Expert Gear Reviews for Canadian Adventurers
You know the moment. Dusk settles over the lake, the fire finally catches, and something you cannot see starts gnawing on your ears, neck and ankles. Mosquitoes at least have the decency to whine before they strike. Biting midges just bite. A no-see-um mesh jacket is the grown-up answer: a wearable screen door that blocks … Read more
You know the moment. It’s mid-May, the sun is out, the river is running high, and something the size of a grain of rice lands on your hairline and starts to carve. That’s a blackfly. A blackfly protection jacket is the closest thing to a force field a Canadian can buy for the cost of … Read more
Picture a June evening on a Canadian Shield lake. The water is glass, the loons are warming up, and the fire has finally caught. Then the whine starts. First one mosquito. Then twelve. Then, somewhere around dusk, what feels like the entire population of Northern Ontario, all of them holding a grudge. This is exactly … Read more
There’s a particular sound every Canadian knows. That high, thin whine right next to your ear at 9 p.m. on a dock in Muskoka, or at a trailhead in the Laurentians, or in your own backyard in Winnipeg when you made the mistake of watering the tomatoes at dusk. You swat. It comes back. It … Read more