Hey all,
I'm excited to join your ranks as a new enthusiast.
My wife and I are in the flatlands of Saskatchewan. We recently purchased a old
Church in Gravelbourg Saskatchewan and we are hoping to launch our canoeing
adventures from here this summer. The rivers in North Central
Saskatchewan look absolutely enticing and intimidating at the same
time.
It would be great to find some routes in our region start out with and
to learn and play and shake ourselves out before we head up to do
something around La Ronge/Missinipe.? I'm pretty sure that was more of a
question than a statement.
I have experience as a whitewater rafting guide and as a thru-hiker on
the Appalachian Trail, so I can camp and guide a inflatable vessel
through whitewater but I have relatively little experience
canoe-tripping, besides some flatwater trips in TX that I took 30
years ago.
My most recent day trips have been canoe rentals in the Laurentians in
Quebec.
I've been reading/youtubing voraciously to get up to speed and am very
open to advice from the community on how to get started, what sources
to look at etc.
We just purchased a 16' Esquif Prospecteur. Boats are already hard to
find this season and we had to buy it from the Montreal River Outpost
in La Ronge which is 7-8 hours away.
More about me: I like to build things (hence the purchase of this
church). I once built and lived in a Dome in my friends backyard:
https://rigsomelight.com/2013/09/09/frameless-geodesic-dome.html
Thanks for reading this and I hope everyones paddling season is exceptional.
BTW I've been reading PaddlingPitt's books and really enjoying them!
I'm excited to join your ranks as a new enthusiast.
My wife and I are in the flatlands of Saskatchewan. We recently purchased a old
Church in Gravelbourg Saskatchewan and we are hoping to launch our canoeing
adventures from here this summer. The rivers in North Central
Saskatchewan look absolutely enticing and intimidating at the same
time.
It would be great to find some routes in our region start out with and
to learn and play and shake ourselves out before we head up to do
something around La Ronge/Missinipe.? I'm pretty sure that was more of a
question than a statement.
I have experience as a whitewater rafting guide and as a thru-hiker on
the Appalachian Trail, so I can camp and guide a inflatable vessel
through whitewater but I have relatively little experience
canoe-tripping, besides some flatwater trips in TX that I took 30
years ago.
My most recent day trips have been canoe rentals in the Laurentians in
Quebec.
I've been reading/youtubing voraciously to get up to speed and am very
open to advice from the community on how to get started, what sources
to look at etc.
We just purchased a 16' Esquif Prospecteur. Boats are already hard to
find this season and we had to buy it from the Montreal River Outpost
in La Ronge which is 7-8 hours away.
More about me: I like to build things (hence the purchase of this
church). I once built and lived in a Dome in my friends backyard:
https://rigsomelight.com/2013/09/09/frameless-geodesic-dome.html
Thanks for reading this and I hope everyones paddling season is exceptional.
BTW I've been reading PaddlingPitt's books and really enjoying them!