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Here are the basics of picking a canoe based on materials: Aluminum “Boy Scout or family boat” Aluminum canoes have been around a long time. Pros: lesser expensive and more durable Cons: heavy Good for recreational canoeing or day trips. Brian McDonell of MACs Canoe Livery and Outfitters says that although aluminum canoes have been…
There are so many great outfitters and guiding businesses to buy or rent a canoe. Here is a short list of some in the area that offer paddling rentals and can help point you in the right direction if you are looking to buy a canoe! Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfitters 541 Lake Flower Ave,…
St. Regis Canoe Area- Four Ponds and a Peak: A family spends a delightful two days paddling and hiking in the St. Regis Canoe Area—and, best of all, there were no long carries. Saranac Lake Loop-Around the Mountain: Three friends go on a leisurely canoe day trip from Lake Flower to Lower Saranac Lake. Dunham…
PFD: Personal Floatation Device Safety is super important when kayaking or canoeing. A big factor to consider in the Adirondacks is the time of year you are paddling in. During the spring and fall the air temperature and water temperature can be drastically different. “You can have a beautiful 70-degree day and the water could…
By Mike Lynch
The nonprofit Northern Forest Canoe Trail recently signed a letter of intent to purchase the race from Brian McDonnell, who owns and operates the race with his wife, Grace.
The purchase preserves an undeveloped patch along the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, which traverses 740 miles of rivers, lakes, ponds and portages from Old Forge to Fort Kent, Maine.
Adirondack paddlers have had much to celebrate in recent years as the state’s acquisition of former Finch, Pruyn lands has opened up spectacular waterways to the public, including Boreas Ponds and the Essex Chain Lakes. But another land deal two decades ago did as much, perhaps more, for canoeists and kayakers.
For 100 years, a day trip on the Cedar was impractical without permission from the hunting and fishing club that controlled the take-out point. Then, in 2013, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that new lands added to the Adirondack Forest Preserve would make the Cedar River and its confluence with the Hudson River available.
A new ruling is expected by year’s end in the eight-year-old lawsuit that pits landowners against outside paddlers over rights to a two-mile waterway in the remote northwestern Adirondacks.
By Phil Brown
Soon after the state purchased the MacIntyre East Tract, Brian Mann and I explored it by paddling the Hudson and the Opalescent rivers. We launched our canoes beneath a bridge over the Hudson and took out at a spot where the river abuts the Tahawus Road. From the bridge we paddled down the Hudson through…