I Love Paddling

Leave it to our sensible friends to the north to honor the humble canoe with a national day of recognition. On June 26, the canoe—officially named one of Canada’s seven wonders in 2007—will be celebrated with the third annual Canadian National Canoe Day. Last year, the Canadian Canoe Museum hosted a party in Peterborough, Ontario, […]

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Minnesota’s reputation as the land of 10,000 lakes is well earned, but did you know that Minnesota also boasts 30 water trails for canoeing and kayaking? The Minnesota DNR manages over 4,000 miles of water trails on the north shore of Lake Superior and rivers throughout the state. This spring and summer, the Agency is producing podcasts on each […]

Looking forward to your first paddle of the season? We learned about a great way to get back on the water and make your first canoe trip of the summer a meaningful event—by joining the 1st Annual Christopher Schmidt Wilderness Adventure Fundraiser on Saturday, May 16. The event features a group paddle down a 10-mile […]

In an era where kids are spending less and less time outdoors, author Tom Watson tried to do something about it. He wrote a childrens’ guide to canoeing and kayaking called Kids Gone Paddlin’: The Young Paddler’s Guide to Having More Fun Outdoors. The book is a fun, colorful primer aimed at pre-teens that teaches […]

Canoeing.com has just published a new feature on the efforts some northern Minnesota outfitters are making to help more families become paddling families.  You can find the feature HERE, in our Beginner’s Guide. Outfitters from along the Gunflint Trail — an important Boundary Waters Canoe Area gateway — are pushing the idea that kids are […]

The Quetico Superior Foundation’s Wilderness News newsletter, which some 16,000 paddlers and other lovers of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Quetico Provincial Park have enjoyed in its paper form for years, has launched an online companion — Wilderness News Online. Regular readers of Wilderness News and close readers of its new web service will […]

The beginning of May is a good time to talk about canoe safety; As the weather warms and the rivers run, it pays to be safety-smart as we head back onto the water. Howard Myerson of the Grand Rapids Press offered THIS fine column recently about canoeing safety.  He knows whereof he speaks, having once flipped his boat above […]