thanks for watching and thanks for the recommendation !🙏🏼
@@The-Dutch-Explorer Right on man that sounds awesome! I'm happy to share my trip notes with ya, I'll send a message over Instagram. I recently got into whitewater canoeing and it's such a riot.
Thank you! That would be the old voyageur channel it self I believe. Was an awesome little trip! If the forecast would have looked better I would have spend more time exploring out on the bay!
Good video. But can I just mention that when you are picking up a frog, please get down close to the ground so that when it jumps or you drop it, it's not like you jumping off a skyscraper!!!!
Amazing video! I'm definitely going go see if I can squeeze a French river trip in this year. What kind of tarp were you using and how do you like it? Same question about your grill for cooking over the fire? Do you find its fairly lightweight?
Thank!! The tarp is a MEC silicone guides tarp that I am afraid they don’t make anymore. It is awesome!! The grill I actually welded together myself. Super convenient but not super light or anything. Thanks for watching!
Thanks a lot! I did bring my big camera but didn’t actually use it this trip. I usually have it packed in a small waterproof bag i keep at my feet in the canoe and only pull it out when I see some big wildlife or at the campsite. I dont attach my tripod to the canoe, i just set it up against it.🙂 95% of the video is woth my gopro, some with my Iphone.
Tusen takk!! I love Norway!! Before I moved from the Netherlands to Canada my plan was to move to Norway! I would love to explore the fjords by canoe! (I used to by sail boat. I actually sailed on Christian Radich) my canoe weighs 83 lbs dry. But when its been in the water for a few days she gets a little heavier after soaking up the water! More around 87-90lbs. Thanks for watching!!
Thank you. Nice to hear. Yes here in Norway we have nature and wilderes to. But not that big as Canada. And the fishing. The fishing. !!! Im waiting for more videos. Wish all the best and take care when you are alone out there.😃
There was quite a bit mainly in the first bit close yo Hartley Bay and then from my way from the Georgian Bay up to Dalles Rapids there was quite a few. The rest was nice and calm. I wad there in June and I feel like July and August would be a lot busier probably.
I'm a little surprised you would start a fire (Twigstove) on dry Pine Needles. Hate to see you learn the hard way... You seem like a really nice guy, but don't forget that thousands of people are watching you to set an example. Happy paddleing...
Hi Paul, I get what you’re saying and I agree to a certain point. But those pine needles were not as dry as they might look. Several storms had come through that day and everything was damp. Also I am not having a campfire there, I’m merely just having a fire long enough to boil water for my dehydrated meal which takes about 7 minutes with my twig stove. This entire time I supervise and stay right there with the fire with full water bottles close at hand just in case. There was very little risk if any. I do see your point of setting an example and this is something still very new to me. I’ll keep it it mind. Thanks Paul. Happy paddling
It does a little bit right? They would have a coal fire going in that compartment behind the door and then in the big tank there would be the water generating steam to power whatever was attached in this case I believe it would power the paddle wheels on the sides of the boat. And in the one I found under water it might have powered the winch, but I don’t know any of that for sure.
Nope, this beauty is a very graceful 83 Lbs dry and when its been in the water for a few days it gets a little heavier. The yoke on it is 10x more comfortable though which almost makes it feel like it is half the weight!
WHY is he catching wonderful fish, pike and bass THEN TOSSING THEM BACK ...MEANWHILE HAULING STEAK& SAUSAGE rather than living on all the available delicious fish? Someone PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS IRRATIONALITY TO ME...
Only ANGLOS ever "filet" fish, therefore SINFULLY tossing away most of the fish. All others just scale & gut the fish and fry it WHOLE... WITH SKIN, HEAD, CRISP FINS & TAIL... AND ROE... and eat the WHOLE fish as it should be eaten
Wth?... don't you know that you don't need to take buttwipes with you..i simply pull out some moist muskeg moss and wipe..an old native substitute 😁🌲🌳🌲🐿️🌲🐿️🌲🐿️🪵🐿️🌲🪵🌳🪻
Some of the best Musky fishing in the world and a region I'm lucky to call home. Safe travels
On the French River?? I had no idea!! I’ll have to go back some time and spend more time fishing!! And yes you are very lucky if this is your home!🔥 Thanks for watching!
Been through that area numerous times back in 80s and 90s and sure do miss it. And now I'm in my 60s and off to make more adventures. Thanks for the memories.
You are very welcome Henrique! Thank you for watching!
Love the water shots with your canoe on them! Awesome colours and movement was just right!
Thank you! I could soo get used to that view all the time!!
Hey man, the campsite that you stayed on at 14:20 my brother and I stayed at the exact same one 2 years ago. If you went left instead of straight to the old voyageur channel you hit bad river down the crooked rapids. Unreal area, insane fishing and stunning beauty. Love the lower french.
Nice!! One day I’ll take my other canoe and probably run some more rapids down there!
Amazing area, Beautiful Canoe, Great trip Koen!🛶🏕️🙃
It really is! I cant wait to go back with my nova craft and run more of the rapids!! Maybe even this year! Thanks Teunis!👌
I thoroughly enjoy all your videos. I get some good ideas from you for my canoe trip videos. I like the way you put them together. I am not as adventurous as you and quite a bit older. I usually go to Quetico for a 7-10 days in one of my 5 cedar strip canoes. We once did a family trip in power boats to a cabin in the Georgian Bay near the French river delta. I thought it would be more fun to canoe there. Lots of bears, lots of wind, lots of ways to get lost but not much luck fishing.
The French River is definitely an absolute beauty! Cool otter sighting.
It is soo stunning! Quite a few cottages but they are kinda clustered together at least. I think I was lucky I got there early last spring. I couldn’t imagine all the boat traffic peak season!
@@The-Dutch-Explorer Our eldest & I did a variation on the figure 8 out of Hartley Bay last September. It was gorgeous, but a totally different trip from yours. So much wind!!! Very little boat traffic, but after Labour Day, so.... Speaking of which - have a great long weekend!!
Thanks for the cooking show.lol
West and Peachey were the manufacturers of the “Alligator” steam warping tugs that you encountered. They were manufactured in Simcoe, Ontario. A restored “Aliigator” is actually in operational condition there.
Read the book “Alligators of the North”. It explains their development, use, and transportation.
I enjoy your videos.
Oooh that explains it! I will look up the book! Thank you!👍 I’m actually going back to French River in about a month!
Love the French River. We did this trip 2 years ago. Had the same wind and stayed at the beach site, too. It was great seeing you at the Toronto Outdoor Adventure show this year👍
Awesome!! It’s a stunning area!! It was awesome at the show last weekend! Good have such a great show up!
Awesome! I'm hoping to do the French River one day. It's on my canoe route bucket list for sure.
Absolutey do it! You wont regret it! Thanks for watching!🙏🏼
What a nice surprise! I was just watching Jason's French River video this morning.
Another nice video to get us excited for the coming season. That shot of the dogs was crazy. (I thought they were wolves).
What wolves? You mean those canines at 34:55? Those were two domestic dogs - I believe the larger one was a husky mix.
@@MichealBacon No wonder they looked so friendly.
They were definitely dogs, both wearing a big bright fluorescent collar (not visibleon the footage) with what looked like a gps tracker attached. At first site from a distance I definitely thought they were wolfs too! They followed me for a little bit and even swam a short distance to the next island over. They seemed very at home in the area and there was a cottage a little distance back where some guy was working on the place. I assumed they were his. 🐕
Amazing video, well done!
Thank you 🙏🏼
Great video. I spent a week on the upper French some years ago. Both the scenery and, fishing were great. I really want to get back someday. Your cedar strip canoe is georgeous, but it must be a little tricky compared to the much lighter new boats. I really admire your conviction of relocated to CA. Also appreciate your talent of capturing the immense beauty of Northern Ontario. New sub from Detroit.
Thanks!! Much appreciated! I live in South Ontario, about 3 hours from Detroit. Still too populated here for my liking but there is pros and cons! Thanks for the nice comment! Lots more adventures to come! Thanks for watching and thanks for the sub!
@The-Dutch-Explorer agree pros and cons! It is great to have whatever you may need close at hand, but the masses can be a little too much. A few years back, I relocated in northern Michigan. The area was very beautiful and not too many people. Unfortunately, I have moved back to the burbs after I was offered a position, making significantly more bucks. I stayed with that job for 10 years. Before I could no longer take it but I still miss my pace up in Traverse City, MI. We are watching your Woodland Caribou trip now, a very beautiful place, great video! Cheers
Thanks, a glimpse of the season to come.
Thanks for watching! Season is nearly here!👌
What'up!Enjoyed. how pro editing. friend~;)
Thank you! I appreciate it!🙏🏼
Beautiful canoe! Thanks for taking me along. I'm old now and can no longer do this. By the way, I'm dutch too. Both grandparents were raised in the Netherlands.
Thank you! My pleasure! We Dutch people sure like the water don’t we?
I really enjoy your relaxed attitude and videos, you capture your trips well. Good music too. I hope you've got some good trips lined up for this season!
Thanks soo much! That means a lot! In June I’ll be paddling the Steel river and I’ll likely do some more short trips. You got any trips coming up?
@@The-Dutch-Explorer Steel River will be awesome I'm sure. I've got some trips coming up for sure but I don't know what any of them are yet 😂 it depends how this 8 mth old puppy of mine matures.
Jaloers man! Mooie trips maak je. Vooral de cedar strip canoe maakt het helemaal compleet
Bedankt man! Ja prachtige gebieden hier! Maar zat te zien!👌
hey bud this is awesome - loving the music . Will finish tonight when kiddos in bed!
Beautiful, it's on my to do list! Looks like a good one to do with one of the kiddos!
Thanks Eze! Absolutely beautiful place would be great for the kids!!👌 just gotta be careful around the motorboats from the cottagers, cause they aren’t always careful around canoes.
@@The-Dutch-Explorer Good to know man! Hard to understand how such a beautiful place could allow motorboats... !
I agree 100% man! But then too…. Almost all of Canada is this beautiful🤷🏻♂️ but I’m with you, I rather not see or hear any of them. Im happy there is still places up north here where you wont see anyone for weeks! Those are the places I like to go to!😬
@@The-Dutch-Explorer sounds awesome buddy, so much to explore, look after yourself brother hopefully we'll link up on an adventure sometime !
Thanx 4 the journey! I'm not far from there..I may do that trip some day!
You really should, it is a stunning area!! And you can make it as long or short as you want really! I strongly recommend it!
I will have to get someone to babysit my dog..she is not dog friendly and would prolly sink like a rock even with a pfd on!...
Haha poor thing😆 🐕
A fine wilderness canoe trip in Canada. Nice work on this video!
Thanks Michael! 🙏🏼
Very good videography. Looks like you had fun. 👍
Thank you! It was a fun little trip for sure!
Beautiful views from your canoe! I love that filming style. Gorgeous River. TFS!
Thank you! It is a stunning area! Would look really sweet on one of your paddles!!👌
Majestic how the geese welcomed you into GB. I really miss your videos. It was a pleasant surprise to see a new post! As always, I look forward to your next trip! Greetings from Germany, my friend 👍🍻
Right?? Thats exactly what I thought when they flew over! Thanks for watching my friend!🙏🏼 🍻
Awesome show !! I can't wait to kayak camp this year. Lots of Water in NEVADA this year. thanks for inspiring me !!
I’m glad I inspired you! I never looked at paddling in Nevada, what some main waters there? Thanks for watching!🙏🏼
Those dogs aren't the friendliest! The swim/run about 5 km to get to where you saw them. That's my island you saw them on, and we had issues with them attacking our dog and being aggressive towards us that summer. The last part from around the Crooked to the bay is actually called the Bad River (I think because of all the rapids), and the water was really high in June 2022. Respect for taking & portaging a cedar strip canoe! It would be the otters eating the "clams". At the Dallas Rapids area was the old French River Lumber Camp- not sure of the exact dates but it was still in operation I think in about 1916 (they took all the trees off our island that year, just after we purchase it). The old tar pot coming out of the mag channel was where there was an old commercial fishing camp- Gauthier's, they closed in the late 1960's or early 70's.
Thanks for all that information! The dogs were a very odd encounter to run in to! Tons of history in the area and I’ll be back some time for sure! Probably a little later in the season. I might some time try and run the entire length of the French from Lake Nipissing but not with my wood canvas. I would like to try and run the rapids! Do you have a place on the island there? What a stunning area! I can only imagine what it would have looked like before covered in trees
@@The-Dutch-Explorer literally, the island you saw the dogs was my island. We have 2 white cottages & various other white buildings looking out directly at the Bustard Islands & lighthouses. You would have paddled right past it. It's been in the family since 1916. My parents were teachers, so I spent my summers up there paddling our canoe around the area. I have an inland route, so you don't have to go out to the bay to get to the French. :) Just be careful running the rapids, lots of boat traffic in the Crooked- we run it with our 16'.
I've camped out in the same placed a couple of times. I even saw a rattle snake.
Lucky to see one!! You don’t see those too often!! Very cool!
My back yard. Beautiful place. You passed over some productive walleye spots, I'm surprised you didn't hook into any. I hunt and fish in that park every fall.
Beautiful! Ill probably come up more often. I think the fish weren’t quite settled yet cause of the high water perhaps?
Nice cedar and canvas/fiberglass canoe. American Trader, maybe?? Beautiful trip too.👍👍
It is a Sturgeon River canoe. Hand made by someone as a wedding gift to the people I bought it from. It was yellow when I bought it. Since then I had it rebuild and gave it my own preference of color and added my logo on the front deck😁 thanks for watching Jason!
@The Dutch Explorer Beautiful work, Sir. Old canvas canoes are certainly worth the trouble.
Stunning views, living the dream.. so well done
I try! Thanks for watching Jim!🙏🏼
Great video!
Thanks Neil!
Great trip. Wonderful video as usual 👍🏻
Thanks Alan! Many more coming! 😬
I enjoyed this. Was very relaxing. I just subscribed.
Thanks soo much!
Beautiful area. Im not that familiar with it. Thanks for filming the route. Il enjoy watching your next trip Dutchy
You are very welcome! Thanks for following along!🙏🏼
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet but I think that the cast iron pieces you found were part of an old wood stove. Or at least I've seen wood stoves with oval openings much like that
You mean the huge thing that was laying on shore?
Great video! Thank you.
Thanks for watching! 🙏🏼
Magnifique , merci
Thank you! It is a stunning area👌
Those steam engines were out of alligator boats.. google it they are pretty cool. Awesome video 👊🏼
Thank you! They are pretty cool to see for sure! They would have been like the one at the logging museum in Algonquin right?
Toujours un plaisir de te suivre ds tes expeditions…✌️
Thanks so much! My French isn’t great but merci!
Nice timing!! Really in the mood to doing some paddling this year now!!
Excellent! It is that time of year! Ive been out several times already this year between all the rain falls. Where to this year?
@@The-Dutch-Explorer I just got back from a trip overseas so missed the first few weeks of unseasonably warm April weather.
Going to be going up to Kearney for the weekend, probabaly the Nipissing the week after, then Crow river at Algonquin around Vic Day long weekend. But would love get get up to temagami and Sudbury area in the summer.
How about you?
Great amount of plans you got there!👌 Victoria day long weekend im looking to go to maybe Haliburton highlands and in June I’ll be going to be on a solo trip on the Steel River. Im pumped!!! 🛶
Great trip. Can you recall the campsite numbers you stopped at?
651, 691 & 738 is where I stayed overnight.
Oh I would so fall off that "ridge"..I can't walk along things like that..prolly leftovers from a head injury..
Ive been blessed with tall long legs and a great sense of balance!
Great trip man! I also did the Old Voyageur Channel (basically identical to Kevin Callan's) last Summer and it was spectacular. If you're heading up there again I recommend tripping from Wolseley Bay down to HW69 and have a blast running a few days of class II-III rapids.
I would totally do that! Maybe even this year as I’m looking to gain more whitewater experience! Thanks for watching and thanks for the recommendation !🙏🏼
@@The-Dutch-Explorer Right on man that sounds awesome! I'm happy to share my trip notes with ya, I'll send a message over Instagram. I recently got into whitewater canoeing and it's such a riot.
My Guess is they got the steam engine there in the winter. Taking advantage of the Ice and snow.
They were actually part of the Gators which are the boats they mainly used to pull groups of logs through the water. 🙂thanks for watching!🙏🏼
Where abouts were you at 25:00 paddling down those water chutes. Looked pretty cool.! Nice vid.!
Thank you! That would be the old voyageur channel it self I believe. Was an awesome little trip! If the forecast would have looked better I would have spend more time exploring out on the bay!
@@The-Dutch-Explorer Ok, planning a trip for this year.!
Do it! Its a beautiful area!
@@The-Dutch-Explorer Yes sir, always wanted to camp and check out the French for years. Waited too long.! Time to go, no more excuses lol
@TURBOINTEGRATYPER thats right!! I promise you, you wont regret it!
Good video. But can I just mention that when you are picking up a frog, please get down close to the ground so that when it jumps or you drop it, it's not like you jumping off a skyscraper!!!!
Thanks! Sure, I should have. You’re right👍
Amazing video! I'm definitely going go see if I can squeeze a French river trip in this year. What kind of tarp were you using and how do you like it? Same question about your grill for cooking over the fire? Do you find its fairly lightweight?
Thank!! The tarp is a MEC silicone guides tarp that I am afraid they don’t make anymore. It is awesome!! The grill I actually welded together myself. Super convenient but not super light or anything. Thanks for watching!
Spent five summers down there as a kid. Mid 70s
It is a stunning area!
Great video. I noticed you didn't bring out your big camera. How do you attach your tripod to your yoke? Do you do all the video with the gopro?
Thanks a lot! I did bring my big camera but didn’t actually use it this trip. I usually have it packed in a small waterproof bag i keep at my feet in the canoe and only pull it out when I see some big wildlife or at the campsite. I dont attach my tripod to the canoe, i just set it up against it.🙂 95% of the video is woth my gopro, some with my Iphone.
Wonderful film. Thanks for the trip. Greetings from Norway💯 Nice canoe. The weight of it?😀
Tusen takk!! I love Norway!! Before I moved from the Netherlands to Canada my plan was to move to Norway! I would love to explore the fjords by canoe! (I used to by sail boat. I actually sailed on Christian Radich) my canoe weighs 83 lbs dry. But when its been in the water for a few days she gets a little heavier after soaking up the water! More around 87-90lbs. Thanks for watching!!
Thank you. Nice to hear. Yes here in Norway we have nature and wilderes to. But not that big as Canada. And the fishing. The fishing. !!! Im waiting for more videos. Wish all the best and take care when you are alone out there.😃
@olavmsonge5221 thanks my friend!
How was the boat traffic along that route?
There was quite a bit mainly in the first bit close yo Hartley Bay and then from my way from the Georgian Bay up to Dalles Rapids there was quite a few. The rest was nice and calm. I wad there in June and I feel like July and August would be a lot busier probably.
I'm a little surprised you would start a fire (Twigstove) on dry Pine Needles. Hate to see you learn the hard way... You seem like a really nice guy, but don't forget that thousands of people are watching you to set an example. Happy paddleing...
Hi Paul, I get what you’re saying and I agree to a certain point. But those pine needles were not as dry as they might look. Several storms had come through that day and everything was damp. Also I am not having a campfire there, I’m merely just having a fire long enough to boil water for my dehydrated meal which takes about 7 minutes with my twig stove. This entire time I supervise and stay right there with the fire with full water bottles close at hand just in case. There was very little risk if any. I do see your point of setting an example and this is something still very new to me. I’ll keep it it mind. Thanks Paul. Happy paddling
Where is the french river is it in french
No it is in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
nice vid man, in 4k looks good and smooth, was this 60 fps or 30?
Filming looks amazing! What do you use for cameras?
Thanks Jamie! I use gopro 7 and 10, Iphone 14 Pro Max and a Canon D5M4. Thanks for watching
Please tell me were this river is
This is the French River and it flows from Lake Nipissing all the way to the Georgian Bay in Ontario Canada.
привет!) смотрю ты в практически в каждом видео переносишь каяк на себе, сколько он весит?
This one weights 83lbs. Its very heavy. Most canoes are quite a bit lighter than that.
Hey Koen really enjoyed this vid! I’ll be doing a French River trip in June, my first. When did you do this trip?
Amazing! Mine was in June as well! Enjoy! Thanks for watching!🙏🏼
Looks like an old wood/coal stove parts
It does a little bit right? They would have a coal fire going in that compartment behind the door and then in the big tank there would be the water generating steam to power whatever was attached in this case I believe it would power the paddle wheels on the sides of the boat. And in the one I found under water it might have powered the winch, but I don’t know any of that for sure.
West and Peachey
Not sure what you mean?😅🤷🏻♂️
I hope that your canoe is not 88 pounds like the canoe in another of your videos. haha
Nope, this beauty is a very graceful 83 Lbs dry and when its been in the water for a few days it gets a little heavier. The yoke on it is 10x more comfortable though which almost makes it feel like it is half the weight!
WHY is he catching wonderful fish, pike and bass THEN TOSSING THEM BACK ...MEANWHILE HAULING STEAK& SAUSAGE rather than living on all the available delicious fish? Someone PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS IRRATIONALITY TO ME...
Only ANGLOS ever "filet" fish, therefore SINFULLY tossing away most of the fish. All others just scale & gut the fish and fry it WHOLE... WITH SKIN, HEAD, CRISP FINS & TAIL... AND ROE... and eat the WHOLE fish as it should be eaten
Wth?... don't you know that you don't need to take buttwipes with you..i simply pull out some moist muskeg moss and wipe..an old native substitute 😁🌲🌳🌲🐿️🌲🐿️🌲🐿️🪵🐿️🌲🪵🌳🪻
Oh I do all the time!! Works way better than TP too!! But not available everywhere!😅 legit everything we need is out there!