On a warm evening earlier this summer, Brandon DeVito and I stood on the edge of Lower Saranac Lake. Devito, an avid paddler and vice chair of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, was my guide for our ...

If you think you’re tough, try paddling and carrying a canoe some 740 miles over 56 days. That’s what Donnie Mullen did in 2000 when he became the first person to through-paddle the Northern Forest ...

“I didn’t want something big to take home to my normal life. I want a trip like the Northern Forest Canoe Trail to be my normal life.” The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is a 740-mile chain of lakes, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Northern Forest Canoe Trail assistant trail director Nick Hall. The Northern ...

BREMEN — Laurie Chandler’s journal from her 53-day trip along the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail includes a lot of numbers. But the 67 portages across 127 miles that she carried her canoe while ...

2024 was a busy year for the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. The nonprofit group maintains and promotes the 740-mile water trail from Old Forge through the Adirondacks and into Vermont, New Hampshire, ...

Peter Macfarlane has paddled into a headwind riding four-foot waves on Lake Champlain. He’s seen ospreys, eagles and kingfishers while canoeing on the Missisquoi River. And he’s eaten pizza in Swanton ...

This year the Northern Forest Canoe Trail marked the 10th anniversary of its official opening. From its western end in Old Forge, New York, the trail snakes steadily northeast across Vermont, briefly ...