Equipment for the Boundary Water Canoe Area
Wilderness and Quetico Park of Canada

Outdoor Adventure Canoe Outfitters offers the finest, lightest, and most complete outfitting available. The quality of equipment and supplies can make a great deal of difference in the enjoyment of your trip. All our equipment and supplies have been personally tested for use in the northwoods. We hope you'll notice not only the quality of the equipment we use, but all the little items we furnish. Our attention to detail is unrivaled, and goes a long way to making your stay in the north country a pleasure not soon to be forgotten.

CANOES
ALUMINUM
Outdoor Adventure offers Alumacraft 17’ and 18’ lightweight canoes, weighing 65 and 71 lbs respectively (many standard weight aluminum canoe weigh 80+ lbs.) In addition, we offer the popular Alumacraft 17’ Voyageur model, with low-cut sides and weighing only 56 lbs.

KEVLAR
We also provide We-No-Nah and Souris River Kevlar canoes to our guests that want to paddle the LIGHTEST, TOUGHEST, and most EFFICIENT canoes available.

WE-NO-NAH
The premier canoe for long trips in lake regions. Fast, efficient, lightweight, deep hull design, this canoe carries a "truckload" of gear with ease, a true wilderness tripper.

SOURIS RIVER CANOES
The Wilderness 18 handles incredibly well in rough water, and with lots of freeboard you're sure to stay dry. This straight tracking canoe has a 2" rocker which allows you to turn when you need to. Made for the Northwoods! -45lbs-

TENTS
We use only Eureka and Sierra Designs brand tents. Both come with reinforced coated nylon and factory taped floors to keep water out, waterproof fly, no-see-um netting, and a storm proof door. The Comet, by Sierra Designs is a dome style tent that includes two doors and a vestibule on their full-coverage rain fly, and is used with our Ultra-light packages. The Timberline, an A-frame style tent by Eureka, is used in our Deluxe Outfitting package. Both tents are light, breathable, take only minutes to set up, and is a personal of our staff on our own trips into the BWCAW and Quetico Parks.

SLEEPING BAGS
At Outdoor Adventure we use fast drying, synthetic fill sleeping bags manufactured by Slumberjack, Kelty, and Wiggys. We'll put you in the right bag for your trip - depending on the weather, time of year, or whether you'll be moving every day or just throwing up a base camp. Our bags are freshly laundered after every trip!

SLEEPING PADS
A good pad under your back can make the difference between a good nights rest or a sleepless night. We use self-inflating sleeping pads by Slumberjack. Simply unroll them, open the valve, and they do the rest. These pads are wider than many other pads on the market and inflate to 1.5 inches thick. We also offer Z-Rest closed cell foam pads. These full length pads are extremely lightweight, comfortable, and easy to use all over camp.

PACKS
Our backpacks are "homegrown" right here in Ely, Minnesota by Kondos Outdoors. We offer a wide range of backpacks - from our standard #3 and #4 Duluth style packs - to our Deluxe portage packs which include a padded foam back, hip belts, sternum straps, and side compression straps. These packs are rugged to stand up to northwoods abuse. We also offer standard external frame packs.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN COMPLETE OUTFITTING?
Included in your outfitting supplies are the following items:

We furnish the packs for these supplies as well as your personal packs for your clothing and supplies.

WHAT TO BRING
CLOTHING: You're the best judge of how much you need to bring to be comfortable on your adventure. Just remember that everything you bring you'll have to carry. Here is a list of what we suggest.

• 1 pair Hiking Boots, or rubber boots (for spring and fall) • 1 pair tennis shoes, sandals, or moccasins for camp • 2 pair heavy boot socks (for spring and fall) • 3 pair socks • 2-3 pair underwear • 2 pair trousers • 3 T-shirts • 2 Heavy wool, flannel, or chamois shirts • 1 Longsleeve shirt or turtleneck (spring and fall) • 1 pair long Underwear (Spring and fall) • 1 Bathing Suit or Shorts • 1 Light Jacket or windbreaker • 1 Brimmed hat • 1 pair Gloves (spring and fall) • 2 piece Raingear

From the above list you'll be wearing some into the wilderness. The remaining items need to be packed in waterproof bags or wrapped in plastic to keep water out. Synthetic clothing materials are best, try and stay away from Cotton except for T-shirts.

ALSO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS

• Rain Gear • Insect Repellent • Fishing Gear • Pliers or Multi-tool • Stringer • Fillet knife • Sharpening Stone • Flashlight or headlamp • Lighter

• Towel • Toiletries • Fishing Net • Rod Case • Extra Batteries • Pocket Knife • First Aid Kit • Chapstick-lotion

• Camera, Film • Suntan Lotion • Sunglasses • Extra glasses (if you wear them) • Repair kit (for glasses, clothing) • Paperback Book • Journal, Pen • Cards, Games