Social Events

Join us for a weekend of flatwater and whitewater paddling, hiking and friendship at our Annual Fall Meeting (September 30 to October 2, 2016) to be held at Cedar Ridge Camp, located on 150 acres just south of McArthurs Mills. You can access the Mazinaw trail system for hiking from the camp. The lodge has 10 rooms with 8 beds in each. It also has 4 heated cottages available. There are a number of unheated cottages as well, with indoor washrooms and showers. Camping is permitted, for those who prefer the whole outdoor experience. Food will be provided from Saturday breakfast to Sunday lunch. Vegetarian options are available at each meal. The cost for the weekend is $120.00 plus HST per person. Children under 16 years will be $60.00. You will need to bring sleeping bags and pillows, and perhaps a tent. You can arrive anytime Friday afternoon. There will be some flatwater canoes available for our use. Don’t delay, or you could miss out. If you have gone on a wilderness canoe trip and you would like to present it at the Fall Meeting please contact me directly at lucasde@yahoo.com.

Make your reservation here:
http://www.wildernesscanoe.ca/content/2016-fall-gathering-registration?

WE NOW HAVE THREE SPOTS AVAILABLE, LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
October 16 to 18 2015. Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park - Bottle Lake - Site 106 and second site 105 are now booked. We have a few spaces left on the second site. Emmy Hendrickx has volunteered to manage the second site with me, thank you. We are trying a new location this year. Entry at access point # 7 - Bottle Lake off of Beaver Lake Road. There is a short 181 m portage to the lake. Canoe across the lake to the sites and that is all the canoeing required. These sites have been recommended with nice beaches. Once again the focus of the trip with be on gourmet food and the Turkey.
If you are interested please contact me by e-mail or phone. To add you to the permit, we need the number of people, your age, (child, adult, senior for fees) AND (canoe colour, tent colour, license plate number). ONCE ADDED YOU ARE COMMITTED TO YOUR SHARE OF THE PERMIT FEE.
More details will be sent to the participants.
You cannot sign-up on the website, you must contact us directly.
Thanks Emmy and Gary

A social event with some flat water canoeing required. Join us once again for this Fall Festival weekend canoe trip. This year I have booked a group campsite on Bentshoe Lakes near Haliburton off of hwy 118. As usual the socializing and the gourmet feast will be the themes for this trip. Canoeing will be secondary making the one short portage to the lake easy. The lake is small but big enough to explore for the day with adjoining lakes if interested. The permit fee and some other fees will be split equally among the participants. Saturday’s turkey feast with all the trimmings will be a group effort. The permit limits us to 8 tents and 16 people; I ask that you share a tent on this trip. As in previous years if we have enough interest, you can book another site on the lake and join us.

HI, WE STILL HAVE ONE OPENING FOR A LADY ON THE MAIN SITE. WE ALSO HAVE ONE TENT WITH UP TO SEVEN PEOPLE ON THE SECOND SITE. Join us once again for this Fall Festival weekend canoe trip. This year I have booked a group campsite on Bentshoe Lakes near Haliburton off of hwy 118. As usual the socializing and the gourmet feast will be the themes for this trip. Canoeing will be secondary making the one short portage to the lake easy. The lake is small but big enough to explore for the day with adjoining lakes if interested. The permit fee and some other fees will be split equally among the participants. Saturday’s turkey feast with all the trimmings will be a group effort. The permit limits us to 8 tents and 16 people; I ask that you share a tent on this trip. And like last year if we have enough interest, you can book another site on the lake and join us.

Come and join other WCA members to celebrate Fall arrival and talk about past and future paddling trips! For details, visit:
http://www.wildernesscanoe.ca/content/2013-fall-gathering-registration-0

Please join us for the WCA AGM at the Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto. For details and to register, please go to Club Activities - WCA AGM. Agenda includes: business meetings, including election of new board members; private tour of Evergreen Brickworks site; hike though the scenic Don Valley ravine (free shuttle bus is an alternative) and lunch at a local restaurant

WCA Annual General Meeting
Saturday March 3rd, 2012
KOFFLER SCIENTIFIC RESERVE AT JOKERS HILL

Registration required – please see details below or click on the following link (or paste into your web browser): http://www.wildernesscanoe.ca/content/wca-annual-general-meeting

Please join us for the WCA 2012 Annual General Meeting on Saturday March 3rd, 2012 at the Koffler Scientific Reserve (KSR) at Jokers Hill. Located on the Oak Ridges Moraine just north of Toronto, KSR is owned by the University of Toronto and focuses on a sustainable future through research and education on the environment, in the environment.
In addition to our business meeting, the Director of KSR, Dr. Arthur Weis, will provide a history of KSR, and tell us how scientists from the University of Toronto and other institutions in Canada and abroad are using the resources of KSR to expand our knowledge base in biodiversity, ecology and evolution. We will also do a walking tour of the Reserve (including the old-growth forest) and have access to their hiking trails. Lunch will follow at a local restaurant in Kettleby (lunch is optional; individuals pay for their own lunch; menu includes deli sandwiches and hot Italian home style dishes). The afternoon is free for hiking on KRS’s trails (and maybe snowshoeing or cross country skiing if there is enough snow).

Why attend? Learn more about the business of the WCA; provide input on the club's future direction; socialize with other outdoor enthusiasts; learn about KSR and enjoy their hiking trails.

Register: We need to know how many members will be attending the meeting and lunch. Please click on the link below to register by February 29. Please note the registration is through our online store; there is no cost to attend the AGM, but it will appear as if you’re “purchasing” attendance at the AGM.

Location: The Koffler Scientific Reserve is located at 17000 Dufferin Street, King City, ON, L7B1K5. It is on the west side of Dufferin, north of Sideroad 19 (Mulock Dr) and south of Hwy 9 (Davis Dr).

Date/Time: Saturday, March 3. Door’s open at 8:30 and meeting starts at 9 am. We expect the business part of the meeting to end around 11 am; the talk and tour of KSR to end about noon and lunch to start about 12:30. The afternoon is free for exploring the KSR trails.

Questions: Please email any questions to geri.james@bell.net.

Cost: There is no cost to attend the meeting (optional lunch is extra and paid by each individual). However, we do require you to register online through the WCA online store (see link below).

REGISTER online by Feb 29 by clicking on the following link:

http://www.wildernesscanoe.ca/content/wca-annual-general-meeting

For more information and to make a reservation, visit WCA website event page: http://www.wildernesscanoe.ca/content/2011-wca-fall-meeting-1-2-october, or the "2011 Fall Meeting" link in the Club Activities section.

WCA Pub Night, Sat., Jan 29, 7pm
Come and join your friends for a social night reliving last summer's paddling adventures and planning those for this coming summer.

The proprietor of the Twisted Kilt has given us use of the upper level room gratis, so there is no cover charge, we will have our own bartender, and the selection of brews is impressive: http://www.thetwistedkilt.ca/ You can order food and non-alcoholic beverages from the restaurant downstairs as well.

There is a TV available and we will have a DVD player, so if you want to show some of those fantastic runs you made last summer, or that bear that came into your camp one night, bring them along and we will try to make you a star.

Since this is an open social night, it is open to members, their family and friends, and anyone else interested in talking about paddling, tripping, camping, and the great outdoors. Bring them along!

While this is a 'open' function, if you plan to come, please sign up on-line, to give an idea of numbers so I can advise the pub staff. But, on the other hand, feel free to come 'unannounced 'at the last minute if that is how it happens!

Dear members,

Please consider participating at the WCA AGM on Sunday, 13th February.

Details and online registration are available here:
http://www.wildernesscanoe.ca/content/wca-annual-general-meeting

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