- Combined requirements for Alaska, former Canadian requirements and recommendations. Summer only.
- Personal needs and preferences will modify this list.
-   X indicates "not carried" in 2002
  (It's a bit amusing or interesting to compare this list of required items, to the list of items now prohibited for airline travel carry-on.)

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Packed    ( plus Shotgun, case)

Knife: Swiss Army / Leatherman / jacknife / hunting - * on belt
Two boxes of matches, waterproof container, metal match - *one on belt
Fire starter: steel wool / fuel sticks or tablets, candle
Compass - portable
Whistle, cord
Food: 10,000 calories, sealed (Two weeks)
Axe or hatchet
Mosquito head net
Survival manual
Fishing gear (hooks, flies, lines, sinkers) [compact]
First Aid kit
Water filter / treatment tablets
Signal Mirror
Signaling device (strobe light) / three highway flares

Recommended but not required:
Insect repellant
Stove, fuel [compact]
Cooking pot
Flexible saw blade
Gill net < 2 inches
Snare wire, 30 feet (9 m), instructions (.020" safety wire in tool kit)
Conspicuity panel (8' x 10' orange tarp)   X
(now optional): Shotgun / rifle with ammo (see Canadian Laws)

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Camping Equipment