Canoe racing

When I was in grade 8, I joined the Wascana Racing Canoe Club. Ever since, sprint kayaking has been a huge aspect of my life. I have attended the 2012 Saskatchewan Summer Games, 2013 Sherbrooke Canada Summer Games, 2013 Montreal Canadian Canoe Kayak Nationals, 2014 Regina Canadian Canoe Kayak Nationals, and the 2015 Ottawa Canadian Canoe Kayak Nationals. The picture above is from the 2013 Canada Summer Games. My team boat partner, Alyssa, is one of my best friends. In this picture, Alyssa and I are

Wildwood Lake Canoe Company In January 2010, Allan Monroe was preparing for the April opening of the Wildwood Lake Canoe Company (WLC), a canoe manufacturing shop in St. Mary’s, Ontario. Monroe planned to build 30 canoes per year and he wondered what strategy and tactics would maximize his profits. The initiative for WLC evolved from Monroe’s canoeing and woodworking hobbies. Monroe had canoed recreationally for more than 20 years and had built three canoes, which he sold after using them

Origins of Canoe Paddling Outrigger canoe paddling has been around for more than 2,000 years. This is a sport that is built on strong bond between each person. A canoe can’t glide over the water with out the help of each person in the boat. Working together is the only way the boat will move with ease. This sport has been kept alive hundreds of years and still practiced to this day. Canoe paddling isn’t only used for competitive purposes, but is also, a way of life. Before cars and grocery stores

For the first time or recreational paddler there is perhaps nothing scarier than having your canoe or kayak capsize. Sometimes it is caused by the incautious tilting their boat a little further than it is meant to go, but very often it is caused be a force beyond your control. Waves or wake caused by wind, swell, or boats very often lead to a capsized boat and possibly a paddler in distress. There are a few techniques to help prevent this so you can enjoy your day on the water. Boat position or

My sister and mom shared a kayak, while my dad took a canoe with all of our

“Just around the river-bend...Should I choose the smoothest course, steady as the beating drum?” If you’ve ever heard this song from Pocahontas, then you know that this part of the song relates to many aspects of life. This song reflects the decision that my best friend and I made this summer. My best friend, Julia, and I are a very outdoorsy pair and are avid fishers. Naturally, our first choice of entertainment is something outdoor related. We decided that the week I leave for my Colorado trip

In the Caribbean, a tropical and beautiful place, surrounded by blue and clear seawater. Lives ten-year-old Nakili. Adventurous and likes challenges, play’s on the beach with friends until the evening arrives. They will sit on the sand looking at the horizon, watching how the sunlight goes behind the multicolored seas, beyond the white breaking waves on the reef. Nakili was super inquisitive and dreamed of what could be beyond the ocean. His father. The head of Nicaragua's Miskito's indigenous fishermen;

Tsimshian Tribe Tsimshian, which means “ People inside of the Skeena River”, is one of the coastal tribe in the Pacific Northwest Coast. This tribe distribute in two main areas, which are British Columbia, Canada and Alaska in the US. According to that, they have a different group name for each location. For example, Tsimshian indigenous who live surrounded the mouth of the Skeena River and nearly the sea; the Gitskan who live further up the indigenous people place; the Nishga who stay the basin

At one point we decided to stop at a campsite for the night and set up camp. We drank most of the water packed and we needed more to cook dinner so me and my dad had to take a canoe to the middle of the lake to filter some more water (if we filtered the water on the shore our water filter would have got clogged with a bunch of scum). It was a pretty windy day this day and normally I wouldn't think too much of it, and I didn’t

The Ojibway Culture "The Ojibways affirm that long before they became aware of the white man's presence on this continent, their coming was prophesied by one of their old men, whose great sanctity and oft-repeated fasts enabled him to commune with spirits and see far into the future. He prophesied that the white spirits would come in numbers like sand on the lake shore, and would sweep the red race from the hunting grounds which the Great Spirit had given them as an inheritance. It was