it,s not the canoe, but rather the limitations of the one propelling and portaging the canoe.......my son and I paddled and portaged our 17' alumacraft canoe from Frazer Lake to Lake 1 landing in one long day at the end of our father/son trip in 2006. We haden't planed on making that distance when the day began, but as the wind picked up and the rain began to fall and the fish decided to take shelter, we paddled a little further along, and as conditions worsened  we decided we would be able to make Lake 1 the next day some time......continueing along as the weather proceeded to become a stingin rain head wind....well,as all the campsites were taken, and we had had 6 days of fun and sun we decided to make a point of paddleing from Frazer to Lake 1 in a day ......we got to lake one about 10:00 pm as the last of the rains fell

so, I'd say it's not the canoe that makes the trip, but the masters of the canoe that makes their own trip  8-)

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