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Behind the Scenes: ‘Through Paddle’

05.09.2012 // 1 Comment

C&K’s exclusive interview with Mike Lynch, who’s new film documents the 45 days he spent paddling the 740-mile long Northern Forest Canoe Trail last summer.

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Rescue for River Runners

05.03.2012 // 0 Comments

Canoe & Kayak has teamed up with open-boat badass Jim Coffey—founder of Quebec-based outfitter Esprit Whitewater Worldwide as well as R3: Rescue for River Runners—and Mike McKay from Five2Nine Productions for a series of whitewater rescue lesson videos debuting exclusively on CanoeKayak.com. Here in Episode One, Coffey covers the gear essentials you need to get started.

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Rails, Rivers, Inland Sea

05.03.2012 // 0 Comments

There’s no feeling like being dropped off on a wilderness railway siding, watching the train disappear and realizing that the only way back to civilization is to paddle out, downriver. Ontario’s Algoma Central Railway is one of Canada’s few railways that will accept canoes as baggage. Here’s three worthy river-tripping options off the 296-mile line that bisects northern Ontario.

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The Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition

04.25.2012 // 0 Comments

Four Midwesterners plan to paddle and portage 2,600 miles across Canada from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson Bay.

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The late paddling legend Don Starkell, best known for his epic 12,000 mile canoe trip from his home in Winnipeg to the mouth of the Amazon River, at home in June 2010. Photo: Ian McCausland

On the Line with a Legend

04.17.2012 // 2 Comments

How a chance phone call connected an aspiring young paddler to his inspiration.

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Floating the Green River through Canyonlands National Park during the C&K Tripping Canoe Review. Photo: Dave Costello

Tripping Canoes

04.16.2012 // 1 Comment

C&K tests four tripping canoes with a family float test through the heart of Canyonlands National Park

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Kevin Callan’s Wilderness Quest

04.16.2012 // 1 Comment

In shooting “Wilderness Quest,” Kevin Callan set out to document how the lakes, rivers and portages of the Quetico and neighboring Boundary Waters Canoe Area influence its visitors.

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Amy and Dave Freeman during one of the canoe legs of their 11,700 mile North American odyssey. Photo: Bryan Hansel, www.bryanhansel.com

The Wilderness Classroom

04.11.2012 // 0 Comments

Getting ready to start the final 5,000 mile leg of their 11,700 mile North American Odyssey on May 7 from Grand Portage, Minn., to Key West, Fla., Dave and Amy are working with over 70,000 students and 1,800 teachers as they explore the North America by canoe, kayak, and dogsled.

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A Northern Forest Explorer on the Moose River in Maine. Photo: Northern Forest Canoe Trail

Northern Forest Explorers

04.06.2012 // 0 Comments

This summer, more than 200 children ages 10 to 14 will get the chance to paddle for a week on the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail with the help of the Northern Forest Explorer’s Program.

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Mississippi Lessons (Completed)

04.03.2012 // 2 Comments

Field notes and photos from an epic adventure learning project: A complete circumnavigation of the St. Louis region by canoe. Here the team completes the final eight-mile portage from the banks of the Missouri to the Bourbeuse River and paddles the final 16 miles downstream to where they began their journey two weeks before.

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