Pete & Bill,

Thanks for your information on the estimated times. We will have a
long day ahead of us on our last leg of our trip. Our morning will
start with a 6 mile hike and then a 6 mile canoe trip and then approx.
6 hours of driving to get to our final destination. My wife and I are
amateur hikers and paddlers, and I think we might be also be
considered hurting puppies after this little adventure! People have
commented, this doesn't sound like much of a vacation, but boy am I
ready for the peace and quite of the backcountry! Again, thanks for
the feedback, this will help with the planning phase!

Jeff Reynolds
Grand Rapids, MI

Peter H wrote in message ...
jreynolds9 wrote:

I am hoping that someone could give me a good estimate on how long it
would take to paddle a canoe across a nice, calm 6 mile lake with two
people. My wife and I will be backcountry camping at Glacier National
Park this August and part of the leg of our trip is to paddle 6 miles
to the first campsite on Kintla Lake. We have a tight schedule on our
return trip and it would help to estimate how long we will be on the
water with a loaded canoe. Any comments would be appreciated!


My rule of thumb is to allow 2 m.p.h. overall with moderate load &
relatively calm conditions. It's possible to double that going with
current or the wind, perhaps a bit better than half if going into a
10-20 mile breeze. These general rates would be for people of average
condition in a canoe large enough for the task at hand and not
travelling over 6-7 miles per segment.

Yours in the north Maine woods,
Pete Hilton aka The Ent