Demonstration Canoeing, Mississippi River, Burnstown, ON

My 2 Seconds of Fame

Cameraman: Al Joyner 
Solo Canoe: Langford Nahanni @ the dam in Burnstown, Ontario

A friend, Al Joyner, needed a demonstration paddler to contribute and participate in some footage he was shooting, for an educational video for the Canadian government ... I was asked and accepted, I got to pose a bit and it was fun.

Mississippi 2004  Photography

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Canoeing the Dumoine River, PQ: Lac Benoit > Driftwood Provincial Park

One of the Better Whitewater Training Rivers

LOGISTICS (ON / PQ, CANADA)

Partner: Greg Fox
Private Vehicle: Kanata > Deep River > Driftwood PP, Ottawa R., ON

Bus Shuttle: With Wanapitei CANOE from Driftwood PP > Lac Benoit, DUMOINE R., PQ

Tandem Canoe: Lac Benoit > OTTAWA R. confluence > Driftwood PP - CII+ / CIII, 5 days, 64 kms.

Private Vehicle: Driftwood PP > Perth & Kanata

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Frontenac PP, ON

A Day Hike

Frontenac PP Photography

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Lake Superior PP, ON

LOGISTICS 

Route: Mississagi PP > Site#35, Cresent Lk. CG, Lake Superior PP > Gargantua Bay
Paddlers: Chris, Heather, Fred, Helen, Dann

Visited the Agawa Rock pictographs, hiked a section of the Coastal Backpacking Trail near Sinclair Cove, hiked near Gargantua Harbour, paddled to Warp Bay, hiked the Gargantua Bay portage trail.

LAKE SUPERIOR PP Photography

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Canoeing the Petawawa River, ON: Cedar Lake > McManus Lake

LOGISTICS (ON,  CANADA)

Partner: Laird
Private Vehicle(s): Kanata > Cedar Lake, Algonquin PP, ON

Tandem Canoe: Cedar Lake > McManus Lake, PETAWAWA R., - CII+ / CIII, 8 days, 89 kms

Private Vehicle(s): McManus Lake, Algonquin PP. > Kanata

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Canoeing the Wekweyaukastic / North French / Moose Rivers, ON: Wekweyaukastic Lake > Moosonee

To ... The BAY

LOGISTICS (ON,  CANADA)

Partner: Fred 
Private Vehicle: Kanata & Perth > Cochrane > Wekweyaukastic Lake

Shuttle Driver: Terry O'Neill drove Fred's truck from the put-in @ Wekweyaukastic Lk. and moved it to the Cochrane train station for our return trip.

Tandem Canoe: Wekweyaukastic Lake > WEKWEYAUKASTIC R. > NORTH FRENCH R.  > Moose R. > Moose Factory > Moosonee, ON - CII+ / CIII, 13 days, 245 kms

Train: Polar Bear Express from Moosenee > Cochrane
Private Vehicle: Cochrane > Kanata & Perth

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Madawaska River, ON: Whitewater Training

LOGISTICS (ON,  CANADA)

Private Vehicle: Kanata > Jessup's Campground, Palmers' Rapid

Solo & Tandem Canoe(s): At Palmers Rapid, Madawaska River

Private Vehicle: Palmer's Rapid > Kanata
Dates: June 9 - 11, 2004 / June 21 - 22, 2003 / June 22 - 23, 2002

A bunch of us gathered several times at Palmers for some training.

Madawaska River Photography

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INSTRUCTION: ORCA CT Instructor Level 2 Certification: La Verendyre PP, PQ

A Certification

LOGISTICS (PQ,  CANADA)

Partner: Fred 

Private Vehicle: Kanata & Perth > Bear Creek

Accommodation: Bear Creek Outdoor Centre, Campbell's Bay, Quebec

Director: Jill Baxter

Instructors: Shawn Hodgins, Francis Boyes

Shuttle: Driver Mike from Bear Creek > La Verendyre PP put-in @ Lac Fusel and return

Route: Lac Fusel > Lac Fabrezan > up Riviere de Rapids > Lac Poulter > south end Lac Poulter > Lac Jean Pierre > Lac Richet > Lac Antostagen > Take-Out @ Secondary Road #20

Tandem / Solo Canoe(s): La Verendyre PP lakewater trip, PQ - flatwater, 5 days, 43kms

Certification Obtained: ORCA Canoe Tripping Instructor Level 2

Private Vehicle: Bear Creek > Kanata & Perth

Starz Azzurro Resort, Cabarete, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

We Enjoyed the People the Most

Wikipedia: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

LOGISTICS

Accommodation: Starz Azzurro Resort, Cabarete, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Currency: The official currency is the Dominican Republic peso. A small commission may be charged for exchanging CDN $. US dollars are accepted in some businesses.

The Dominican people are wonderful. They are sincerely friendly, happy and pleasant, but very poor. The only Caribbean country poorer is Haita. Our visit was focussed primarily around the resort and adjacent town area. We travelled the highway from Puerto Plata but never visited the city. The only part of the countryside we visited was during the bike tour. Subsistence farming is common and the people live at a very low standard. They do what they can to make any money at all and that includes trying to sell just about anything, however we didn't witness any begging. The tourist industry has caused much of the economic growth and a move to the coastal areas. Families have relocated from the farming and mountainous regions to find higher paying jobs.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2004 Photography

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Royal Decameron and Gamboa Rainforest Resorts, PANAMA

Mucho, Mucho Sol ... Mucho, Mucho Calor

Wikipedia: PANAMA

We only saw a small part of this country in the two weeks we were here. Even though we were in three Provinces, we barely entered Cocle and Colon. The heat and humidity at the time of year we were here is very oppressive. Sizzling hot, temperatures ranged between the low 30's to low 40's C and the humidity was typically between 80 and 90%.