Hi everyone I just took my first trip last weekend. I haven't had a canoe for years but recently purchased a 17 foot Coleman Ram X. The first trip was a two...
Hi there, I posted a message to this group a while ago but it wasn't approved. And I know this is kind of an odd request but I'd be willing to help moderate or...
Hi Brad; Welcome to the group. I think Peter is the moderator these days. He's on holiday and will be back soon, but it looks like your posts are coming...
Hi Brian, I'm pretty much a novice I haven't been in a canoe since I was a teenager. I've got four rough and tumble teenage boys so I wanted something that ...
Hi Peter, Sorry about that, it seemed like a good group and I thought maybe it was abandoned or something. Brad (Who feels really stupid now) ... [Non-text...
Hi, I am back and hopefully there will be others who will join in the discussions. This group has been very silent for a long time. Cheers, Peter ... -- Treat...
I don't know if anyone is interested in this or not but here is a link to some Canoe / Kayak Water trails in my area. All you have to do is click on the name...
Hi Brad; I see you are "down country" from us up here in Dufferin County. I've been reading some war of 1812 history recently, and about some of the...
Hi Brian, I'm down here in the deep south LOL. The St. Clair River huh? Ok, well all the water from Lake Huron gets funneled into the St. Clair River at...
Hi Brad; 30 knots!!! Good grief! The book talks of kedging the old sailing ships against the current, I guess taking the anchors out in a small boat, then...
Hi Brian, No I haven't read any of Paul Bray's posts how do I get to the archives? And maybe we can increase the activity here on the group. I'm going to be...
Hi, I went up the under the old "Blue Water Bridge" and kept close to shore and I had my engine on full throttle and doing 3/4 of a knot so the current is...
If you go to www.yahoo.ca and then click groups and then sign in you should see all of the Yahoo groups you have signed up for and then select the canoe group...
Hi Brad; If you go to the groups home page you will see on the left side "messages". Click on this and you will end up on a page with all our posts. By...
Hi Peter, Thanks for setting me straight I was trying to remember from several years ago and I wasn't sure if I was right or not. It gets really crazy in that...
Hi Brian, Maybe the group just needs a little more advertisement. I've never been to Thunder Bay before I am going to drop off a University Student there and...
Hi Brad; My only experience with Thunder Bay is driving through it on the way to B.C., all of our time on the water has been on Superior itself, between the...
Hello everyone, I was just wondering if any of you have gotten out in your Canoe or Kayak lately? If you have where did you go? What was it like? Has the...
The weather here in eastern Ontario hasn't been all that great lately. When I do get out, it will be on a local creek somewhere off the Rideau River system....
Ah - the first signs of life! :-) I hope to get my kayak, a Boréal, Muktuk out sometime in the next week. I tested a bunch of kayaks last year to see how...
You might want to check out http://www.buchananpaddles.com/ . I have 2 of his paddles (one bent, one straight, both beavertails) and love them. Larry...
Do those bent paddles work well in the stern where we need to steer? Brian. ... From: voyageur_52 To: canoeontario@... Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008...
It takes some getting used to but the bent shaft paddles *can* be used in the stern. I personally prefer a straight shaft for the stern but know of plenty of...
Hi everyone! My name is Leigh Ann and I am from S-W Ontario and I know Jo V from here and I think she is from my home town as well. I haven't canoed since I...
