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== Description == | == Description == | ||
A person in a canoe can carry heavier and bulkier loads than a backpacker or kayaker, and can travel farther and more easily under favorable conditions. Portaging by foot is sometimes necessary to pass between water bodies or around hazardous obstacles such as | A person in a canoe can carry heavier and bulkier loads than a backpacker or kayaker, and can travel farther and more easily under favorable conditions. Portaging by foot is sometimes necessary to pass between water bodies or around hazardous obstacles such as rapids or [[waterfall]]s, but most of the time canoe campers travel on water. Because they usually don't have to carry their gear on their backs all day long, canoe campers can bring more food and gear and undertake longer trips. Throwing a few more pounds of dried food in a backpack significantly changes a hiker's life, but a few more pounds in the bottom of a canoe barely make a difference. | ||
Although most experienced trippers feel comfortable paddling straight through large bodies of water, canoers typically stay within a few hundred metres of shore. In fact, since a fully loaded canoe only [[Draft (hull)|draws]] 12 to 16 cm (six to eight inches), it can approach a rocky shore as close as arm's-length. This proximity lets the canoer observe aquatic and near-shore plants and wildlife from a perspective that walking on solid ground does not allow. Many people [[fishing|fish]] while canoe camping. | Although most experienced trippers feel comfortable paddling straight through large bodies of water, canoers typically stay within a few hundred metres of shore. In fact, since a fully loaded canoe only [[Draft (hull)|draws]] 12 to 16 cm (six to eight inches), it can approach a rocky shore as close as arm's-length. This proximity lets the canoer observe aquatic and near-shore plants and wildlife from a perspective that walking on solid ground does not allow. Many people [[fishing|fish]] while canoe camping. | ||