Great Trip Little Missinaibi

[Treewater]

Had a great trip to Ontario. Seven portages, two over 1k. Saw the pictographs. Beautiful view.
And the boat is....?

Tim

 

[Michael Grace]

Looks like St. Louis Boat & Canoe Co. The scenery is spectacular... must have been a great trip. So what's up with the rocks in the bottom of the canoe?

M

 

[Mark Adams]

Michael,

That's ballast! Jees!

 

[Ed Moses]

Looks like they just might be fresh water clams!!!

 

[Michael Grace]

Oh, CLAMS for BALLAST. Now I get it! Thanks, Mark and Ed. Way down here we have neither giant freshwater clams nor smooth round rocks, so we usually put a couple of manatees in the bottom of the canoe...

 

[Treewater]

Good eye

Michael got it. A 1937 St. Louis Boat. Those are fresh water mussels. I had just counted rations and realized I was at least three days from my car and I had only 2700 calories of food left. But I never ate them. I didn't know if it was legal or if they were poisinous. Two days later I came accross some fishermen and they gave me three Walleyes. It was interesting, I paddled downwind in solid whitecaps and the Park Rangers and fishermen said it was too rough to be out. Those john boats must not handle well in rough water.
The manitous were home.
Tim

 

[Fitz]

Yum

We collected and cooked up a batch on our summer excursion in Maine. We didn't hurt the population any. The smaller ones were best and I think you would be hard pressed to tell them apart from the coastal variety. They were quite tasty.

Fitz.

 

[Ed Moses]

Fresh water mussels

Fitz,
Ihope you cooked them well, at least longer than steaming the salt water variety as I recall some have parasites that the little necks don't have!!
If you start feeling crawley inside, well , I guess that will be too late!!!

Ed