• Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

A Word in the Woods

A city-dweller's outdoor travels, gear reviews and field tests, survival tips and tricks, camping and canoeing.

  • Home
  • 💼 Shop Handmade Leatherwork 💼
  • Articles…
    • HowTo
    • News
    • Gear
    • tips
    • Canoe
  • Contact Me
  • About

Time for a wanigan

September 20, 2009 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

  I’d like to talk about one decision I’ve made when it comes to kitchen on a canoe trip. There’s a part of me that wants to go as ultra-light as possible, knife and a flint striker and some rope, and improvise from there, but there’s another, more obsessive side that wants to bring every…

Read More »

Filed Under: Canoe, Front Page, Gear, HowTo, Things to try, tips Tagged With: Canoe, food, kitchen, tips, wanagan, wanigan, wannigan

If you didn’t learn anything, you weren’t paying attention

July 1, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

In about a week and a half, I’ll be headed out to a bit of crown land with a friend of mine. It’s going to be an interesting experience, since I’m not used to letting someone else plan a route for me. I’ll be going in essentially blind, but that’s fine. I’m going with a…

Read More »

Filed Under: Personal, Things to try, tips Tagged With: general, learning

Making the portage more enjoyable

June 13, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

I have a saying, “I’d rather spend more time in the canoe than under it.” We all love canoeing, but not many look forward to the portages. They can be stifling, sweaty, buggy and tiring affairs that feel like more work than they’re worth. They’re well worth it, but here’s some ways I make the…

Read More »

Filed Under: Front Page, tips Tagged With: canoeing, portaging

Assembling the Pakcanoe

June 10, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann 3 Comments

I live in a small apartment in downtown Toronto, Canada, so I had a few challenges to deal with when deciding which canoe to buy. I needed flexible storage and transportation options. I ended up with a Pakcanoe, a skin-on-frame canoe that comes apart and stores or travels in a bag about the size of…

Read More »

Filed Under: Canoe, Front Page, Gear, HowTo, tips Tagged With: assembly, Canoe, pakboats, pakcanoe

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2

Follow @awordinthewoods

Twitter

  • Just posted a photo @ Toronto, Ontario, Canada https://t.co/gzZiGIGnmr June 17, 2022 9:03 pm
  • Just posted a photo @ Leslieville https://t.co/tR3TbjMvQ9 April 28, 2022 6:37 pm
  • When the straps on a Barcelona chair start to give out, replacing them with proper vegetable-tanned full grain leat… https://t.co/a3EuvWSxeY April 6, 2022 4:13 am

Copyright © 2022 · Michael Zimmermann