https://riversportsmag.com Good fun on Earth's life-giving rivers. Tue, 08 Sep 2020 00:10:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://riversportsmag.com/files/2025/08/cropped-cropped-RSM-2-32x32.jpg https://riversportsmag.com 32 32 43910345 https://riversportsmag.com/2020/08/28/cold-weather-canoeing-in-michigans-upper-peninsula-wilderness/ https://riversportsmag.com/2020/08/28/cold-weather-canoeing-in-michigans-upper-peninsula-wilderness/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2020 23:20:43 +0000 https://riversportsmag.com/?p=3702 It was an early afternoon in late October as we launched our two canoes from a landing onto a winding lake in an Upper Michigan wilderness area. Temperatures were around 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and winds were 5 to 10 mph … Continue reading →

]]> https://riversportsmag.com/2020/08/28/cold-weather-canoeing-in-michigans-upper-peninsula-wilderness/feed/ 0 3702 https://riversportsmag.com/2015/08/04/wildlife-encounters-on-the-water/ https://riversportsmag.com/2015/08/04/wildlife-encounters-on-the-water/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:22:50 +0000 https://riversportsmag.com/?p=2607 The words “canoeing” and “wild life” seem to be in contradiction, since canoeing connotes a relaxing and peaceful paddle on a remote lake or flowing river; while the wild life indicates someone who is wild, impulsive, excitable, and a party-person. … Continue reading →

]]> https://riversportsmag.com/2015/08/04/wildlife-encounters-on-the-water/feed/ 1 2607 https://riversportsmag.com/2014/08/28/canoe-camping-plan-pack-and-paddle/ https://riversportsmag.com/2014/08/28/canoe-camping-plan-pack-and-paddle/#respond Fri, 29 Aug 2014 02:14:02 +0000 https://riversportsmag.com/?p=1614 On a sunny weekend in June several years ago, a few friends and I scouted the Manitowish and Trout Rivers of the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest in northern Wisconsin. We were in search of a water trail for … Continue reading →

]]> https://riversportsmag.com/2014/08/28/canoe-camping-plan-pack-and-paddle/feed/ 0 1614 https://riversportsmag.com/2014/06/27/paddling-my-spirit-on-a-wisconsin-flowage/ https://riversportsmag.com/2014/06/27/paddling-my-spirit-on-a-wisconsin-flowage/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2014 23:28:43 +0000 https://riversportsmag.com/?p=1299 On a sunny July morning a few years ago, my wife and I drove from our home on the Big Eau Pleine Flowage in north-central Wisconsin to Winona, Minnesota. It was approximately a 140-mile drive. But, it was well worth … Continue reading →

]]> https://riversportsmag.com/2014/06/27/paddling-my-spirit-on-a-wisconsin-flowage/feed/ 0 1299