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Thanks to the Paddle Conference Volunteers and Donors!!!
We are pleased to have had another great turnout at our third annual RCABC Paddle Conference! There were 47 activities with an incredible 51 people involved with the workshops/presentations and/or helping on the registration/welcoming/waterfront committees! We also had fourteen donors who generously gave us outdoor gear items and had the lending of boats/equipment from Darryl Spencer, Jim Hartwick, Western Canoeing and Kayak, and David Wooldridge. Our donors were Aqualung/Stohlquist, Aquapac, Brooks Wetsuits, Ecomarine, Europe Bound, Grey Owl Paddles, Hellman Canoes, MEC, Middleton Boats, Nikki Rekman Sales, North Water, Skyview Outdoors, Taiga Works, and Western Canoe and Kayak.

Winter/Spring CANEWS Newsletter
RCABC's most recent newsletter is available by clicking the website link below. In it you'll find articles about the Paddle Conference and AGM in Hope, canoeing in New Zealand, Instructor Development Grant and Big Canoe Grant details and more!
http://www.bccanoe.com/media/newsletter/CANEWS-Winter_Spring2012.pdf

Have Canoe News for our Website?
If you'd like RCABC to consider posting a news article, you can send it to our web content editor at the email address below. Topics can include canoe job postings, safety or environment news, BC paddling events or news, or general canoeing interest articles.
webcontent@bccanoe.com

Okanagan Voyagers' Brigade
During the last week of August 2012, The Okanagan Brigade Society will be hosting a Voyagers Brigade with guest from across Canada, the United States, and possibly other nations. We are expecting as many as 20 Voyager canoes with up to 200 paddlers participating. We will be celebrating the history of the Okanagan and the First Nations people, the days of the Fur Brigade Trail, the early ranching days in the North Okanagan and todays Winery trail extending the length of the Okanagan Valley. We will paddle Wood Lake, Kalmalka Lake ,Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake. We will be visiting the communities of Vernon , Fintry , O.K. Center, Kelowna, Westbank, Peachland, Summerland, Naramata, Penticton Keledon and Okanagan Falls. We will be camping at various locations on the lake. Each evening we hope to give people a choice of three different wineries to visit. If you need more please contact Gordon Kelly 250-979-2820
ecogord@shaw.ca

CANEWS Fall 2011
Canews Fall 2011
newsflash/Fall 2011 CANEWS 2.pdf

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Canoeing Resources in BC
 
RCABC is devloping a database of canoeing resources in British Columbia.

BC Canoeing Resources:
* Camps that offer canoe activities
* School programs that include canoeing
* Companies that offer canoeing instruction
* Companies to send your canoe resume to
* Guides for wilderness journeys
* Canoe rentals
* First Nations canoe opportunities
* Community programs that regularly offer courses
* Volunteer opportunities
* Retail Stores

IF YOU'D LIKE US TO INCLUDE YOUR ORGANIZATION'S INFORMATION, SEND IT TO:
resources@bccanoe.com
 
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