Canoe Trails Training Manual

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8. Dishwashing and Sterilizing (cont.) Articles can be removed from the boiling water with metal tongs or with clean sticks which have been in the boiling water at least five minutes 9. Water For Drinking In "civilized" country, you have to assume that every lake and stream is polluted, so you sterilize the water always before drinking it. Boiling for 10 minutes, or adding halazone tablets or a drop of tincture of iodine from your first aid kit in each quart of water will make it safe. In the wilderness of the Canadian canoe country, away from the summer cottages, you can drink the water anywhere unless there is some local contamination from a pulp mill or mining operation. It's still a good idea to go off shore in a canoe to get your pails of water. You can dip your cup over the side whenever you get thirsty as you cruise. Keep your eyes open for springs or small streams on a portage or near a camp if you want to drink colder water than that in the lakes and rivers. 10 . First Aid In spite of care, fingers get burned, arms get scratched, knees get bumped, feet get blistered, and there is always the chance that someone might have a more serious accident. To provide immediate first aid, each person carries as part of his personal equipment a pocket kit. No injury, however slight, should ever be neglected; tend to it
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