Refreshed Website with Enhanced User Profile 2014
Have you seen the refreshed RACCC website?
Part of the refresh included an enhanced user profile. You can add your best paddling photo, some information about yourself like you paddling interests, your certifications and qualifications, places you have paddled etc.
As our club grows the enhance user profile can help to introduce yourself to the club.
To access your user profile – go to “Membership”, then “My Account”. Click on the edit button and answer the questions under “About”.
Have fun!
Sketches in Canada - An 1838 Canoe Trip on Lake Huron
Click here to read a very interesting book by Anna Jameson on her voyageur canoe trip down Lake Huron and Georgian Bay in 1838. Start reading at page 172 when she arrives at the Island of Mackinaw (Mackinac). The sketch to the left is by Anna Jameson and shows her in a voyageur canoe on Lake Huron. This, among other artwork by her, is currently on display at the ROM in Toronto. The NFB also made a documentary of her time in Canada. Click here to see other of her sketches.
RACCC- paddlers takeon the waterslide 2013!
This RACCC roving reporter caught Alex and Val mid slide on a beautiful September long-Weekend in Algonquin.
.. 'Ready'.....
Read more: RACCCers take on the waterslide in Algonquin Park
Chutes de Plaisance - canoe trip - 2013
Plaisance is a surprisingly delightful Quebec Provincial Park situated less than an hour's drive east of Ottawa.
Chiniguchi 2013
Six club members spent 8 days on the Chiniguchi trip. Click "Read more" to see some photos of the trip.
Eight intrepid RACCC paddled the Pékans / Moisie and here’s our tale 2013:
After seven months of planning, hundreds and hundreds of e-mails, dozens of phone calls and the preparation of 400 plus meal portions it was finally a go! Three cars packed with gear and loaded down with boats departed Ottawa for the 1500 km drive to Labrador City and the Pékans put-in.
A Natural Landmark in the Canadian Shield: Mississagi Provincial Park
Mississagi Provincial Park, a unique Ontario provincial park located about 25 kilometres north of Elliot Lake. Elliot Lake recently had international attention since the mall collapse tragedy last year. situated north of Highway 17 about midway between Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie.
RACCC-ers in Big Canoe Courses 2013!
RACCCers - Lynette C, Jay M and Dot B took the Paddle' Canada's Intermediate Big Canoe Leader, Advanced Big Canoe Leader and Intermediate Big Canoe Instructor courses - all in 4 days!
Fantastic! The courses opened our eyes to the possibilities of big canoes, and how beneficial this training is for those who want to stern and lead Big Canoe trips! Besides just paddling forwards, we learned how to involve all the paddling crew. Plus....we got to do these craaazy maneuvers....
Read more: Paddle Canada Big Canoe Instructor Course Sept 2013
Restoule 2013
Twelve club members went on the six day Restoule trip in July 2013. Thanks to Paul Hughes for organizing and leading this great trip. Click "Read More" to see some photos of the trip.
French River 2013
Six club members spent 10 days on the French River. Click "Read more" to see some photos of the trip.
6th Annual RA-Fest 2013!
RA-Fest is our annual gathering of flatwater and whitewater paddlers to share a weekend of paddling, camping and a potluck! Great turnout at the new location (despite the rainy weather). Read More for links to pix and video.
Paddlin` where you want to go - it ain't so hard
Some canoeists wobble and meander all over the lake, frustrated with not being able to go where they want to go. It doesn't have to be. You happily can go where you intend to go... it is easy when you know how.
This series will look at Bow and Stern paddling tips! This first article has ABC's of Stern Paddling... Next articles: Bow Paddling - the real force in the canoe! Plus...Physics and finesse of paddling.
Read more: Going where you intend to go... a series of paddling tips and physics...
Family Completes Cross Canada Paddle
Click here for a CBC story about the ultimate canoe trip.