This week in canoeing news: paddling 1,000 miles for autism, Float your Fanny Down the Granny, heritage trips on the Fox River and Rapid Media at Jeresy Paddlesport 2013.
Canoeing 1,000 miles for autism awareness
With temperatures hovering around 40 degrees and dark clouds looming overhead, on Thursday, March 14, Joe Reidhead paddled his canoe steadily down the Missouri River. Originally from Augusta, Joe Reidhead began a 1,000-mile journey Feb. 17 in Omaha. Reidhead’s trek along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers is to raise funds and awareness about autism spectrum disorders. By the time he reached Washington this week, Reidhead was a little more than halfway through his trip, which will end in Memphis. Via emussourian.com.
Float your Fanny Down the Granny
Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny is a 10 kilometer race along the Ganaraska River to commemorate the 1980 flood that crippled Port Hope’s downtown area. The event take place Saturday, April 06, 2013. Enter with a canoe or kayak to try for speed on the course or enter the Crazy Craft for something different. To qualify, a Crazy Craft has to have been built from multiple different items to form a floating vessel. Crazy Crafts are on fastest time, best costume, most number of crew and judge’s favourite. Via www.floatyourfanny.ca.
Fox of the River
The Voyaguer field trip is truly a hands on experience in history, and camaraderie. Fox of the River Voyaguer LLC introduces students to the fur trade era and the lives of its most colorful participants, the Voyageurs. Students role play by paddling a Voyageur canoe and learning about the Voyageur way of life. Step into the past with Jean Paul Pauquette and Jacques Largillier as guides. Heritage paddles run May to October. Via Fox of the River.
Jersey Paddlesport 2013
Visit Rapid staff in Somerset, New Jersey, this weekend at Paddlesport 2013, hosted by The Jersey Paddler. There will be amazing deals on subscriptions as well as latest issues up for grabs. Publisher, Scott MacGregor, will be hosting a showing of the Reel Paddling Film Festival as well as a presentation on how to write for adventure magazines. Rapid editor, Michael Mechan, will be there to meet paddlers and share river stories. Go to www.jerseypaddler.com for event details.
