May 28, 2018 / Community

The secret path: Bringing back a nearly forgotten ancient portage trail

By Shane Fowler – CBC News   Indigenous people, volunteers and a dedicated researcher work to tell the story of an ancient portage route. Read the full story on CBC News: The secret path: Bringing back a nearly forgotten ancient portage trail Deep in the woods of eastern New Brunswick lies a little-known pathway, a portage route that served as an incredible shortcut for Indigenous people at least a millennium ago. The path in Harcourt, about 50 kilometres from Elsipogtog First Nation, connects a branch of the Richibucto River with the Salmon River. But in effect, the four-kilometre trail connects the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the waters of […] Read More

CKC

Canada’s dominance in women’s canoeing is no fluke

May 27, 2018

By John Gregory and Canoe Kayak Canada   Aptly, the first Olympic gold medal in the C1 men’s event at the 1936 Games was won by a Canadian, Francis (Frank) Amyot from Ottawa. A new Olympic canoeing program sees women’s canoe introduced as an Olympic medal event in Tokyo, some 84 years later. This is not a pipe dream. Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) has a robust Olympic Canoe Sprint legacy with 24 Olympic medals. The Canadian Women’s Canoe team invested early and is now setting the international benchmark for world best times.  In Rio, four-time Olympic medallist, Adam Van Koeverden […] Read More

Alumni

I have been paddling ever since I can remember

May 25, 2018

By Stephanie Murphy   I have been paddling ever since I can remember. My first memories are from summers at Banook; swimming and paddling on the shores of Lake Banook. I began in Atom as a kayaker as most kids do, but after winning my first C-1 race (sitting down and paddling on both sides to stay straight) I was hooked on canoeing. Through the years, I have won dozens of nationals championship medals in varying distances and disciplines, but my favorite race was always warcanoe. My first nationals medal was from 2003 when my Midget girls warcanoe crew, consisting […] Read More

Athletes

Laurence Vincent-Lapointe visits Tokyo 886 days before the 2020 Games

May 10, 2018

By Laurence Vincent-Lapointe   A few weeks ago I had the chance to visit Japan with the Kakehashi Project. This trip overseas was probably one of the best i have had in my life and I am grateful to JICE for the opportunity of a life time.     The experience of seeing Japan and everything it has to offer really reinforced me in my motivation to make it to the Olympics in 2020. I was able to view a completely different culture and way of life with amazing people I would love to meet again.     During those few […] Read More

Alumni

I am a firm believer in that paddling is a way of life

May 9, 2018

By Darryl Bohm   I am leading the “Opportunities to stay involved within the sport” initiative of the Alumni program. My objective is to keep the Alumni active within the paddling community. Some of the opportunities may be: Assist CKC, Divisional and Club event organisers source volunteers from the Alumni (this is a great way to give back to the sport) Explore the possibilities that the Alumni can participate in the sport they love (i.e. look at the various disciplines and motivate Alumni to stay active and healthy while still enjoying paddling) Engage the Alumni in informative / motivational / […] Read More