Tag: Val

  • Trip Report – 10 Apr 2023 – Green’s Creek

    Trip Report – 10 Apr 2023 – Green’s Creek

    This is our 2nd annual spring run of Green’s Creek in Ottawa. The name will be familiar to most Ottawan’s as there is a big sliding hill in winter that takes its name. The creek itself flows through greenspace for most of its length and passes just at the bottom of the sliding hill. This…

  • Trip Report – 1850s Vintage Trip – Rideau Canal – Jun 2011

    Trip Report – 1850s Vintage Trip – Rideau Canal – Jun 2011

    Rowing 4 days with vintage equipment on a naval whaler through a UNESCO world heritage site and it’s series of locks? Yeah that sounds like a challenge! Several years before, through working with the Scouts, a project was initiated to refurbish two Naval Whalers that had been acquired. With the Rideau Canal, opened in 1832,…

  • Trip Report – Awacamenj Mino – Jan 2011

    Trip Report – Awacamenj Mino – Jan 2011

    This is actually 2 trips to the scout camp at Awacamenj Mino, one in early January to open the snowshoe/skiing trails and the other in late January for some camping and snowshoeing. Trip 1 – Breaking in the trails This was just a simple daytrip up to Awacamenj Mino to break in the trails for…

  • Trip Report – Nov 2011 – Adirondacks – Panther

    Trip Report – Nov 2011 – Adirondacks – Panther

    A quick overnight trip to climb a few mountains in the Santanoni range of the Adirondacks. It being November, the weather had a different idea than we did! Day 1 – Getting there and Weather We set off from Ottawa in a few vehicles planning to meet up some friends at the lean-to at the…

  • Trip Report – 20-23 Aug 2010 – Coulonge River

    Trip Report – 20-23 Aug 2010 – Coulonge River

    This was my first (and only as of 2022) trip down the Coulonge river. The Coulonge, Noire and Dumoine are tributaries of the Ottawa river, in the same area and good for whitewater oriented trips. For this trip we had 12 participants: Burg, Gibe, Wissell, Sylvain, Val, Master Trooper (Dan), Dan’s father, Julien, Marty B,…

  • Trip Report – 21-22 May 2022 -Rivière du Sourd

    (In progress) Trip down the Rivière du Sourd in the Réserve Faunique Papineau-Labelle (north of Ottawa on the Québec side) May 21st and 22nd 2022. We ran this river a couple times before in early spring when there is enough water, not sure how the conditions are later in the season. Unfortunately I was not…

  • Trip Report – 9 to 13 Jul 2010 – Dumoine River

    Trip Report – 9 to 13 Jul 2010 – Dumoine River

    Another wonderful trip down the Dumoine river, with a bit of a more experienced group with most of us having done the river the year prior. For this trip we were 8 participants (Sunshine, Burger, Gibe, Val, Seb, Sylvain, Wissell with Eric L. joining us) in 4 canoes and wanted to see just how far…

  • Trip Report – 27 Jun to 1 Jul 2009 – Dumoine River

    Trip Report – 27 Jun to 1 Jul 2009 – Dumoine River

    Another first for me on this trip, canoe-camping and white water canoeing all wrapped in one! For this trip we were a fairly large group with 10 participants in 5 canoes (Marty B, Ben, Van) and decided to tackle the Dumoine River on a 5 day trip. Preparations Several meetings to plan, discussions around itinerary,…