I don’t remember when I came to this forum, but I remember new software after a long time of a different format. So how long has Canoetripping.Net been around? I’m thinking around the millennium or early 2000s.
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The canoetripping.net domain name was first registered on July 23rd, 2011. The first website using that domain appeared in a search by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine on April 19th, 2012. Your profile indicates that you joined on November 14th, 2018. Others here may have more detailed information.
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The first thread I'm aware of on the site is THIS ONE, dated July 31, 2011. So, I consider that date to be the birthday of the site. The poster called "Guest" in that thread may have been @billconner. The late Willis was the founder of the site.
The site was migrated from the vBulletin software platform, which had become increasingly and intolerably buggy, to our Xenforo software platform in late August 2021 by me after I became the owner and administrator on August 18, 2021, and was reopened after that migration and a complete reorganization on August 30, 2021.
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Willis posted a thread on Lake Lila on July 31, 2011.
Lake Lila
Then with my permission, he posted my trip report on the Little Tupper Lake to Lake Lila traverse on August 2, 2011.
Little Tupper Lake to Lake Lila
As always, we owe a great debt of gratitude for Glenn making the site as beautiful as it is and for Robin for being the site manager for years. And then there was also another site manager, Dean? Sorry I don't remember that name for sure. If I have neglected anyone, my apologies.
Lake Lila
Then with my permission, he posted my trip report on the Little Tupper Lake to Lake Lila traverse on August 2, 2011.
Little Tupper Lake to Lake Lila
As always, we owe a great debt of gratitude for Glenn making the site as beautiful as it is and for Robin for being the site manager for years. And then there was also another site manager, Dean? Sorry I don't remember that name for sure. If I have neglected anyone, my apologies.
I never thought to look for the oldest posts in the trip report forums. Thanks, Erica. So, now we have two threads started on July 31, 2011.
When was the change to this platform? I think I’ve been on here since before 2018, although it may have been under a different username.
What I really need to know is what do I get for all my points?
What I really need to know is what do I get for all my points?
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Willis and I were making plans for a trip together...
I was trying to remember the lineage of site operators, pretty sure there was someone between Willis and Robin.
Some help Glenn? Or maybe Robin will chime in.
I was trying to remember the lineage of site operators, pretty sure there was someone between Willis and Robin.
Some help Glenn? Or maybe Robin will chime in.
I guess I've earned a pen at least, I joined about a week after Willis set it up
There wasn’t anybody between Willis and myself. When the site went orphaned the popular consensus was that it was finished. I sent an email to the hosting company explaining the situation and for $25 I was able to become the new owner. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing but I kept it going till it was time to move on after a few years. Thankfully, DougD saw that I was pretty much finished and offered to take over, I was forever grateful. He did a very good job running the site in spite of the difficulties with the platform. Dave O never really got going as an administrator. Thankfully, Glenn took over and took the site to its current level of excellence. When Glenn decides to move on I only hope the site remains the same with a new administrator.
I remember all that upheaval. This platform is a huge improvement.
Many of the posts Mike McCrea made in the vBulletin days now identify him as "Guest", but that generic name also applies to a lot of other posters from those days. I don't recall exactly why, but our webmaster said it had something to do with administrative actions under vBulletin that would not migrate some names properly to Xenforo. In any event, I know Mike wasn't posting here in 2011 threads because I alerted him to this site's existence in 2012 after I joined.
To complete this history of administrators, there was another who took over for Robin in July 2013 but only lasted a few weeks. His name was Brian, a Floridian, and he went by the handle Drift Wood.
The Paddle has been passed
Today my friend Brian who goes by the handle of Drift Wood took over the site as Administrator. He is a Minister from Tampa, Fla and has many years experience paddling canoes down south. I have a feeling he will make a fine Admin, he has a nice easy way about himself, sort of like this website...
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Passing the Paddle...the Journey Continues
Hello everyone, I'm sorry that this post has been delayed but I had to attend to urgent matters that came up unexpectedly during the night. I see that Robin has already made a post to inform you of what has happened over the past few days. For those of you who do not know me my name is Brian...
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I don't know what happened with Brian except Robin quickly took the site back until he passed it to DougD in 2017.
New Administrator
The site is looking for a new administrator and ownership, free. Please send me a message if interested via contact us at the bottom of this page. Please, only contact me if you are interested. You also must be a somewhat active member.
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