I Love Paddling

With the Midwest enduring some of the coldest, snowiest and stormiest winters in recent memory, it’s no wonder we aren’t recreating outdoors very much these days. But in the greater scheme of things, nobody’s getting out much at all, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and […]

‘Tis the season for doing without in the Christian church, and for one environmentalist, this means forgoing his car for a canoe. Ben Clowney, along with his colleagues at the UK Christian development agency Tearfund, has undertaken a “carbon fast” for Lent, and from February 8 – 14 he sought to cut his carbon emissions […]

The canoe is making a splash in the art world on this side of the pond, as well as in the current Peter Doig show at London’s Tate Modern (see the Canoeing News post on Doig’s canoes HERE). Sally Thurlow, a Canadian sculptor, recently opened her exhibition “Canoe Dreamings” at the Tom Thomson Gallery in […]

Could your water bottle be a danger to you? Science Daily reports HERE that exposure to potentially harmful Bisphenol A (BPA) from polycarbonate plastic bottles is increased by the temperature of the liquid in the bottles, according to a University of Cincinnati study. The colorful, hard plastic water bottles popular with paddlers and other outdoor enthusiasts are […]

Canoeing.com is ready for the paddling season, even if the weather isn’t! We’ve updated our Gear Guide for the coming season with 233 new items spread across diverse categories like PFDs, Car Roof Racks, Yokes/Tumplines, Thwart/Bow Bags, Spray Skirts, Portage Canoe Wheels, Repair Kits/Parts, and Anchor Bags. There’s even a separate Whitewater Accessories section which […]

Ever wonder what a $10 million canoe looks like? Just click HERE to see … Now, while you won’t see Peter Doig’s White Canoe — yes, it’s an expensive painting we’re talking about — if you attend the Doig retrospective at the Tate Gallery in London, you will be able to enjoy more than 50 of the British-born, Canadian-bred artist’s […]

Speaking of the North West Company … We thought it worth noting that a new edition of Jean Morrison’s Superior Rendezvous-Place: Fort William in the Canadian Fur Trade was recently published. Morrison’s history of fur trade activities in the Thunder Bay, Ontario region is a fine read for history buffs, fur trade enthusiasts, and paddlers […]

We are familiar with the Northern, the grocery and general merchandise chain whose stores dot the communities of the far north. We’ve even got a story about the Northern in Baker Lake, Nunavut, where, after a rationed, 50-day canoe trip, we imagined the treats we could reward ourselves with — a cold Pepsi was one […]