Quetico Trip - Gear Breakdown
Below is a photo of all of our camping gear we packed for 5 days in the Northern Ontario wilderness, minus the 15L dry bag and 10L cooler for our food. All of this was packed into a 70L Yukon CT pack and a 75L MEC Vektor pack. Canoe and paddles were rented from Camp Quetico Outfitters.
The Gear
Cooking stuff:
– 2x 1L Nalgene water bottles
– 2x aluminum coffee cups
– reusable coffee filter (Amazon link)
– tea diffuser
– Mini camping stove and pot set (Amazon link)
– 2x 230g isobutane fuel cannisters
– plastic cutlery and bowls
– tongs
– pan with folding handle
– fillet knife
– 3L Katadyn BeFree water filter (Amazon link)
Tools:
– Gerber multitool (Amazon Link)
– folding saw (Amazon link)
– compass
– folding shovel (Amazon link)
– hatchet
– 6x bungee cords (2-3 feet)
– 2x long ropes (40 feet)
– lantern
– 2x headlamps
– waterproof matches
– flint/magnesium firestick
Med Kit:
– Polysporin
– Advil
– Benadryl
– Afterbite
– Waterproof bandages
– gauze
– rubbing alcohol
– tweezers
– medical tape & kin tape
Clothes (per person):
– rain pants
– rain coat
– hoodie
– warm pants
– 2x shorts
– 2x t-shirts
– long sleeve t-shirt
– 4x underwear
– 3x pairs of socks
– Crocs
– hat
– mosquito net
Miscellaneous:
– toiletries (toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, lip chap, camp suds, etc.)
– 2x MEC ultralite chairs (link)
– newspaper (for firestarter)
– books (for reading)
– hammock (link)
– camping journal
– fishing rod
– fishing tackle
– Canon EOS Rebel T7 (with 18-55mm & 75-300mm lenses)
– portable solar power bank
– 2x quick dry towels (Link)
Breakfast/Lunch/Snacks:
– coffee grounds
– loose leaf tea
– sugar
– milk
– bread
– ham
– cheese
– apples
– pepperettes
– beef jerky
– Crispers
– Gold Fish
– granola bars
– protein bars
– marshmallows
Dinner 1: Breakfast sandwiches
– english muffins, bacon, eggs (pre-cracked in tupperware), avocado, cheese, butter
Dinner 2: Hamburger mac and cheese
– macaroni, cheese, diced peppers, ground beef, hot sauce (all pre-cooked and wrapped in tin foil to heat over fire)
Dinner 3: Dehydrated pasta primavera
Dinner 4: Dehydrated 3-cheese chicken pasta
Post-trip packing thoughts:
We forgot to pack our duct tape. Luckily nothing ripped so we didn’t need it. Good thing we packed all the rain gear, weather was not good. Really nice have a large tarp to make a rain shelter with. New hammock was awesome, really nice to relax in. It’s nice having a couple real meals before transitioning to dehydrated meals at the end of the trip. Having dehydrated meals is space/weight efficient but for canoeing trips you can sacrifice that for some good food. For backpacking trips you might want to focus more on saving weight.
What would you have brought?