Archive | June, 2008

Brothers Rescued from Flooded Iowa River

11 Jun

Two canoeists were rescued Monday from the swollen Boone River near Webster City, Iowa after they were dumped from their canoe. In the story told, HERE, in the Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal, the two men, brothers Heber and Donald Johnson, aged 77 and 67, respectively, we spotted from shore by a passer-by who alerted authorities. As the newspaper story […]

Sevareid-Inspired Pair Making Great Time

10 Jun

Back in May, HERE, we told you about recent high school graduates Sean Bloomfield and Colton Witte who were attempting to replicate Erc Sevareid and Walter Port’s 1930 canoe trip from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Sevareid, of course, made the trip famous in his book Canoeing with the Cree. Bloomfield and Witte have made remarkable […]

Canoe Yoga Anyone?

5 Jun

Thanks to a mention in the New York Times’ recent “31 Places to Go This Summer” story, HERE, a Manitoba outfitter’s unique blending of canoeing and yoga is causing a stir. Northern Soul, a Winnipeg-based canoe and adventure outfitter, offers a weekend package of canoe camping and yoga. Clients paddle to yoga-friendly campsites to practice […]

Fourth Defendant Pleads in BWCAW Terror Case

4 Jun

Jay Andrew Olson, 20, of Ely, Minnesota, became the fourth defendant to plead guilty to charges stemming from an August, 2007 incident where six local moterboaters allegedly terrorized campers in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. You can read a comprehensive story on the case HERE, from the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Olson, as the operator […]

A Long Story About a “Flatwater” Canoe

2 Jun

Let’s kick off the month with a story . . . New Hampshire Magazine’s Jack Noon, who writes mostly about “history, fishing,  or local humor” offers THIS rambling story about his $5.00, “flatwater” canoe. The story will appear in the anthology, “Live Free or Croak: a Storyteller’s Guide to New Hampshire,” due out later this summer.