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Canoeing across Canada for beginners, by beginners
Abigail and Duncan Thomson wrote in message ...
So, you've read about the unstoppable voyageurs, the expeditions of Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and David Thompson to "crack the mountain ramparts" and map the Rockies. You've heard about the trials of the 3 great portages to the Athabasca: La Vase Portages, Grand Portage and the Methye Portage (aka Portage La Loche) and now you're imagining embarking on a trans-Canada canoe (or kayak) adventure of your own. If you've ever dreamed about canoeing across Canada, but thought you weren't up to it, think again! For some tips, see: http://www.canadabyland.org/ Any constructive comments on the site will be warmly received. Thanks, Duncan Thomson A fine effort and a great website! A minor quibble: You can't start in Montreal and "cross Canada". You've missed four of the ten Provinces. As a Maritimer, I see this claim made quite often. Cheers from Nova Scotia (One of the Four) |
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Gary S. Idontwantspam@net wrote in message . ..
On 31 Dec 2003 12:58:42 -0800, (magoo_ns) wrote: A fine effort and a great website! A minor quibble: You can't start in Montreal and "cross Canada". You've missed four of the ten Provinces. As a Maritimer, I see this claim made quite often. Cheers from Nova Scotia (One of the Four) Don't you count the three territories? Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom I do, but since their destination is Vancouver, they won't. |
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Gary S. wrote in :
On 31 Dec 2003 18:02:59 -0800, (magoo_ns) wrote: I do, but since their destination is Vancouver, they won't. I imagine that cross country in Canada is a bit more straightforward, as there are many possible cross country routes for the US. A US cross country trip often involves New York City to Los Angeles, although this is arbitrary. For Canada, the equivalent would involve Vancouver of course, but what would be the typical East Coast end be? Halifax? Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA A _real_ cross-Canada route would run from St. Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador to Victoria, British Columbia. But I know a number of people who have attempted a cross-Canada trip have taken a bit of a shortcut and started in Halifax. -- Darryl |
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On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:36:25 GMT, Darryl Johnson
wrote: Gary S. wrote in : A US cross country trip often involves New York City to Los Angeles, although this is arbitrary. For Canada, the equivalent would involve Vancouver of course, but what would be the typical East Coast end be? Halifax? Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) A _real_ cross-Canada route would run from St. Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador to Victoria, British Columbia. But I know a number of people who have attempted a cross-Canada trip have taken a bit of a shortcut and started in Halifax. Agreed. We New Englanders consider a cross-country US trip starting in New York a bit abbreviated as well. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
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Gary S. Idontwantspam@net wrote in message . ..
On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:36:25 GMT, Darryl Johnson wrote: Gary S. wrote in : A US cross country trip often involves New York City to Los Angeles, although this is arbitrary. For Canada, the equivalent would involve Vancouver of course, but what would be the typical East Coast end be? Halifax? Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) A _real_ cross-Canada route would run from St. Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador to Victoria, British Columbia. But I know a number of people who have attempted a cross-Canada trip have taken a bit of a shortcut and started in Halifax. Agreed. We New Englanders consider a cross-country US trip starting in New York a bit abbreviated as well. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom Yes, I would imagine so too. But in this case, one and a half time zones have been left out! Terry Fox knew where to start his cross-Canada trip..St. John's Nfld. I do admit though, that beginning a paddle trip in Newfoundland would be very problematic. As far as I know, there's only been one successful NS to NFLD paddle crossing, that having been done this summer past by a 60+ year old man who not only went solo, but told no one he was doing it. Yow. |
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Canoeing across Canada for beginners, by beginners
"magoo_ns" wrote in message
om... A fine effort and a great website! A minor quibble: You can't start in Montreal and "cross Canada". You've missed four of the ten Provinces. As a Maritimer, I see this claim made quite often. If the goal is to reproduce the work of the old explorers, as was implied in the original post, and not simply to paddle across Canada, then there would be no need to start further east than Montreal--since you could get there (from Halifax, St. John's, or Europe) by any decent sailing ship in those days. Getting much further was difficult in those days before any locks (not to mention the railways) were built, so Canoes were pretty important... -Paul |
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Canoeing across Canada for beginners, by beginners
"Paul Skoczylas" wrote in message news:zLhKb.82839$6b2.59240@edtnps84...
"magoo_ns" wrote in message om... A fine effort and a great website! A minor quibble: You can't start in Montreal and "cross Canada". You've missed four of the ten Provinces. As a Maritimer, I see this claim made quite often. If the goal is to reproduce the work of the old explorers, as was implied in the original post, and not simply to paddle across Canada, then there would be no need to start further east than Montreal--since you could get there (from Halifax, St. John's, or Europe) by any decent sailing ship in those days. Getting much further was difficult in those days before any locks (not to mention the railways) were built, so Canoes were pretty important... -Paul Well, that's the trouble. The goal, as stated by the paddlers themselves on their website, is to paddle "across Canada" from Montreal. It's wonderful that they're also going to retrace the original canoe route, but it didn't cross Canada either. Quite simply you cannot cross anything by starting in the middle. If they would take out the "cross Canada" reference, it would in no way diminish their great achievment, and would erase the unintended snub to Atlantic Canadians. I'm not suggesting that one would have to touch all provinces to cross the country, but I believe Terry Fox had it right; start at the Atlantic coast of the Easternmost province and finish on the Pacific coast of the Westernmost. |
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