Past Outings

Build a solid foundation of skills and knowledge for paddling and traveling on rivers. Gain the confidence to perform rescues and make smart decisions.

Take this course and achieve...

Novice
Saturday, May 27, 2023 - 08:30
2 long days plus 4-6 hours of on-line study beforehand

"From May to October, the canal is open as a 202 km-long navigational waterway for boaters and paddlers. This historic lockage system and UNESCO World Heritage Site, consists of 29 individual...

Beginner
Saturday, May 27, 2023 (All day)
10 days (see Itinerary)

This is an beginner/ intermediate spring run. The sections we will be doing are the two that are best described in the youtube videos prepared by Explore the Backcountry. We will be doing both...

Intermediate
Friday, May 19, 2023 (All day)
2 1/2 days on the water

Bob Henderson has been a WCA member since 1986, will present the topic of water.

“The Water of [Big Trout Lake] Hasn’t Changed: We Have. To Filter or not to...

Beginner
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 19:00
1 hour

We will be doing the Opeongo River on Saturday, levels permitting, and then the lower Madawaska on Sunday. We shall camp at a nearby cottage property on the Saturday night.
Saturday morning...

Intermediate
Saturday, May 13, 2023 - 10:00
2 days, 1 night

The Black River empties into Lake Simcoe south of Washago. There is a fun short section from the HWY 169 bridge crossing to the next concession road crossing to the west where the river loops...

Novice
Saturday, May 6, 2023 - 11:00
1 day

EVENT SIGNUP IS FULL; please contact organizer (Tom Connell) re wait-list or confirmation. This one-day 18km trip will take us down the Willow Creek into the heart of the Minesing Wetlands (...

Beginner
Saturday, May 6, 2023 - 09:00
One Day

We will doing the Upper Salmon River water levels permitting.

Starting at Gull Creek and running this spring whitewater river down to Beaver Lake Area.  I last did this river in 2019...

Intermediate
Sunday, April 16, 2023 - 10:00
1 day

After a couple of years break, from my favorite river, the MAD River (near Creemore Ont) , cleaned itself up in the rains of early April 2023, and a group of WCA members ran the fourteen...

Intermediate
Saturday, April 15, 2023 - 10:00
one day (five to six hours on water)

On a spring day, the Moira River north of Belleville provides a fun paddling trip from Lost Channel to Latta.

The river provides a great opportunity for good novice moving water paddlers to...

Intermediate
Saturday, April 15, 2023 - 09:30
1 day