THANK YOU!!!!

What a great event on Wednesday. Despite the glare ice roads over 100 people showed up to watch the premiere of Snowwalkers! A special thanks to all who donated door prizes and silent auction items. In no special order we would like to publicly thank:

Jennifer Haddow of Wild Women Expeditions who donated an Ultimate Wild Women’s Weekend which was claimed by Michelle Moore!

Martin Bertrand of Horizon X Rafting who donated two day passes for rafting on the Ottawa. This prize went unclaimed but hopefully that leaves us with an open invitation to hit some big waves with you this summer!!!

Darren R. Kleven of DRK Light who donated a stunning tile compilation of his iconic “Lonesome Pine” which was claimed by Matthew Guenther!

Bob Henderson who donated 3 signed books of his: ” Nature First,” “Pike’s Portage,” and “Every Trail Has a Story,” which were claimed by Drew Bursey and Marilyn Halls!

Garrett Conover who donated a signed copy of his latest novel, “Kristen’s Wilderness,” which was claimed by Pauline Sutherland!

Village International for donating a fancy handmade scarf which was claimed by Leah Macseain who also won the 50/50 draw of $89!!

And Judith LaPush won the bid for our 3-day Gateway to the North expedition in Killarney Provincial Park!

Thank you again to all who participated and supported this event. In our eyes this was a great success!

Join us December 4th at 7PM for the premiere of the Snowwalker documentary! For tickets and more information CLICK HERE!

We still have toboggans that need someone to haul them! Register and pay your deposit for any of this winter’s expeditions before December 8th and receive a 5% discount on the price of the expedition.

http://lureofthenorth.com/shop/product-category/expeditions/

Gerard is a very special person. With a heart of gold and a brain of neurons, Gerard for the love of winter trekking has agreed to come along and teach us a little something about winter! On our 9-day Eco-Explorer expedition in the Wolf Lake region of Temagami we will explore the little things like where does a bunting spend a night, are coniferous tree actually better suited for winter than deciduous and more! To find out more about Gerard click here! There are only 3 spots left for this expedition so don’t wait! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity (unless he agrees to do it again next year!!). Eco-Explorer information here.

For those that want a great trail toboggan at an even better price, we’ve created our “Bare Bones ‘Boggans“.  We’ve stripped the outfitting to get you a functional toboggan at the best price possible.  You add:

• a leather, cotton or nylon tump;
• rope or strap lashing; and
• an optional brake line.

to complete this package.  Enjoy!

We had a great weekend with the Art Hive making moccasins. Thank you very much for having us! Check out the photos here!

We are away this weekend in the Haliburton Highlands teaching a winter moccasin workshop at the Art Hive! We are here until Sunday and then heading right to Meadford for the week instructing another moccasin workshop to close to 30 grade 11 and 12 students at Georgian Bay Secondary School.

Soon Ontario will be over run with traditional, beautiful moccasins! Muwahhhahahahaha! One foot at a time!

So based on this post- we won’t be picking up our phone any time soon so you’d better email us if you need us! Otherwise you might just think we have terrible customer service! And we certainly don’t want you thinking that!

We have certainly been busy today and now it’s time for you to get busy hands! Check out our:

Premium Toboggan Making Kits;

Standard Toboggan Making Kits;

Cotton Canvas Anorak Kit

Trying to put this together is definitely more difficult than any of our DIY kits! Kie found this deer skeleton at our new FUTURE HOME!!!!  (foreshadowing…)

We have finally gotten these new products available for you! Check ’em out by clicking on each of them!

Toboggan Tanks!

Bob Dustrude Saw Sheaths!

Canvas Log Carriers!

After looking at the maps and thinking about it long and hard we have finalized our winter expedition schedule for 2014!! Check it out and we hope to see you on the trail!