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Boundary waters canoe camping / Cliff Jacobson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Falcon guidePublication details: Guilford, Conn. : FalconGuides, 2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiii, 193 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0762773448 (pbk.)
  • 9780762773442 (pbk.)
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Contents:
A wilderness in turmoil / by David Backes -- Planning and pacing your canoe trip -- A maze of finger lakes, portage trails, and confusing bays! -- Favorite routes: where solitude still remains -- Federal regulations and rationale -- Selecting and outfitting your canoe -- Paddling and portaging your canoe -- Solo canoes and kayaks in the Boundary Waters -- The right stuff: everything you need to know about equipment -- Fast fixin's: easy ways to prepare great trail meals! -- A bombproof canoe camp! -- Bothersome beasts and ornery stingers! -- Dangers, safety, and first aid -- Advice from the experts.
Summary: "The Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), located in northeastern Minnesota, is a legendary wilderness destination for canoeists from around the world. Longtime guide and canoe authority Cliff Jacobson explains the best and safest ways of planning and enjoying a BWCA journey. Includes maps, illustrations, and information on obtaining permits, packing the right supplies, practicing low-impact camping techniques, honing paddling skills, traveling with children, and dealing with hazards on land and water"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Let's Go Camping
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 796.5409 J17 Checked out 05/25/2024 33111007442276
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A heart-warming, thoroughly modern, marvelously illustrated guide, Boundary Waters Canoe Camping is aimed at paddlers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota and covers places to go, planning a canoe trip, navigating, selecting a canoe and rigging it out, selecting equipment, camping and cookery, traveling with children, and dealing with hazards--all brought to you by one of America's most renowned canoeing experts, Cliff Jacobson. This completely updated and revised edition includes more than 100 stunning full color photos, new product ideas, and revised appendices. GPS navigation information has been added, and a new chapter on solo canoeing details how to paddle, portage and pack these personal-sized watercraft. Also new is a section with sage advice from some of the top Boundary Waters paddlers.

Includes index.

A wilderness in turmoil / by David Backes -- Planning and pacing your canoe trip -- A maze of finger lakes, portage trails, and confusing bays! -- Favorite routes: where solitude still remains -- Federal regulations and rationale -- Selecting and outfitting your canoe -- Paddling and portaging your canoe -- Solo canoes and kayaks in the Boundary Waters -- The right stuff: everything you need to know about equipment -- Fast fixin's: easy ways to prepare great trail meals! -- A bombproof canoe camp! -- Bothersome beasts and ornery stingers! -- Dangers, safety, and first aid -- Advice from the experts.

"The Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), located in northeastern Minnesota, is a legendary wilderness destination for canoeists from around the world. Longtime guide and canoe authority Cliff Jacobson explains the best and safest ways of planning and enjoying a BWCA journey. Includes maps, illustrations, and information on obtaining permits, packing the right supplies, practicing low-impact camping techniques, honing paddling skills, traveling with children, and dealing with hazards on land and water"-- Provided by publisher.

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