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I know I should have chosen the bright red one ... (Read 2620 times)

Joe_Schmeaux Inukshuk Offline Posts: 395 Location: Alberta Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2010	I know I should have chosen the bright red one ... Oct 22^nd, 2010 at 9:22pm	Quote Print Post
	From Winnipeg Free Press about a week ago: "A Winnipeg angler had to spend the night in the wilderness last Friday after he could not find where he had left his canoe in Nopoming Provincial Park after spending the day fishing. Lac du Bonnet RCMP officers in a helicopter found the man, 50, uninjured and in good health late the next morning. Police said yesterday that the man had become lost after canoeing on Mink Lake and walking to another lake to fish. When he returned to Mink Lake, he couldn't find his canoe. RCMP said the man phoned 911 on his cellphone, but when officers could not find him using GPS tracking, he was forced to make a temporary shelter and build a fire." (Nopoming adjoins Woodland Caribou PP on the Manitoba side)


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5465 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: I know I should have chosen the bright red one ... Reply #1 - Oct 23^rd, 2010 at 5:22am	Quote Print Post
	I wonder if his canoe was where he left it.


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Ancient_Angler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 353 Joined: Apr 21^st, 2006	Re: I know I should have chosen the bright red one ... Reply #2 - Oct 23^rd, 2010 at 8:17pm	Quote Print Post
	The case for a GPS and a SPOT. Not to mention some memory pills (I have some, but I can't remember to take them).


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8126 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: I know I should have chosen the bright red one ... Reply #3 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 2:12pm	Quote Print Post
	I carry a couple of rolls of orange surveyor's tape in my day pack. Marking your trail in unfamiliar areas is more than a prudent idea Not as hi-tech or glamorous as SPOT or GPS, but will get the job done. If you take a compass heading to the lake your heading for, you can easily take the reverse route. An orienteering compass makes it super simple.


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Preacher Contributer Subscriber Offline Posts: 1327 Location: COTU Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: I know I should have chosen the bright red one ... Reply #4 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 5:26pm	Quote Print Post
	All great suggestions. One more. Tie your canoe up. I know of a couple trippers that have had theirs blown away.


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