I Love Paddling

In the interstitial time between hardest winter and full-on spring is … Symposium Season. For northern wilderness paddlers, that is. In Toronto, St. Paul, and Farilee, Vermont paddlers with their eyes on the wild rivers of Canada and their hearts in the far north will gather to share slides and stories about the trips they’ve […]

Dave Gillen of the WaterWalker canoe forum, HERE, reminds us that time is running out to participate in the silent auction he has organized to support Ontario’s North-South Partnership for Children. Bidders interested in winning a one-year subscription to CanoeRoots magazine, a CanoeRoots hat, and a box of paddlers’ “goodies” worth $40 in total, have […]

The third of six defendants in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area terror case pleaded guilty to reduced charges this week as pressure builds upon those still awaiting trial.  On Tuesday, 20-year-old Zachary Barton of Ely pleaded guilty to felony aiding and abetting terroristic threats charges in connection with the August 7 incident.  Dozens of campers on […]

Can’t quite get on the water yet? Perhaps exploring Canoeing.com’s newly expanded Canoe Guide will sate your paddling appetites for now. We’ve added more than 200 new canoe models to the guide, including a separate Racing Canoes classification and a new group within our Specialty Use Canoes area for Folding Canoes. The guide now features […]

The photo accompanying THIS news story from Lancashire in the United Kingdom speaks at least a thousand words about one of three men who attempted to paddle the flooded River Irwell recently. A paddler in a wet-suit crouches forlornly on a bridge stanchion, hands held to his face.  His over-turned inflatable canoe is caught in a […]

Bill Rom, once dubbed the “Canoe King of Ely,”died in his home on Sunday, January 20, 2008. He was 90-years-old. Born William Nicholas Rom in Ely, Minnesota on December 5, 1917. Rom was a graduate of Ely High School, Ely Junior College, and the University of Minnesota. He served for five years in the Navy […]

We were intrigued by THIS story in the Ocala Star-Banner about a modern-day tramp named Lee Young who is busying himself these days by carving a dugout canoe from a fallen cypress tree he found along Florida’s Ocklawaha River. Young, who’s exploits include a multi-year horseback trek from Atlanta to New Mexico via Wyoming prior to the “river tramping” he’s doing now, records his […]

Paddling a concrete canoe, at first blush, seems about as wise as flying in a lead zeppelin.  THIS story in UCLA’s Daily Bruin, though, will quickly have you believing otherwise. At the school best known for its 1970s basketball dynasty, members of the UCLA concrete canoe team spend the better part of a school year designing and […]