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Pack Liner

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Pack Liner

Christin Fargo

Duluth, MN

Price

$3.00

About this piece

A pack liner is a big, heavyweight, plastic bag used to ensure a watertight pack while on a canoe trip. Yes, waxed canvas is water resistant, and no, not everyone always uses a pack liner. We include them and offer them to help ensure good canoe trips.

About the artist

Christin Fargo started Frost River in Duluth in 2002 with a single sewing machine and a belief that gear should outlive the person carrying it. The company now employs 40 craftspeople in a century-old building overlooking Lake Superior. Every bag uses Martexin Original Wax canvas — milled in New Jersey since 1838 — and SB Foot Tannery leather from Red Wing, Minnesota. The lifetime guarantee isn't marketing; it's how they were raised.

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