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What to Give the Paddling Dad

18 May

What do you give to the canoeing-obsessed father?  Our experts pick nine favorite gifts for paddlers that are sure to make him smile — and better yet, they’re gifts he’ll actually use! Whether you’re making his next canoe trip a little more luxurious, or alot safer, our top picks — ranging from $0 to $100 […]

Dream of Paddling in the Far North?

26 Mar

Join Canoeing.com in St. Paul MN this Saturday, March 27, 2010 at the Far North Symposium to hear speakers, share stories, and find inspiration in paddling the waterways of Northern Canada. Enjoy slide/video presentations by experienced paddlers on paddling in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and more. Open to the public! Find out more about attending the Far North […]

Canoecopia 2010

24 Mar

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at this year’s Canoecopia hosted by Rutabaga in Madison Wisconsin. Here are a few photos for your enjoyment, post yours on the Canoeing.com Facebook Fan Page.

We’ll See You at Canoecopia

10 Mar

Canoeing.com is thrilled to have a booth at this year’s Canoecopia event in Madison WI. Stop by the booth and enter to win sweet prizes from www.ShopCanoeing.com, grab one of our new stickers (to decorate your canoe of course) or pick up a brochure chock full of ideas for your next canoe trip! Click here for […]

Winter Paddling Advice from Pennsylvania

7 Jan

We enjoyed Brain Hunter’s advice for winter paddlers in the Sunbury, Pennsylvania Daily Item. In his article, HERE, Hunter notes that the flowing waters of Pennsylvania can still offer paddling opportunities in the winter months.  Safety is a factor, of course, and Hunter offers some practical advice for staying warm and dry — both in your canoe and […]

Paddling Down Maine’s Allagash River

16 Dec

Thoreau paddled it, so why shouldn’t you? We enjoyed THIS recent story about paddling down Maine’s Allagash River, a river made famous by Henry David Thoreau’s The Maine Woods. The river, which since 1970 has been protected as the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, blends placid lakes and ponds with flowing water and streaming rapids. In Albert […]

Hunting Deer from Canoes

7 Dec

We enjoyed this recent story about a canoe-based, northern Wisconsin deer hunt. St. Paul Pioneer Press outdoor writer Chris Niskanen and friends pushed out into the Namekagon River during the Wisconsin firearms deer season in an effort to take deer in a new way.  Their story is HERE. The group found deer hiding out on the river’s […]

Canoeing Hunks Calendar Available

25 Nov

Sign of the time or sign of the apocalypse … you be the judge. Our friends at Paddling Instructor brought to our attention THIS 2010 photo calendar of scantily clad canoe instructions from Great Britain’s Wye Valley Canoe Centre.  The instructors stripped down to raise money for some local charities. You can see some of […]