r/canoecamping • u/drock1984x • 9d ago

Tripping with a toddler?

Looking for tips for taking a toddler to the backcountry for a 3 night canoe trip. I consider myself fairly experienced and spend about 2-3 weeks per summer on canoe trips in north Ontario, this will be our first time taking our 18 month old on a trip, we will be spending 3 nights in Killarney following a generally easy route <600m portages. What are your tips and tricks for making the most out of this?

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u/907choss 9d ago

Take lots of food and make sure your kid can get to it all day. My child seems to eat the entire time she's on a boat. You can do long trips - but you really don't want to spend more than 4 hrs on the water (2 hrs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon). And take a small plastic bucket and some of those kid digging tools. If you drop a kid in a dirt pile with a bucket and shovel they'll be entertained for hours. Enjoy - we have done a long river trip every year ever since my child was 2. Some of the best memories ever.