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Canister rental locations

Are you looking for a place to buy or rent a bear-resistant food canister?

Locate a store by geographic region.
Locate a store by store's name.

Find a store that rents or sells canisters near you

Canada

Mountain Equipment Coop
La Cordée

The U.S.

New York

The Adirondacks
Tri-Lakes Area (Northern and Eastern High Peaks)
     Keene Valley
     The Mountaineer
     McDonough's Valley Hardware

     Lake Placid
     EMS
     Lake Placid Mountaineering
     High Peaks Information Center (Adirondack Mountain Club, Heart Lake)
     High Peaks Cyclery
     Mountain & Boardertown

     Saranac Lake
     Adirondack Lakes and Trails Outfitter
     St. Regis Canoe Outfitter
     Blue Line Sport Shop

     Tupper Lake
     Raquette River Outfitters


Central Adirondacks
   
  Newcomb (Southern High Peaks)
     Cloudsplitter Outfitters
     Visitor's Interpretive Center

     Inlet 
     Mountain Man Outfitters

     Long Lake
     Hoss's Country Corner
     Northern Borne Store on the Lake

Plattsburgh
    Wooden Ski and Wheel
    Gander Mountain Sports

Albany region
    EMS

Western & Central New York
    EMS

Catskills
    Kenco

Vermont

Climb High
EMS

Massachusetts

EMS

Rhode Island

EMS

Rent over the internet

Wild Ideas

Outdoor Retail Shops that rent or sell bear-resistant food canisters
R=Store rents canisters
S=Store sells canisters
*=The stores marked with asterisks participate in the Adirondack Communities and Conservation Program's BBEAR effort and have received canisters and information through WCS

Adirondack Lakes and Trails Outfitters, Saranac Lake, NY  (R*)
      1-800-491-0414

Adirondack Mountain Club's High Peaks Information Center, Lake Placid, NY (R*)
      518-523-3480

Blue Line Sport Shop, Saranac Lake, NY (R*,S)
       518-891-4680

Climb High, Shelburne, VT (R*)
      802-985-5055

Cloudsplitter Outfitters, Newcomb, NY  (R*)
      518-582-2583

Eastern Mountain Sports in the following locations: 

•  Lake Placid 518-523-2505  (R*)
•  Albany 518-482-0088  (R*,S)
•  Saratoga Springs 518-580-1505  (R*,S)
•  Rochester 585-272-0090  (R*,S)
•  Syracuse 315-466-1026  (R*,S)
•  Buffalo (Tonawanda) 716-838-4200  (R*,S)
•  Buffalo (Blasdell) 716-824-1817 (R,S)
•  Syracuse (Fayetteville) 315-637-9250 (R,S)
•  Ithaca 607-272-1935 (R,S)
•  Schenectady (Niskayuna) 518-388-2700 (R,S)
•  Burlintgon, VT 802-864-0473 (R*)
•  Boston, MA 617-254-4250 (R)
•  Worcester, MA 508-865-6776 (R)
•  Burlington, MA 781-229-9797 (R)
•  Marlborough, MA 508-481-2107 (R)
•  Cranston, RI 401-944-5500 (R)

Gander Mountain Sports, Plattsburgh, NY (S)
     518-566-6100

High Peaks Cyclery, Lake Placid, NY (R,S)
       518-523-3764

Hoss's Country Corner, Long Lake, NY  (S)
       518-624-2481

Kenco: The Work and Play Outfitters, Kingston, NY (R*)
      800-872-2964

La Cordée, Quebec, Canada, in the following locations (all at 514-524-1106):
•  Montreal (R,S)
•  Laval (R,S)
•  St-hubert (R,S)

Lake Placid Mountaineering, Lake Placid, NY (R*)
       518-523-7586

McDonough's Valley Hardware, Keene Valley, NY (R*)
       518-576-4330

The Mountaineer, Keene Valley, NY (R*,S)
       518-576-2281

Mountain & Boardertown, Lake Placid, NY (R,S)
     518-523-9443

Mountain Equipment Co-op in the following locations:
•  Montreal 514-788-5878 (R*) 
•  Ottawa 613-729-2700 (R*)    

Mountain Man Outfitters Inlet, NY  (R*)
      315-357-6672

Northern Borne Store on the Lake, Long Lake, NY (R*)
      518-624-3271

Raquette River Outfitters, Tupper Lake, NY  (R,S)
      518-359-3228

St. Regis Canoe Outfitters, Saranac Lake, NY (R*)
      518-891-1838

Visitor Interpretive Center, Newcomb, NY (R*)
      518-582-2000

Wild Ideas (R,S)
       The Bearikade canister manufacturer rents and sells canisters by phone and over the internet.  They will ship a rental canister to you.
      
www.wild-ideas.net
       805-693-0550

Wooden Ski and Wheel, Plattsburgh, NY
      518-561-2790

Is your store missing from this list?  Contact us about adding a bear canister rental location.

 

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