JChief & knafelc:

With all due respect to Doug and his loyal fans, if you are NOT already one of his devoted customers you might check out Canoe Canada.    (You need to Login or Register, email: canoecanada@nwon.com, 807-597-6418. Their website is up-to-date, they are in Atikokan year-round, do the sports shows, ARE trying to grow their business, and have a "sexy" building with hundreds of paddles their customers have left on their walls over the last 40 years.  :)

I understand Doug is a "character" with a treasure trove of stories (and info) -- well, so is Jim Clark. Ask him about the German client who had a piece of a satellite punch a hole through his tent, or about the aerospace guys with the home-made aluminum "barge" that was crushed by a falling tree.

Respectfully submitted . . .

--Goose

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