Comments on: Umbagog Lake https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/umbagog-lake/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Tom DeVries https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/umbagog-lake/#comment-70839 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:27:22 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=43222#comment-70839 This poster is Jessica’s sketch of our Umbagog trip.

]]> By: TOM DEVRIES https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/umbagog-lake/#comment-70685 Sun, 03 Apr 2022 19:31:58 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=43222#comment-70685 In reply to Jim Duff.

Thank you, Jim.
Camping on shore, I’ve always felt better having my boat nearby on dry ground. But scrapes and dings are inevitable. I remember patching a crack in a wooden canoe on the Yukon River with chopped dog hair mixed in melted spruce resin.
I don’t have beach rollers, but think they would be a good addition to our freight canoe kit, especially as our dead-lift ability fades with age.
I would recommend Chris Cunningham’s July 2021 article on clothesline anchoring for a possible off shore solution.

]]> By: TOM DEVRIES https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/umbagog-lake/#comment-70684 Sun, 03 Apr 2022 19:25:29 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=43222#comment-70684 In reply to Greig Shearer.

We’ll make our way back some day to find Forest Lodge. Looking at the Northern Forest Canoe Trail map I see the portage trail along the north side of Rapid River leads you there. And it would certainly be good to start where you did, Greig, and explore more of the Rangeley Lakes region. On our visit to Umbagog, a pleasant park ranger told us he had a boat similar in size to ours that he powered with a 2 1/2-horse motor and he comfortably made his way on all the big lakes of western Maine.

]]> By: Paul McGuire https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/umbagog-lake/#comment-70654 Sat, 02 Apr 2022 23:28:34 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=43222#comment-70654 Wow – the memories triggered by your rendition of the trip! Raised in the upper Androscoggin valley, years of cruising and camping on Umbagog and the upriver lakes in all their moods have been a wonderful and, yes, a spiritual part of my life. Thanks!

]]> By: Jim Duff https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/umbagog-lake/#comment-70611 Sat, 02 Apr 2022 12:24:49 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=43222#comment-70611 Tom, thanks for a great narrative that satisfies all of one’s senses. Umbagog sounds a lot like Lac St. Francois just to the north in Quebec, with rocky lee shores aplenty. I’ve been tinkering with various methods of anchoring off or being able to pull our craft up on the shingle with airbags. Thoughts?

]]> By: Greig Shearer https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/umbagog-lake/#comment-70607 Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:58:00 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=43222#comment-70607 My wife and I did a reverse version of this trip around 35 years ago, from Bugle Cove on Mooselookmeguntic to Middle Dam on lower Richardson, in a Mansfield canoe with an old Johnson 3-horse on a side bracket. A bit crazy, but we were young and (I was) foolish. Those are big lakes, with big wind and waves, but it was a memorable journey. We did get to see Forest Lodge, the inspiration for the whole project.

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