Gilligallou's Blog — Outdoors

Bob Volks
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Introducing Peregrine Gannet Tents

While birding has been the focus of our mission thus far at the Gilligallou, we are expanding into the outdoor space with some amazing new products. Ranging from bushcraft-inspired tools such as our Council Tool Axes, our Canadian-made campfire grills and now, into more camping products such as our line of Peregrine Gannet Tents.

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Spring Foraging and Plant Identification with the Wild Yam

Spring Foraging and Plant Identification with the Wild Yam

We are happy to announce that we have been working on putting together a specialized workshop this spring that will bring together outdoor enthusiasts, birders, foragers or anyone interested in learning more about their natural environment.

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Gilligallou Goes Camping!

Aside from our stellar line-up of backyard birding products that we have come to be known for, we are expanding our product offering to suit more of the outdoor lifestyles we all seem to have in common. One such area is the great outdoors and camping. As a favourite pastime of ours for many years, we have been working with suppliers to get our hands on some of the industry’s best products for our valued clientele. While we certainly plan on expanding this offering, here’s a quick sampling of what is now available online and in-store for you!

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Bob Volks
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Velvicut® Premium Axes by Council Tools

We are incredibly excited about these new tools as they really are a beauty to behold (and use!). They have garnered a great deal of attention since we first announced them right before Christmas. Since that was our last transmission on these wonderful axes, we thought we’d take the opportunity to break down a couple of our favourites and tell you a little bit more about them.

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