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At the 1995 Games in Abbotsford, B.C., team sizes were reduced to approximately 500 athletes and coaches participating in 23 sports with many of them focusing on developmental age groups. During the Ministers meeting in 1995, direction was given to the Western Canada Games Council by the Ministers to further reduce the teams to a limit of 400 ...
A large Montreal canoe running rapids. The Avant stands in front with a steering paddle and the Gouvernail steers from the rear. The milieux provide power under the instructions of the Avant. This article covers the water based Canadian canoe routes used by early explorers of Canada with special emphasis on the fur trade.
The BC Games Society is a provincial crown corporation in British Columbia created in 1977. The organization is the governing body responsible for the BC Summer Games and BC Winter Games, and manages the Team BC program at the Canada Games.
In 1937 Betty Lowman Carey became the first white woman to row single-handed the Inside Passage of British Columbia in a dugout canoe.. In 1978 Geordie Tocher and two companions sailed a 3½ ton, 40 foot (12 metre) dugout canoe (the Orenda II), made of Douglas Fir, and based on Haida designs (but with sails), from Vancouver, Canada to Hawaii to add credibility to stories that the Haida had ...
Formerly the Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association. Founded by John Eberhard and Ron Johnstone (1971). Affiliated organizations: Paddle Alberta; Canoe Kayak New Brunswick; Paddle Newfoundland and Labrador; Canoe Kayak Nova Scotia; Eau Vive Québec; Paddle Manitoba; Canoe Kayak Saskatchewan; Canot Kayak Québec
'Canadian style' canoe Decked whitewater canoe. The use of the byname 'Canadian' is the result of misinterpretations during the development of the sport of canoeing in the 19th century when an open touring canoe was called 'Canadian canoe' from the so called Canadian style canoe from Canada, the then more or less 'approved' open touring canoe by the American Canoe Association (ACA), as opposed ...
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Canoeing and kayaking competitions in Canada (2 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Canoeing in Canada" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.