MONDAY & WEDNESDAY NIGHT
PADDLES
Monday and Wednesday night paddles begin June and continue until September. Lots
of volunteers will be required to help with the extra night so please contact
us to lend a hand.
WINTER MEETINGS
Monthly meetings are
held every second Monday of the Month (except when that Monday is a holiday,
then it is the third Monday of the month) beginning in October and wrapping up
in May. All meetings are in the main lounge of the Southshore
Community Centre from 19h00 - 21h30 (7:00-9:30 PM). Doors open at
18h30 (6:30PM). Guest
Speakers, movies and slide shows, club information sessions, snacks and
socializing are the norm. All meetings are open to the public.
2010 Speaker Schedule
Mar 8th, 2010:
Monthly Meeting @
06:30 PM
ORCKA, Thelon River Trip,
NMT / Nunavut
the Georgian Bay Coast
Presented by:
Gord Haggert
Gord Haggert is the current
President of ORCKA. He will give us some updates on ORCKA and then present his
recent trip down the Thelon River.
Apr 12th, 2010:
Monthly Meeting @
06:30 PM
TOPIC -
“2 Months in the Yukon”
Presented by: Julia Jennings
For the last seven years, Julia Jennings has led extensive canoe trips
in northern Ontario and Quebec, the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut for Camp
Wanapitei on Lake Temagami. This past summer, she led a two month canoe
trip on the Ogilvie, Porcupine and Rat Rivers in the Yukon/NWT. Julia
works at the Canadian Canoe Museum doing historical interpretations for
school groups, as well as the Kawartha Outdoor Education Center.
May 10th, 2010:
Monthly Meeting @
06:30 PM
First Nations
Presented by: Tom Jacobs
Past 2010
Presentations
Jan 11th, 2010: Monthly
Meeting @
06:30 PM
"Kuujjua River & Beauport Sea Expedition"
Presented by: Jim & Ted Baird
Jim Baird is the chief expedition planner and guide with Canoe
Beyond, leading rigorous wilderness adventure trips in the north.
Paddling since a child and leading trip since 14 years old, Jim has
trekked and paddled extensively in Ontario, in addition to other parts
of Canada. Ted Baird is also a guide with Canoe Beyond. Ted began
canoeing as a child and excels at white water paddling.
Feb 8th, 2010:
Monthly Meeting @
06:30 PM
TOPIC -
Photography, Writing and the Romaine River;
Presented by: Ian Merringer
Ian Merringer has been the editor of Canoeroots for the last 4
years. He is an avid outdoorsman and photographer. He will give us
insight into how to improve trip photos for the amateur, as well as,
the professional. He has many beautiful examples to share with us.
Ian will tell us how to write interesting articles for paddling
magazines. About 5 years ago, Ian did a trip down the Romaine River
in Quebec, which has since been dammed. This is a last look at this
great wild river.
Check out the new
Canoeroots website,
www.canoerootsmag.com .
Last
Update: 07 March, 2010
