Some of my Personal Recommendations for Light-Weight Gear for Canoe Tripping and Backpacking with Brands and Southern Ontario Locations
Tents
- MSR Hubba Hubba 2 person MSR or Cascade Designs
- Eureka
- MEC
- SAIL
- North Face
- Sierra Design
Sleeping Bags
- Mountain Hardware
- Marmot
- MEC
- SAIL
- North Face
- Sleeping Bag Liner: Sea To Summit
- Winter: over bag MEC Amulet overbag MEC
Sleeping Pads
Canoe Tripping Packs
- Waterproof 115L pack Eureka
- MEC
- SealLine or Cascade Design
Backpacking Packs
Dehydrated and Freeze Dried Food
- Mountain House
- AlpineAire
- Backpacker Pantry
- Harvest Foodworks (at Mec)
Pot Sets & Cooking utensils
Light Weight Gear for Canoe Tripping and Backpacking
- MSR- Mountain Safety Research – various sizes Cascade
Single Burner Stoves - Backpacking
Single Burner Stoves - Canoe Tripping
Water Purification
Kitchen Washing Basins
- Ortlieb 'folding bowl' Ortlieb
- Sea to Summit
- Seattle Sports
Footwear
Headlamps
Clothing
- Base Lawyer- Smartwool, Ice Breaker
- Mid Layer- fleece- Eddie Bauer, North Face, Mountain Hardware, microfiber Arc’tryx
- Outer Layer (down) Eddie Bauer, Arc’teryx, Columbia
- Mitts- gortex overmitt- Marmot, Black Diamond, MEC
- Head- Toques- fleece or wool Icebreaker Smartwool, Ice Breaker, plus hood on jacket
- Pants/Shirt- quick dry- Patagonia, MEC, Columbia
- Feet- socks- see “base layer” above
Other
- Rescue Throw rope- NRS, MEC
- Compass- Silva, Suunto
- Maps ChrisMar, Uxbridge ON ChrisMar
- Bug tents- MEC- Mantis MEC
- Shower Bag- Sea to Summit Pocket Shower
Sea to Summit - First Aid Kit- St John’s Ambulance, Red Cross
- Tarp- light weight- MEC Siltarp Scout/Guide sizes MEC
- Hiking Poles- Black Diamond
- Gaiters- gortex- MEC, Outdoor Research
- Water Bottle- Nalgene
- Bear Spray- Frontiersman, Wildlife Products Kodiak
- Camp Towel- Trek Towel, Pack Towel
- Paddling Mitts/ cold weather- MEC “Hot Mitt”. MEC
- Bug Lotion- Muskol (many stores- MEC, SAIL, drug stores, grocery)
- Dry bags & Stuff Sacks Sealine or Cascade, Outdoor Research
- Knife- small utility- Leatherman and stores eg. MEC, SAIL, Canadian Tire
- Camera- waterproof- Fujifilm, Pentax
- Food Barrel and Harness - 30L, 60L- North 49 google closest stores plus eBay; Amazon etc
- Pillow- Exped, MEC
- Bug Head Net- SAIL Sail, Outdoor Research
Lewis Williams 2020