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at wrote on 3/9/05 9:44 PM:

KMAN said:
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Heh. Just check out www.gokayaking.ca
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Wow! Nice site. If the weater weren't getting so good, I think I'd be
spending more than a few hours visiting... I will anyway!

KMAN:
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In terms of canals "in" Ottawa, there's only one and it doesn't offer
much
for paddling. But the Rideau River has some fun little trips right in
town
depending on the season, and continues down to Kingston as part of the
canal
system and there are lots of great trips in there.
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Two years ago, after my Ottawa buddy and I did some kayaking around
Nanaimo, we talked about me coming out east, and we dreamed about the
Kingston trip.

KMAN:
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My wife and I moved to a shoreline property on the mighty Ottawa River
in
December and can't wait for the ice to go out...it's going to be
amazing to
be ten seconds from getting on the water!
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Man! And I thought I had it sweet with only a 5 minute drive to the
beach on English Bay. That 10 seconds sounds amazing indeed.

Cheers,
wilf

We finally figured out that if we were serious about paddling on a more
frequent basis we'd have to do something drastic.

A 5 minute drive to English Bay sounds pretty good!

My dream is to buy up one of the little cottages nearby and turn it into a
specialized B&B for paddlers :-)