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Fence of canoe paddles at the Dorothy Molter museum, Ely, MN. She was the last person allowed to live in the BWCA; her cabins were dismantled, moved to town, and made into a museum.
I took my dog muffin canoeing on Lake Thom-A-Lex this evening. This was her first time in the canoe and she seemed to really enjoy it.
Friends canoeing on the river Bure, arrive at Wroxham Norfolk UK.
There are many miles of interconnected waterways consisting of rivers and lakes in this area of the UK. Wroxham is a small town where all kinds of water craft are for hire, or just a place to stop for a time on your travels.
As the starter shouts “Ready, Go!” the view is instantly filled with kayaks or canoes and cascades of water are thrown into the sky by countless paddles. Shortly after the fireworks of the start, all the paddlers make it back to the start area, jump out of their boats and speed down the designated portage line with coaches, team supporters and spectators enthusiast shouting and screaming trying to encourage their paddlers to go faster, to catch up, to get on the wash … You almost lose your breath of all the excitement, and so it goes on for several short rounds with a portage on every lap. Such is the breath-taking sport of Canoe Marathon of today!
This version of Canoe Marathon is very different to the so-called Classic Canoe Marathon competition where athletes started in one place and finished in another. A radical change; finding the right balance was crucial. A close dialogue with the national teams has secured the road with the main purpose of creating a spectacular competition with as much action within the view of spectators who do not have to move and are now able to watch most of the race where the start, portage and finish take place.
But Canoe Marathon is much more. The traditional or Classic Canoe Marathon races most often starts in one place and finish in another and involves all kinds of water; river, lakes, estuary and sea or combinations of these challenging paddlers on calm or flowing water with the main objective. The paddler has to take the water as it is found and be prepared if it is necessary to carry the boat around an impassable obstacle.
Many popular Canoe Marathon competitions are raced down sections of river, where the paddler must negotiate the currents, rapids or weirs, or else portage around these obstacles. Some of these events attract over 2000 athletes each year and are often run in several stages over several days.
Canoe Marathon is being practiced around the world on all continents in most member countries. The excitement of a Marathon race particularly during the portages. A sport with a lot of action.
Canoe paddlers have temporarily conquered the canals in Amsterdam, braving the elements and the city.
This was taken in Queens , New York. I named it canoing, because that is what most people call it when the cigarette starts to burn on one side only...Leo
Not all of our 14 days on this remote river Northern River to Hudson Bay were calm and peaceful as this picture portrays. Every day we experienced moments of terror running fully loaded canoes into class III rapids. Half way into the trip a squall took us by surprise and pounded us with hail on Brunswick Lake. Nearing James Bay the cold winds blew off of Hudson Bay creating large waves that would break over our bows with every third set. No matter how wet I became or how much water poured into my canoe, I felt confident that my Otterbox 2500 would keep my camera dry. Thanks Otterbox! - Worth