"A bear grabbing a pack out of a canoe seems a bit unnerving."

and that daypack had all our paperwork, including our wallets -
was 2 tandems, so we take one boat and all packs across first, adn then go back for the second boat and gear - the pack was in the first boat, which we had put in at waters edge and reloaded - the bear must have heard us coming and took off just before we came into sight.  There was some mud on the food bag, which was in that canoe too, but nothing bur the daypack had been messed with - couldn't figure out what had happened until a bit later, paddling down the lake I reached for my water bottle - it was empty! - had 4 holes in it from the bears canine teeth.