14 Aug
Rainy weather yesterday postponed the final day of whitewater canoeing action at the Beijing Olympic Games. Finals of the men’s doubles canoe competition — C-2 in the Olympic parlance — as well as semifinals and finals of the women’s singles kayak competition, were moved to Friday. The USA’s Benn Fraker was the top North American […]
12 Aug
Two adults found guilty in the August 7, 2007 shooting rampage in northern Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness were sentenced yesterday to three years in state prison. Both men are also banned from entering the popular wilderness area for five years. Barney James Lakner and Jay Andrew Olson, both of Ely, Minnesota, were part […]
8 Aug
The typical weekend canoe-camper probably doesn’t think of her activity in Olympic terms. But, canoeing is indeed a sport on the Olympic program, even if the action doesn’t exactly resemble the experience of the rank-and-file paddling set. Olympic canoeing includes flatwater and whitewater disciplines. The flatwater events are contested over 500 and 1,000 meter distances […]
7 Aug
A fire burns, a forest grows, a forest changes. In Canoeing.com’s latest Nature & Environment section feature story, contributor Alissa Johnson examines the ecological impact of last year’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness fires. Two blazes left 165 square miles of contiguous forest burned. The 2007 fires engulfed trees toppled in the 1999 BWCAW “blowdown” […]
5 Aug
The Minnesota news web site MinnPost recently noted THIS article in Wilderness Medicine that compared various water purification techniques commonly used by canoe campers and other wilderness travelers. The winner, according to MinnPost’s Mark Neuzil … boiling your drinking water.While each technique had its drawbacks — boiling’s were that it’s time consuming and inconvenient — […]
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Are you desperate for spring and good padding weather? Are you ready to plan a new trip or find some fresh whitewater? Celebrate the waning winter by shaking your paddle in its face, take a Canoe Paddle Making class, attend an Outdoor Expo, or join a Canoe Race – the canoeing calendar starts… now! Check […]
Hold your breath as our friends at Canada’s premier canoe-maker Nova Craft drops a gorgeous new canoe 100 feet to see if it would survive and still be seaworthy. Here’s what they say about it: “To further test the strength of our newest composite canoe material, TuffStuff Expedition, we decided to drop a canoe from […]
Get the family out on the water this summer! Learn paddling skills from experienced guides while exploring some of Minnesota’s most stunning lakes and rivers. READ MORE >
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