The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

I also am an eagle scout but never have gone through northern tier. I work as a wilderness guide for a camp on the east end of the BWCA and have paddles my freedom 17'9 for 3 summers. One thing i can tell you is that if your planning on carrying a lot of weight in your boat on a river, plan on havin...

I have a freedom 17'9 and have padddled it for 3 summers as a guide in the BWCA and i would say that it would be a good canidate for a sqaure stern. It is a asymetrical design so having more weight in the back is better in this design than others. On my trip last summer for 20 days in the quetico i ...

I actually lengthened my boat......i just moved the last stations at each end out a bit, and stretched her out to 18'4. After using it all summer and using it in 3 ft whitecaps into the wind....i can safely say that it did not decrease the performance of the boat. What i can say is that the freedom ...

Voyageur canoes were typically 36 to 40 some feet in length and were primarly used on lake superior, while a Northwest canoe is 24-35 feet long and were used on the larger lake and river systems in canada. Check out the grand portage monument sometime, they can fill you in on a very detailed account...

Well...go to my profile and click on the website.

Check out my canoe if you are interested in a canoe that will be constructed strong and able to handle a lot of abuse.

I am a wilderness guide at a ymca camp, and used my canoe all summer in the BWCA and it made it trhough with only minor scratches!

take a look at Raka's 5oz cloth...... call and talk to him, he says its just as strong as the 6
http://www.raka.com/

I myself built a freedom 17'9 but strectched her out a little and ended up with a boat 18'4''. check out my site http://studentweb.uwstout.edu/dotyp/scootywhoopin.htm I built mine for 800 dollars, and used it all summer with no major signs of wear...... I work as a canoe guide at a ymca camp in nort...