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[[File:Kanutour in Finland.jpg|thumb|People canoeing at Lake Kokkojärvi in [[Lieksa]], [[Finland]]]]
[[File:Loaded canadian canoe on the Tidan River, Sweden.jpg|thumb|Loaded aluminium canoe on the [[Tidan (river)|Tidan River]], Sweden]]

'''Canoe camping''', also known as '''touring''', '''tripping''' or '''expedition canoeing''', is a combination of [[canoeing]] and [[camping]]. Canoe campers carry enough with them to travel and camp for several days via a [[canoe]].

== Description ==
A canoeist can transport significantly heavier and bulkier loads than a backpacker or even a kayaker can. [[Portage|Portaging]] by foot is sometimes necessary to pass between water bodies or around hazardous obstacles such as [[rapids]] or [[waterfall]]s, but most of the time canoe campers travel on water. Because they usually don't continuously carry their gear on their backs, canoe campers can bring more food and gear and undertake longer trips. This is especially the case with food which, unlike gear where the weight is essentially fixed regardless of the trip duration, increases in weight for each additional day of provision. On rivers, high [[Stage (hydrology)|water levels]] after [[storm]]s can make river travel hazardous, while on lakes, winds and thunderstorms can produce strong winds which create large [[Wind wave|waves]] and headwinds which work against paddlers to slow the canoe. Trips may need to have extra days built into the schedule in case of weather delays.

Although some experienced canoeists feel comfortable paddling straight through large bodies of water, most typically stay within a few hundred meters of [[shore]]. Since a fully loaded [[Canoe#Touring|touring canoe]] only [[Draft (hull)|draws]] about 14&nbsp;cm (six inches), it can approach a rocky shore as close as arm's-length. This proximity (and a canoe's inherent quietness) lets the canoeist observe aquatic and near-shore plants and wildlife from a perspective that walking on solid ground does not allow. Many people engage in [[fishing]] while canoe camping.

The versatility of canoe tripping allows canoeists to go places and see things that they otherwise could not.

Many canoeists use specialized [[canoe pack]]s designed for both easy portaging and loading into canoes. Waterproof [[dry bag]]s are frequently used to keep important items dry in case of inclement weather or [[capsizing]].

== History ==
[[Image:FAH_Voyageurs.jpg|thumb|''Voyageurs at Dawn'' by F.A. Hopkins (1871) - during their trips, expedition canoe travel was a way of life for French ''voyageurs''. This painting well shows the rudimentary camping practices of the voyageurs.]]
[[File:A_Tenting_Party.jpg|thumb|A Tenting Party, by Alicia Killaly, c. 1860.]]
[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]]s of many different tribes who used canoes for transportation, needed to "canoe camp" regularly.  Before the construction of modern means of transportation and transportation routes, the most effective way to travel through the vast expanses of northern wilderness was to navigate the countless small waterways by canoe. Their canoe was perfect for this purpose, as it was relatively easy to carry, fast, able to traverse a wide variety of different water ways (small streams to huge lakes), and able to carry large loads.

It was for all these reasons that the early [[French people|French]] [[explorers]] of [[North America]], such as [[Louis Jolliet]], quickly adopted the use of the Native American canoe. With them came [[Jesuit]] [[Missionary|missionaries]], [[coureurs des bois]], and [[voyageurs]]. Once [[trading post]]s were established in the interior, the canoe continued to be the primary transportation method, supplying such posts with regular [[fur brigade|canoe brigades]]. In [[Nord-du-Québec|northern]] [[Quebec]], this practice continued until the middle of the 20th century.

As the "[[wilderness]]" of the Americas was tamed by the construction of the [[railroad]] and later roads, the canoe as a means of primary transportation lost its practicality. It turned into a [[Recreation|recreational sport]], a way for Americans and others to experience the pre-European America, and have a glimpse of a formerly never-ending wilderness. While recreational canoe camping has been enjoyed since the late 19th century by sporting and boating enthusiasts, it was not until later in the 20th century that, with the advent of camping consumer goods, it gained mass appeal.

=== Notable proponents and expeditions ===
An early proponent and popularizer of canoe camping was [[George W. Sears]], a sportswriter for [[Field and Stream|Forest and Stream]] magazine in the 1880s, whose book ''Woodcraft'' (1884), told the story of his 1883, ((convert|266|mi|adj=on)) journey through the central [[Adirondack Mountains|Adirondacks]] in a ((convert|9|ft|m|adj=mid|-long)), ((convert|10+1/2|lb|adj=on)) solo canoe named the ''Sairy Gamp''.  He was 64 years old and in frail health at the time.

Also in 1883, [[American Canoe Association]] Secretary [[Charles Neide]] and retired sea captain "Barnacle" Kendall paddled and sailed over ((convert|3000|mi)) in a [[Canoe sailing|sailing canoe]] from [[Lake George (town), New York|Lake George, New York]] to [[Pensacola, Florida]].

The adventure [[memoir]] ''[[Canoeing with the Cree]]'' relates [[Eric Sevareid]]'s youthful journey with a companion from [[Minnesota]] to [[Hudson Bay]] in 1930.

In Canada, [[Bill Mason]], who was an author, artist, filmmaker, and [[environmentalist]], published several books and produced a number of films in the [[1970s]] that greatly advanced the popularity of canoe camping.

[[Calvin Rutstrum]] was a wilderness canoeist and author, whom Bill Mason said "totally influenced me" and "he became my hero".<ref name = "WildernessVisionaries">''Wilderness Visionaries'' by Dale Vickery 1986 North Woods Press Inc. ((ISBN|1-55971-435-2)) Chapter 5</ref>

Like Mason and Sevareid, a number of modern-day canoeists have retraced the historic routes of the fur-traders and voyageurs and published books about their experiences. Noteworthy examples from Canada include ''Coke Stop in Emo: Adventures of a Long-Distance Paddler'' by Alec Ross, ''Canoeing a Continent: On the Trail of Alexander MacKenzie'' by Max Finkelstein and ''Where Rivers Run'' by [[Gary and Joanie McGuffin|Joanie and Gary McGuffin]].

[[Sigurd F. Olson|Sigurd Olson]], [[Conservation movement|conservationist]] and north woods writer, traveled and camped by canoe extensively. These included long trips as he wrote about in his book ''The Lonely Land'' and well as frequent shorter trips covered in many of his books.

[[Eric W. Morse]], author, historian and notable wilderness canoe tripper traveled with Sigurd Olson. He authored books on their wilderness trips and on [[North American fur trade|historical fur trade]] canoe routes in Canada.<ref name = CanadianGeographicDate>Canadian Geographic magazine web site Retrieved 11/18/13  "From the archives" box gives 1977 date for Canadian Geographic article. "In 1977, canoeing pioneer Eric W. Morse described in the Canadian Geographical Journal the history of utilitarian and recreational canoeing in Canada. After the First World War, writes Morse, two-thirds of Canadians lived in cities, giving the wilderness—and canoeing—a new purpose. “[T]he wilderness instead of being hated and feared had come to have a new, escape value,” he writes, “and the canoe remained the best way to penetrate it.”"      http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/ja12/canoeing2.asp ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204024/http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/ja12/canoeing2.asp |date=2013-10-29 ))</ref>

In the "''Source to Sea expedition''" of 2005, two students from [[North Carolina State University]] paddled ((convert|2150|mi)) down the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] and [[Atchafalaya River]]s to support the [[Audubon Society]]'s Upper Mississippi River Campaign.

The book ''New York to Nome'' by Rick Steber details the story of Sheldon Taylor and Geoffrey Pope who paddled from [[New York City]] April 25, 1936, to [[Nome, Alaska]], August 11, 1937. And from January 10, 1975 until November 12, 1977, Jerry Robert Pushcar canoed and portaged solo a distance of ((Convert|14290|km)) from [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, to Nome, Alaska, via the Mississippi, Prescott, Minnesota, Grand Portage, Lake Superior, and Canada. This was the longest recorded canoe trip in history until 1980.<ref>((cite book |editor1-last=McWhirter |editor1-first=Norris |title=Het Groot Guinness Record Book (Guinness Book of Records) |date=1984 |publisher=Luitingh |location=Utrecht |isbn=90-245-0801-0 |page=263 |edition=1984 |language=nl))</ref> The record was broken by [[Don Starkell]] and his sons Dana and Jeff, who paddled in an open canoe from [[Winnipeg]] in central Canada to [[Belém]] at the mouth of the [[Amazon River]] from June 1, 1980 to May 1, 1982, covering a distance of ((Convert|19603|km)).<ref>((cite web |author1=Jonathan Ore |title=Paddle of the Century |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/paddle |website=cbc.ca |publisher=CBC Radio Interactives |access-date=15 September 2020))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=The longest canoe trip ever |url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/the-longest-canoe-trip-ever |website=cbc.ca |publisher=CBC Archives |access-date=15 September 2020 |date=13 October 1987))</ref>

[[Henry David Thoreau]], an American author and advocate of [[Environmental protection|environmental conservation]], provided a written account of a long distance canoeing expedition in his book ''The Maine Woods''. Thoreau's canoeing expedition in [[Maine]] covered remote areas that can still be experienced in Maine's [[Hundred Mile Wilderness]].

== Popular destinations ==

===Australia===
* The [[Yarra River]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
* [[Murray River]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] & [[New South Wales]]
* [[Brisbane River]], [[Queensland]]

===Canada===
* [[Algonquin Provincial Park]], [[Ontario]]
* [[Bowron Lake Provincial Park]], [[British Columbia]]<ref>[http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/bowron_lk/ Bowron Lake Provincial Park – BC Parks<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Churchill River (Hudson Bay)|Churchill River]], [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Manitoba]]
* [[Dumoine River]], [[Quebec]] (whitewater)
* [[Gatineau Park]], [[Quebec]]<ref>((cite web | url=https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/places/la-peche-lake | title=La Pêche Lake ))</ref>
* [[George River (Quebec)|George River]], [[Nunavik]], [[Quebec]]
* [[Kejimkujik National Park]], [[Nova Scotia]]
* [[Killarney Provincial Park]], [[Ontario]]
* [[Lakeland Provincial Park & Recreation Area]], Alberta<ref>[http://www.laclabicheregion.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107:back-country-canoe-circuit&catid=25:water-activities&Itemid=131 Back Country Canoe Circuit<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve]], [[Quebec]]
* [[McLennan Lake]], Saskatchewan<ref>((Cite web |url=https://pr1web.ucalgary.ca/CamRecWebPublic/Event/EventList.aspx?treeKey=050P02P25432 |title=University of Calgary Recreation, Fitness, and Outdoor Programs<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2012-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224224955/https://pr1web.ucalgary.ca/CamRecWebPublic/Event/EventList.aspx?treeKey=050P02P25432 |archive-date=2012-12-24 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* [[Main Lake]] Canoe Route, [[Quadra Island]], [[British Columbia]]
* [[Manigotagan River]], [[Manitoba]]
* [[Missinaibi River]], [[Ontario]] (whitewater)
* [[Moisie River]], [[Quebec]]
* [[South Nahanni River|Nahanni River]], [[North West Territories]] (whitewater)
* [[Nitinat Triangle]], British Columbia<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.ripplewake.ca/tr/nitinat/index.htm |title=Nitnat Triangle canoe circuit<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2012-08-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115134150/http://www.ripplewake.ca/tr/nitinat/index.htm |archive-date=2013-01-15 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* [[Nopiming Provincial Park]], [[Manitoba]]
*[[Powell Forest Canoe Route]], [[Powell River (British Columbia)|Powell River]], [[British Columbia]]<ref>((cite web |title=Powell Forest Canoe Route |url=http://www.trailpeak.com/trail-Powell-Forest-Canoe-Route-near-Powell-River-BC-241 |website=trailpeak.com |access-date=26 September 2022))</ref>
* [[Pukaskwa National Park]], [[Ontario]]
* [[Quetico Provincial Park]], [[Ontario]]
* [[Sayward Forest Canoe Route]], British Columbia<ref>[https://www.amazon.ca/Sayward-Forest-Circuit-Michel-Gauthier/dp/0986509507 Sayward Forest Canoe Circuit: Amazon.ca: Michel Gauthier: Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Temagami]] area including [[Lake Temagami]] and [[Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park]], [[Ontario]]
* [[Whiteshell Provincial Park]], [[Manitoba]]

===Germany===
* [[Mecklenburg Lake District]], [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]

===Hungary===
* [[Bodrog River]], [[Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County]]
* [[Hernád|Hernád River]], [[Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County]]
* [[Ipeľ|River Ipoly]], [[Nógrád County]] and [[Pest County]]
* [[Rába|Rába River]], counties of [[Vas County|Vas]] and [[Győr-Moson-Sopron County|Győr-Moson-Sopron]]
* [[Sajo River]], [[Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County]]
* [[Tisza River]]

===New Zealand===
* [[Whanganui Journey|Whanganui River]], [[North Island]]

===Poland===
* [[Obra River|Obra]], [[Lubuskie]]
* [[Krutynia]]
* [[Czarna Hańcza]]
* [[Brda (river)|Brda]]
* [[Pilica (river)|Pilica]]

===United States===
* [[Allagash Wilderness Waterway]], [[Maine]]
* The [[Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness]], [[Minnesota]]
* [[Voyageurs National Park]], Minnesota
* [[Everglades National Park]], [[Florida]]
* [[Ross Lake (Washington)|Ross Lake]], [[Cascade Range|North Cascades]], [[Washington (state)|Washington state]]
* [[Saint Regis Canoe Area]], [[Adirondack Mountains]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
* [[Northern Forest Canoe Trail]], [[Old Forge, New York]] to [[Fort Kent, Maine|Fort Kent]], Maine
* [[Ozark National Scenic Riverways]], [[Missouri]]
* [[Green River (Colorado River)|Green River]], [[Utah]]
* [[Sylvania Wilderness]], [[Michigan]]
* [[Isle Royale National Park]], [[Michigan]]
* [[Umbagog Lake]], [[New Hampshire]]/[[Maine]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==Further reading==
* [[Bill Mason]], ''Song of the Paddle: An Illustrated Guide to Wilderness Camping'', Firefly Books, 1988. ((ISBN|978-1552090893))
* [[Eric W. Morse]], ''Freshwater Saga'', Northword Press, July 1987. ((ISBN|978-0942802559))
* [[Sigurd F. Olson]], ''The Lonely Land'', New York, 1961. ((ISBN|978-0816629978))

==External links==
((Wikibooks|Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book|Canoe trip))
* [http://www.myccr.com/ Canadian Canoe Routes]
* [http://www.canoeing.com Canoeing guide]

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