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The Canadian Canoe Museum, located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, is a museum dedicated to canoes.The museum's mission is to preserve and share the culture and history of the canoe's enduring significance to the peoples of Canada through an exceptional collection of canoes, kayaks, and paddled watercraft."
Canoe.com is an English-language Canadian portal site and website network, and is a subsidiary of Postmedia Network. [3] The phrase Canadian Online Explorer [2] appears in the header; the name is also evidently a play on words on canoe (or canoë in French).
Gary and Joanie McGuffin are Canadian explorers, conservation photographers, writers, motivational speakers, documentarians and conservationists. Their most documented adventures have been about canoeing on waterways throughout North America, [1] bicycling from the Arctic to the Pacific to the Atlantic oceans, [2] backpacking the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, circumnavigating Lake ...
'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 ...
The Canadian Canoe Association was founded [1] in 1900 in Brockville, Ontario. There were nine initial charter clubs: Carleton Place Canoe Club (Carleton Place), Brockville Rowing Club (Brockville), Brockville Y.M.C.A. (Brockville), Bohemian Amateur Athletic Association (Brockville), Lachine Boat & Canoe Club (Montreal), Grand Trunk Boating Club (Montreal), Britannia Boat House Club (Ottawa ...
The Welland International Flatwater Centre is a current canoeing, kayaking and rowing facility in Welland, Ontario, Canada and was used for the 2013 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships and the 2015 Pan American Games. The facility was renovated in 2013, before the U23 championships began. [1]
Kirk Albert Walter Wipper, CM (December 6, 1923 – March 18, 2011) was a Canadian academic and founder of the Canadian Canoe Museum, which is located in Peterborough, Ontario. [1] [2] He has been called a "pioneer in the development of outdoor education in Canada." [1]
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.