Gear Recommendations

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

• Thermarest or NeoAir
• Exped
• MEC
• Big Agnes

Canoes - Ontario manufacturers

• Alchemist
• Swift
• Novacraft
• Holy Cow

Canoe Tripping Packs

• Waterproof 115L pack Eureka
• MEC
• SealLine or Cascade Design

Backpacking Packs

• Gregory Packs
• Osprey
• Arc’teryx

PFDs (Lifejackets)

• Salus
• Stohlquist
• MEC
• SAIL
• Kokatat
• NRS

Paddles

• Red Tail
• Badger
• Ray Kettlewell
• Grey Owl
• Werner
• Bending Branches

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

• Optimus Terra
• MSR
• Primus
• Jetboil

Single Burner Stoves - Canoe Tripping

• MSR - eg. Dragnonfly MSR
• Coleman (And refer to "Single Burner Stove-Backpacking")

Water Purification

• Platypus gravity bag Cascade
• Katadyn pump Katadyn
• Pristine- tabs, liquid Pristine

Emergency GPS Communication Equipment

• InReach Garmin
• SPOT

Kitchen Washing Basins

• Ortlieb 'folding bowl' Ortlieb
• Sea to Summit
• Seattle Sports

Footwear

• Lowa hiking boots Lowa
• Keene hiking shoes Keene
• Keene water sandals
• Chaco water sandals Chaco
• Teva water sandals Teva
• Winter- On the Trail- Merrell winter boots Merrell
• - In camp MEC down or synthetic booties with gaiters
• Winter icy grippers- microspikes Katoolacoils - Yak Trax

Camp Comfort - Chairs and Hammocks

• Chairs Helinox
• Hammocks Vivere

Headlamps

• Black Diamond
• Petzel

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