There are multiple places online where you can download someone's version of their checklist of what they need when they go backcountry canoe camping. It's a good place to start, then you improve it by adding your own gear that you bring and feel is essential to a good trip experience.
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Here's a list of each individual item that I usually carry:
- sleeping bag
- pillow
- clothes
- toiletries
- air mattress
- stove
- fuel bottle
- camping oven (really just a special pot cozy cover)
- heat diffuser (for evening out the heat from the stove flame)
- pots, frypan, lid, handle, pot cozies
- my own dishes (plate, mug, knife, fork, spoon)
- 2 one-litre Nalgene bottles
- silicone measuring cup (to add water to dehydrated foods)
- cooking utensils
- kettle
- scrubber/sponge
- dishtowels
- camp soap
- multi-tool (pocket knife)
- water filtration system
- large water bag (to take water from the lake)
- spare filter for water filtration system
- pocket shower
- mosquito coils
- Hennesy Hammock
- extra tarp
- chair
- kneeling pad (I mostly use it as a table surface on the ground)
- bug hat and bug shirt
- gloves
- bug spray and sunscreen
- camera
- notebook and pen
- map
- clear map bag
- sunglasses
- reading glasses (2 pairs)
- toilet paper
- biodegradeable baby wipes
- small shovel (in case there's no thunderbox)
- headlamp
- mini tent lamp/flashlight
- bear bell
- rainjacket
- personal towel (1 small, 1 large)
- dried food bag with food
Here are some of the things that LT carries besides the same personal items that we both need:
- saw
- extra tarp
- compass
- map
- map bag with clear side
- waist bag
- bug shelter
- bug shelter tarp
- extra tent pegs
- sink
- special cord with pulley to hang food away from the bears
- extra paddle
- Thermocell with canisters and inserts
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| All packed up |
