Holmes & Watson-Newsletter Nov 1998
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. As they lay down for the night, Holmes said "Watson, look up into the sky and tell me what you see".
Watson said "I see millions and millions of stars."
Holmes: "And what does that tell you?"
Watson: "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Theologically, it tells me that God is great and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"
Holmes: "Somebody stole our tent"
Winter Seminars Summaries
Below are links to the various winter seminar summaries.
Search and Rescue Seminar Summary - January 27 2021
Outdoor Education Seminar Summary - February 3, 2021
Missinaibi: Hell's Gate AND High Water Seminar Summary - February 10, 2021
Indigenous Trails in Ottawa-Gatineau Seminar Summary - February 17, 2021
Lightweight Tripping Seminar Summary - February 24, 2021
Hike the Dumoine – Why? Summary - March 10, 2021
Being Your Own Weatherperson…Forecasting Weather from Nature Summary - March 17, 2021
Executive Meeting Minutes Feb 18th 2021
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Cows and Canoeing
Mark S. has been digitizing the club archives including newsletters starting in 1978. Thank you Mark!
Below is an amusing example of an article from 1986.
More Food For Thought
A couple of years ago I published a warning in this journal on the subject of the herd of plastic-eating cows which hang around on the Petite Nation at the put-in at the bottomof the first canyon. On that particular occasion they had removed and eaten the foam padding from a yoke. Those were the pre-Liberal days in Ontario and unfortunately it did not occur tome to print my warning in both official languages. Consequently one of our francophone members has now run afoul of this same herd. Dominique tells me that on one occasion in the spring this year she had her front flotation nibbled. She can show you the teeth marks if you ask her. So in an attempt to extend my previous warning to include all club members I would like to say "PRENEZ GARDE LES VACHES: ELLES MANGENT PLASTIQUE".
Missinaibi Adjunct regarding Fred Neegan
Read more: Reflections on the Missinaibi River Trip around 2002-3
The Missinaibi River Connection with the RACCC
The club’s presentation on the Missinaibi River trips held on February 10th made me reflect on my 1975 trip and reminded me that the Missinaibi has quite a history with the club: the Missinaibi played a role in the introduction of whitewater canoeing to the club.
Whitewater canoeing was started in the club, the OYCCC at the time, in 1975 by Christa Renken. She had taken whitewater training and a trip (most likely down the Missinaibi) with an outfitter called Headwaters1. There she met a guide named Fred Neegan who she convinced to come to Ottawa from Mattice on the Missinaibi to teach whitewater canoeing to the club, which he did at Palmer’s Rapids in the spring of 1975 and for a year or two after. He was a superb canoeist. There was a fair bit of concern in the club at the time as the club’s aluminum Grumman canoes were used for whitewater and some of them sustained considerable damage. (ABS canoes were only just starting to become available.) However there was great interest in the whitewater training program and the running of rivers with rapids such as the Madawaska, the Petawawa, the Dumoine and the Rouge and whitewater canoeing became firmly established in the club. The introduction of whitewater skills was due to the efforts of Fred Neegan, a guide from Mattice who learned and practiced his lifework on the Missinaibi.
EXECUTIVE MEETING MINUTES JAN 13 2021
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Executive Meeting Minutes Nov 25 2020
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2020 AGM Minutes and Reports
The club held its Annual General Meeting on November 18th, 2020. Meeting minutes, financials, and reports are now available (Login to see attachments).
Executive Meeting Minutes 2020-10-21
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Executive Meeting Minutes 2020-09-16
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Updates to COVID-19 Protocols for RACCC
September 26, 2020
The club executive reviewed the Covid rules and made 3 changes. The changes allow limited carpooling, and update the requirements for returning and disinfecting equipment. The latest version of the Covid rules is here.