Colin Field considers himself relatively new to canoeing with just three decades of experience. He took his first canoe trip when he was 21. Wrapped his first canoe around a rock at 31, and paddled his first whitewater river a little over a decade ago. Since then he’s taken courses with reputable paddling schools and done lots and lots of involuntary swimming. He’s accompanied exploratory trips of the Broken Skull River and organizes “dad trips” to everywhere from French River to circumnavigating Prince Edward Island. When the spring thaw hits, his close-to-home stretches include the Saugeen, the Beaver, the Bighead, Mill Creek, and Pretty River. Field is a freelance writer, photographer and editor-at-large for Mountain Life magazine.
