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Some members of Chelmsford Canoe Club in action going through Chelmsford Town Centre!
Chelmsford Canoe Club was established in 1946 and is one of the oldest in England.It is situated on Empire Walk close to the Meadows Shopping Centre with easy access to the Rivers Chelmer, Can and The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation which meanders its way to the sea via Heybridge Basin. All the members paddle in flat-water conditions – “Placid Water” – using a wide range of canoes and kayaks built specifically for flat-water racing and suited perfectly for the conditions of the river Chelmer and Can.
From a Canot du Nord, or North Canoe in the Nor'westers Museum, Williamstown, Ontario.
The skin of the canoe is made of the outer bark, or rind, of the birch tree. The bark of a birch tree consists of two distinct layers: the outer bark and the inner bark. The outer surface of the outer bark is white and papery, but the bulk of its thickness is an orange tough leathery material marked with shallow horizontal grooves. This is what gives the canoe is distinct colour. The seams between the bark are sealed (waterproofed) with pitch: a gumming compound consisting of spruce resin, tallow, and charcoal.
Description: A canoe family arriving at the beach at the Swinomish Tribal Community Center.
Location: La Conner, WA, USA
Date Taken: 7/21/2008
Photographer: John Clemens, U.S. Geological Survey
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This image is part of the USGS and Coast Salish partnership to measure water quality in Pugent Sound and the Straight of Georgia. (http://usgs.gov/coastsalish)
SINGAPORE, 25 Aug 2010 - Bronze medalist Viktoria Wolffhardt of Austria competes during the girls K1 Canoe Slalom final of Canoe-Kayak at Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, August 25, 2010. .XINHUA/SYOGOC-Pool/Song Zhenping
The girls are pictured here emptying canoes after practicing capsizing.
You can see girls further out in various stages of capsizing and uprighting canoes under supervision of leaders on shore and out on the water.
Lake Keepit Guide Camp - A brilliant weekend with Guides coming from Armidale, Muswellbrook, Scone, Tamworth, Kootingle, Coonabarabran and the NW region of NSW.
Under the great tutelage of Joy and Gwen the girls worked towards their Boating Trefoil 1, 2 or 3. Focusing on the safe use of canoes and kayaks the girls had lots of fun over an action packed weekend.
Canoers enjoying Alabama's longest free-flowing river, the Cahaba, at Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge. www.fws.gov/cahabariver/
Photographer: Garry Tucker, USFWS.