My name is Peter Courtney. I am a 52 year-old husband, father and grandfather, a former competitive paddler, a life-long fan of the sport of […] Read More
Category: Alumni
Article published in the original Paddles Up of October 1998, by Sheila Kuyper, Burloak Canoe Club “Do not go where the path may lead, […] Read More
By Wendy Perkins I am sharing this post in honour of our own Sheila Kuyper who ignited a vision for women to paddle Canoe in the […] Read More
Strong Beauty: Power Up the Champion Within is an Olympic athlete’s journey to harness the POWER of self-belief and appreciate the beauty in us all. […] Read More
By Liam Fisher Back to where it all began. I was basically born with a paddle in my hands. My dad was an Olympic […] Read More
By Doug Tutty On June 9, 2018, the Mississauga Canoe Club celebrated their 60thanniversary at the Annual Home Regatta on the Credit River in […] Read More
By LA Schmidt I started Paddling when I was 13yrs of age because some friends were doing it, and I was hooked. I paddled […] Read More
By Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny started his canoeing career at the age of 12 to make sure he was fit to play hockey during […] Read More
By Madeleine Hall Our family had a cottage on Lac St Joseph where I spent every summer until I was 19 years old. I participated […] Read More
By Stephanie Murphy I have been paddling ever since I can remember. My first memories are from summers at Banook; swimming and paddling on […] Read More