Nanook's Campfire Tales

Hey, it's been a gorgeous day on the river, we've come this far safe, sound and happy once again. Biff, that old pyromaniac, has got a roaring fire ablaze. Let's everybody get fixed up with a nice cool drink, and draw near for some of those tall tales we all like to spin around the campfire.

• Sue, tell us the one about the moose you and Everette met up on the Miramichi meadows.

• Okay, Sue, that was good, but I still want to hear about the time you almost partied with the Maple Grove gang up by Little Louie on the Miramichi.

Running the Rapids, North Sevogle River

• Even the Miramichi runs out of rapids. It's a long flat haul, but there are ways to beat the boredom down to Boiestown.

• Biff, you're sitting there humming "Islands in the Stream". Sounds to me there's a tale there somewhere...

Scooter and I tell tales by the fire
on the East Penobscot, Maine

• I'll never forget my first whitewater trip. That was when all hell broke loose on the Nashwaak...

• Carm, every time someone mentions the Tobique, you start to shiver. Why is that? Tell us a tale when your teeth stop chattering...

• Sue, you must know every river rat who's ever run the Miramichi. Now you have a tale about the fishing lodge barons and the river runners.

• Laurie, we've all heard about "runaway trains", but you have a story about a runaway canoe trailer!

• Meathead may be gone, but I still lick my lips when I remember his Cains River chili.

• Tracy, you've been paddling a long time, but you still love to tell about your first paddling trip on the Magaguadavic…

• Tracy, his wife, and their new baby visit beavers and a whitetail deer on Lyons Stream.

• Sail in a canoe in brisk winds on Spednic Lake with Hal the Gullboy!

• The Nepisiguit River is deep and wide, perfect for a game of Ramming Speed.

• Whenever I see a jet-ski, I think of our close encounter on the Nashwaak.

Biff and Nanook at the junction of the Don and the Dee, Tobique River.

• I'll never forget the campfire that never was.

• Booty One man's tragic loss is another man's treasure.

• Chuck Everett tells us tales of the Nashwaak from Nashwaak Lake to Gorby Gulch and Narrows Mountain.

• Biff, Lori and I thought we were in a warzone when we went canoeing under fire on the Rockwell Stream.

• I realized the old ways were gone for good when we went roughing it on the Nepisiguit.

• Poling upstream is the essence of expedition canoeing, and for Scooter, it is a way ... in the spiritual sense.

• Dino runs the St. Croix in high water, and everybody gets wet. Hey, where's our car with all the dry gear?

• This is a sad story about an innocent young maiden in rural New Brunswick who was traumatized, perhaps forever, by a group of canoeists.

• Here are some images of a master canoe-builder producing a birch-bark craft.

• Veteran kayaker files this trip report with bonus pix about big water on the North Pole Stream and Little Southwest Miramichi.

• The gate on the woods road was shut tight, and we were locked in. The good ole boys to the rescue!

• We might still be stuck in the bog if it weren't for the good ole boys on the Piskahegan.

• We might still be wandering the wilderness if not for the good ole boys from Tay Creek.

• The Good Ole Boys come to our rescue on the Nepisiguit ... and the Machias.

• This is what may happen if you don't sweep out your boat.

• Bob Zinck paddles the South Branch of the Kedgwick River.

• It's nice to dream of spring trips in the middle of winter. Here's my dream trip for June.

• Pete, I hear you ran the rapids in the Eel River canyon. Tell us how you made out!

• Mitchell, you and Alicia went for a trip on the upper Nashwaak after several days of heavy rain. How did you make out?

• Allie Jewett runs the Bartholomew River in a freighter canoe.

• Allie Jewett is back on the Bartholomew with another cautionary tale.

• A dangerous campfire on the Bartholomew.

• Linda warns us not to forget our tent when we head out on the river.

• Bones treats us with a night paddle on the Restigouche.

• Here's one of my paddling memories that helps me make it through the long winter - a perfect moment on a quiet lake.

• No one likes to flip in a rapid, but sooner or later ... Here's my story about swimming in the Nepisiguit.

• Sometimes the actions of your paddling buddies put you in a dangerous spot. Here's a tale of getting caught in a sweeper.

• Rough Waters on the Nepisiguit River

• Like the saying goes, getting there can be half the fun ... or more than half the fright.

• You meet all kinds of folks on the river. Here's a tale of a typical day of adventure at Little Falls, St. Croix River.

• A dead body on the Oromocto

• Romantic Encounters on the Riverbank

• Feel like sleeping under the stars? No-see-um, but darn-well-feel-um.

• Try Nanook's NB Canoeing Crosswords here!

• I always wanted to do a solo overnight trip. I finally went on the Nashwaak.

• Cabin Smashers on the Miramichi

• I`m never to old to learn a lesson. Here are a few I learned on the Keswick in mid-April.

• It's nice to find a free campsite ... if you don't mind snakes, trains, trucks and sprinklers!

• Pete tells us a story about his friend John.

• Okay, one more flippin' carnage story, on the Patapedia this time.

• A cautionary tale: If it don't need disturbin', leave it alone.

• What are friends for? My faceplant on the White River.

• Anatomy of a Swim in pictures

• The Cliffs of Tay Creek

• The Flip and the Swim

• Dread at the Narrows of the Nepisiguit

• A Summer Day on the Kennebecasis

• My bro Laurie is a master sailor and veteran canoeist. He still grieves for his prized rope that got slashed on the Nashwaak.

• The day I left my boat in the woods

• Down Burpee Stream.

• Running Gibson Dam on the Nashwaak.

If you, gentle surfer, have a tale to tell, come on in to the campfire. We'll listen.

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