I Love Paddling

Teams of paddlers on London, Ontario’s Fanshawe Lake will propel their boats for twelve continuous hours in a charity relay to celebrate cancer survivorship called the Paddle for Life. The June 7th event, co-sponsored by Nova Craft Canoes, Veo Natural Spring Water, and the artist Philip Aziz, will donate its proceeds to Wellspring, a cancer support […]

The paddling duo of Andy Triebold and Steve Lajoie is racing like it’s still 2008. The team that swept last year’s North American “Triple Crown” canoe races, kicked of the 2009 season with a repeat victory last weekend at New York’s General Clinton Canoe Regatta. The General Clinton is the first jewel of the canoe racing trifecta that […]

Here’s one from our “Hat’s Off Department:” We recently learned about a program that northern Wisconsin’s Friends of St. Croix Headwaters has organized which seeks to provide educational canoeing opportunities to local students. It seemed like just the sort of thing deserving a vitual pat on the back. The program called Canoes on Wheels provides […]

We were delighted to learn from New Jersey’s The Star Ledger that middle and high school students from four New Jersey schools launched and paddled canoes last weekend—canoes they built themselves. Setting out in watercraft painted in their school colors and christened with names like “Chocolate Express” and “Wild Cat,” the students explored the Passaic […]

Leave it to our sensible friends to the north to honor the humble canoe with a national day of recognition. On June 26, the canoe—officially named one of Canada’s seven wonders in 2007—will be celebrated with the third annual Canadian National Canoe Day. Last year, the Canadian Canoe Museum hosted a party in Peterborough, Ontario, […]

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Minnesota’s reputation as the land of 10,000 lakes is well earned, but did you know that Minnesota also boasts 30 water trails for canoeing and kayaking? The Minnesota DNR manages over 4,000 miles of water trails on the north shore of Lake Superior and rivers throughout the state. This spring and summer, the Agency is producing podcasts on each […]

Looking forward to your first paddle of the season? We learned about a great way to get back on the water and make your first canoe trip of the summer a meaningful event—by joining the 1st Annual Christopher Schmidt Wilderness Adventure Fundraiser on Saturday, May 16. The event features a group paddle down a 10-mile […]