Kanuyak Blog

We've created a free Trip Planner mobile web app for you. It features our canoe and kayak gear lists, a couple of our favorite short trips from northern Wisconsin along with photo galleries and location maps. Another features is a geo-location function for those with GPS enabled devices. More

Lost Creek, is a small small stream flowing into Big St. Germain Lake from Lost Lake in northern Wisconsin. Put in at the public landing on the north side of the lake and paddle west to the mouth of the creek. You will be paddling up stream but the flow will not be a hindrance. More

We've created the Kanuyak YouTube channel and kick it off with a quiet little kayak paddle trip video of Mielke Lake in northern Wisconsin. You can also go directly to the Kanuyak YouTube channel. Hope you like it. More

Paddling.net has created a Kayak and Canoe Launch Sites map. There's 16,000 launch points and growing... so you can find launch sites in your area or anywhere in the country. Help them out and all our 'pals of the paddle' and update ones in your area. More

We watched the landscape as we flew over the lakes. Newton, Pipestone, Canadian Agnes, Kahshahpiwi, and Saganagons just to name a few. We were originally going to drop in at Clay Lake, but the water levels were so low that it was changed to Bitchu, just south of Clay.  More

Designed to be seen, voyageurs often created their designs using paint. More colorful than scraped bark, their designs many times, reflected the mark of the trading company which the voyageurs represented. More

Native Americans led the way in engineering the canoe as we know it today. They used natural materials to the fullest extent possible, even taking advantage of a property of birch bark in creating their decorative designs. More

Everyone has their own gear list and here's ours. "Old hat" for a lot of old timers but if you're new to canoe camping trips this list might come in handy. It's aimed at longer back country trips. More