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Adirondack Freestyle Canoe Symposium July 17-20, 2025
- Thread starter Marc Ornstein
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If you want to learn the ultimate in boat control and efficiency, this is the place to be.
This is happening in conjunction with the Annual Assembly of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. The link below has more details.
Benson
www.woodencanoe.org
Benson
2025 Assembly | Wooden Canoe Heritage Association
Over 300 new, vintage and historic canoes on display. Workshops. Kids programs. On-water events. Canoe the beautiful Adirondacks. On-site accommodations or camping. Marketplace with canoes, paddles, gear, accessories and building supplies.
www.woodencanoe.org
Thanks for the reminder, Marc. I'm planning on being at the WCHA Assembly and sneaking over to Church Pond to visit the freestylers, too. Hope to see you there. Do you still live in NY or now in Florida?
We go over early to the AFCS to attend WHCA events and do some canoeing locally. The canoes displayed on the green are beautiful.
Glenn, perhaps we'll get a chance to meet and talk canoeing. Are you bringing a canoe with you?
I'll probably bring my Swift Kee 15 and leave it on my car during Assembly, perhaps to do some day canoeing somewhere in the Dacks before or after. My van for my wood/canvas canoe trailer isn't usable currently.
Marc Ornstein used to run the Florida Freestyle Symposium in Yulee, just north of Jacksonville. It ran for a few years around 2010/11. I believe he now lives somewhere in west central Florida. Maybe he'll start something down there. The problem is probably that, even though Florida is a paddling paradise, most of the USA open canoe crowd is up in the Canadian border states.
If it works out maybe some of us could do a quick canoe right out of Paul Smiths. And locally there's Black Pond, Osgood Pond, Barnum Pond...
I'll have my 13.5' sport canoe so will be more interested in meandering than maximizing miles. =-)
Anyone can look for me. I'll be wandering around with a WCHA Board of Directors name tag on. Old guy with a beard, which probably doesn't narrow it down visually too much.
I’m aware. I got real excited Friday on the way to work when I spied a blue Wenonah astride a Honda Element heading west on I-10. Mississippi plates though. I might be able to drum up 2 or 3 other people locally interested in such an experience…
