Welcome to Canadian Canoe Routes

Canadian Canoe Routes is an online meeting place for those who enjoy exploring the lakes and rivers of Canada by canoe.

Inside, you'll find hundreds of route descriptions, gear information and reviews, tips, tricks and techniques and active discussion forums.

The most important thing you'll find is people - a community of paddlers who share a common bond - their love of Canada's wilderness areas and their passion for exploring it by canoe.

CCR February Photo Contest Winner

Photo is from Grace Lake In Killarney Provincial Park & in the words of 'jcw41':
" This was a magical morning last October. There were four of us taking pictures of this scene. We were about to set out on a hike. Stormy, very cold but the sun just breaking through the mist."

What's Happening on CCR?

	Echoes from the Forums
	First Ever Monthly CCR Photo Contest Come & see the great entries for our first ever monthly photo contest. Cast your vote here for your choice of the best photo here! Voting will close Feb. 28. For those of you who would like to enter your photos there wil be another chance in March. Just watch for the announcement.
	Nastawgan: the WCA Quarterly Journal
	The Winter issue of Nastawgan has now been sent out & excerpts are available for you to read. To read the full version, consider becoming a WCA member. Membership form, information & instructions are available on the WCA website.
	Canoe Trips From our Website
	'Hooligan' has been posting a trip report in instalments of a trip he did some years ago on the Kanairiktok River. It is an exremely enjoyable read, with an extensive & humorous disclaimer. In 'Hooligan's' words, this is a trip report, albeit an old one, of a journey on the Kanairiktok River in Labrador. In Inuktitut, the river’s name means “the place with straight trees good for tent poles”. It was an unknown river of raging whitewater, narrow gorges and falls, set in an isolated, barren landscape. To say I was nervous about this river trip would be an understatement; I was scared shitless! To enjoy this great trip report join us here on the forum.
	Photo Highlights from the Galleries
	In the beautiful province of Quebec there are countless beautiful areas to paddle. View some beautiful photos by 'tripperted' from La Mauricie National Park in the fall. More of tripperted's photos are also available here for your viewing. Visit the Quebec gallery...
	WCA/CCR Updates & Events
	WCA invites you to the Outdoor Adventure Show Feb. 26-28, 2010 Click here for your 2 for 1 Coupon!!! WCA Annual General Meeting Sat. Feb. 20, 2010 - This year the AGM will be held at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons and Wye Marsh near Midland, Ontario. Click here for more info.
	Recipes: Tips & Tricks from the Paddler�s Pot
	For the cool evenings that are just around the corner or after that cold rainy paddle, enjoy Holly Strickland's suggestion of "Arrribah" Hot Chocolate to warm you up!!
	Articles: Of Current Interest
	To anyone who is slightly confused by digital mapping, this article submitted by Richard Munn, "A Digital Primer", gives a great primer on basic GPS functions & the two main digital map formats, raster & vector, & their uses.

Paddling Moments

Do you have a favourite YouTube canoeing video you'd like to share on CCR? Just send us the link at admin@myccr.com! We will be posting new ones regularly.

SONG & SLIDE SHOW
A song & video written & produced
by 'bcull' from our CCR forums is extremely enjoyable to watch. He wrote the song after a 2007 trip on the Nahanni River, or the "Dangerous River" as referred to by R.M. Patterson.)

MANY THANKS TO BARRY CULL!!!.
(posted Feb. 21, 2010)

Quote of the Moment
Without love of the land, conservation lacks meaning or purpose, for only in a deep and inherent feeling for the land can their be dedication in preserving it.
Sigurd F. Olson