Originally Posted by
Prowler
My trip was many years ago but when camping on the south coast, it was the only time I’ve had to pack up my tent and the rest of my stuff at a full run. The mosquitos were real bad. Imagine taking down a tent and rolling it up at a full run ☹️
On another trip near Trois-Rivières, “up” the north bank of the St Laurence, I was impressed with how all the back porches AND the swimming pools were enclosed in screens. Some tough mosquitos and black flies.
Otherwise eastern Canada is one of my favorite places to visit, wander and explore. BTW OP, seriously consider visiting Truro to see the tidal bore on the Salmon River. We got up at 1:00am to go see it. Well worth it.
I grew up in Minnesota where my ancestors were for several generations. Thus, I have some natural immunity to mosquitos. In Minnesota, if a baby tastes good to a mosquito, the mosquito flies away with the baby to eat later. But babies that tasted bad to mosquitos were left behind to produce future generations of Minnesotans. <If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.>
I usually use Picaridin for repellant, it works pretty well but I may have to reapply it several times during the day when they are really bad. Last summer on a backpacking trip in Northern Minnesota I think I put it on about 5 or 6 times each day. I use the lotion, not the spray. And I only put enough on that I do not feel greasy after application.
I have tried spraying some of my bike clothing, such as knit jerseys that are easy for the bugs to bite through with Permethrin, but since I started doing that I have not yet been in a really buggy place to test how well it works. But I think that Permethrin is not available in Canada based on past comments I have seen in this forum. I used the Permethrin that REI sells by Sawyer.