Gift Idea: Explore Magazine

Looking for a stocking stuffer for the outdoors lover in your life? Head over to your local magazine shop and pick up the Winter issue of Explore Magazine. Explore is $5.95 through your local newsstand, or $4.99 through the Zinio app on your iPad, iPhone, Android or computer.

If you're looking for a gift for under the tree, you can give a gift subscription to Explore as well.

Gift Idea: David's Tea Mugs

In an earlier Gift Idea post we mentioned the David's Tea: Mug Tails as a possible gift for the outdoors lover, but David's Tea has even more gift ideas. Here is an outdoorsy Giant Perfect Tea Mug with your choice of trees, or snowshoes (and included stainless steel strainer).

Gift Idea: Natural Wood Gifts from The Woodlot

The Woodlot use fallen trees and reclaimed lumber to turn a little piece of Nature into buttons, jewellery, toys and home accents. Based here in Ontario, Jessie Hirt & Darren Mangin sell their crafts through their Etsy store and at craft fairs. You can also follow The Woodlot on Facebook.

Gift Idea: IMBA 2013 Mountain Bike Calendar

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of IMBA, purchase the 2013 IMBA Mountain Bike Calendar. It is $19.95 or you can get it free when you donate $40 or more to IMBA's Annual Fund.

Gift Idea: Outside Inside Board Games

Canoe Poker

Canoe Dominoes

Outside Inside make great gift ideas for the outdoors lover in your life. Check out their line of board games in the shape of outdoors gear. Canoe Poker, Canoe Dominoes, Canoe Cribbage and Snowshoe Cribbage are timeless games for all ages, and that much more fun in these shapes. They are about $40 to $50 depending on the store. Some outdoors stores such as Sojourn carry them.

You can follow Outside Inside on Facebook and Twitter.

Canoe Cribbage

Snowshoe Cribbage

Gift Idea: Lego Log Cabin

If you're looking for a unique gift idea for the outdoors lover in your life, check out the Lego: Log Cabin. For ages 7 to 12 (*cough* and older), this 355 piece set has an adorable minifigure with a backpack and canoe! It is $40.

There are now Lego stores at Sherway Gardens, Fairview Mall and coming soon to Vaughan Mills (opening March 2013). It can also be found at Sears.ca (and on sale until December 20th)

Best Christmas Camp Gifts with Kevin Callan

The Happy Camper goes shopping at Wild Rock for some Christmas Gifts.

Gift Idea: New Things from Les Stroud

There are three new fun gift ideas in Les Stroud's online store.

The first is Les' new album Wonderful Things which is now available in a CD/DVD bundle for $19.95 and includes a bonus documentary of the work done on the album.

The second is the Director's Cut DVD of Survivorman 10 Days which is $29.99. The DVD includes Les' trip to Norway and Mexico in the attempt to survive for ten days instead of seven.

The third is the Bushman Wetterlings Ax which is $149. Les Stroud just partnered with Wetterlings to release this new (0.75 kg) hand-forged ax.

Gift Idea: Northern Park Apparel Shirts

The dynamic duo at Northern Park Apparel not only offer shirts that are Canadian inspired, but display iconic Canadian images to show off with pride. They are $25 each and be sure to follow them on Twitter as there are daily deals until December 12th with chances to win free prizes.

Terry Grant Has a New Mantracking Book

The original Mantracker, Terry Grant has a new book coming out called Mantracking: The Ultimate Guide to Tracking Man or Beast. The book isn't in stores, but can be ordered online and a portion of the profits go to Scouts Canada. Order your book at Mantracking.ca (first 10,000 books sold from the site will have rounded corners so they don't get folded when stuffing the book into your sack).

There is an interview with the book's co-author Nadine Robinson who is a freelance writer and followed Terry to write the book.