Whitewater

Rock and roll on the Opeongo and Madawaska Rivers. After many years running these 2 beautiful rivers we have had everything from snow to hot sun. Stay at a local motel or camp at a lovely site where we are serenaded by peepers. Suitable for advanced whitewater paddlers there will be lotza C3 rapids not all of which are land scouted, as we know these rivers intimately.
Contact organizer directly by email. No online registratations can be accepted.

Participants Signed Up:
Jay and Frank Knaapen
Attila Barbacsy

Cancelled due to low water

From Friday to Sunday we will be running the Lower Black, Beaver Creek and the Moira. These beautiful Kawartha rivers are suitable for advanced C3 paddlers and hopefully the weather will be warm and sunny. email us to signup

Participants Signed up :
Jay & Frank Knaapen
Attila Barbacsy

Book before May26 as we will be away June1-14.
Marc McCabe of Michigan is looking for a tandem partner. Marc paddled with
us on our wonderful Agawa River trip, a few years ago.

The Bazin River from Parent to the Gatineau River is 125 kilometers of beautiful whitewater suitable for advanced paddlers. The Bazin is mostly C1-2 with lots of C3 rapids, and two C4-5 rapids which can be run or portaged. There are no FALLS on this river and the approaches to the C4 rapids appear to offer good advanced warning for scouting, though many of the rapids will only offer boat scouting. There is a long flat stretch but with high water levels this should not be too difficult for solo paddlers. We will paddle 4 days on the Bazin (25K per day) and 1 day on the Gatineau to take out at Pike Rapid. We will put in at Parent on Saturday afternoon after arranging to have our cars driven from Parent to the take out. The trip will end at about lunch time on Friday. There is an excellent map of the BAZIN on www.cartespleinair.org select CARTES and scroll down till you find the BAZIN.
Contact organizer directly by email. No online registratations can be accepted.

Participants Signed Up:
Jay & Frank Knaapen
Mark McCabe - looking for a partner

Similar to the Canada Day weekend, except the water will be lower and warmer. Just a relaxed summer weekend of camping and paddling. See the Canada Day Weekend description for driving instructions, etc.
We may go up on Friday afternoon. Feel free to arrive and leave as convenient. We'll be here all weekend.
Note the the water level needs to be at least 30 cms to have fun. If it's below that, we'll go to the Minden Wildwater Preserve for the weekend.

We will be paddling the oTtawa river on Sunday, as we have 2 boats and a car shuttle, so if you would like to join us phone 613-687-6037. The Ottawa is a challenging big water river with safe recovery as the rapids are far apart, a great opportunity to rock and roll thru very big waves. Of course there are portage options as well. We will meet at 10 a.m. at the OWL Put IN. I only get email at the local library so phone is best at this last minute event.

We'll be heading to Algonquin Park to run the Petawawa River from Lake Travers to McManus
The campsites have been booked (Travers, Crooked Chute, Schooner Raps,McManus)
The sites have been selected to provide lots of time to play in the rapids and do some fishing.

GatFest offers a 'co-ordinated' opportunity to paddle Gatineau wildwater rapids with the backup of rafts and many other paddlers. We have reserved early, a beach site on the Gatineau River at Bonnet Rouge Rafting/Camping which also offers meals, (instead of camping at the high school in Maniwaki). Information on the GatFest website www.gatineau.org includes registration options, so book early!

There will be a ton of people, and, as a bonus, rafting is only $60. The Gatineau rapids are powerful big river rapids so C3 skills and fully outfitted WW boats is mandatory, though water levels are reasonable at the moment. This is a great venue for connecting with awesome paddlers. If you want to join us as a mini-team - Email J&Frank at jneilson@nrtco.net or tel. 613-687-6037

The Black River at HWY 169 just south of Washago has an intersting section that packs half a dozen Class 1-2 rapids into the distance of only a couple of km. It's an ideal spot for budding moving water paddlers to learn to ferry, eddy turn and surf in a non-threatening environment. For more experienced paddlers, it provides a good practice work-out, and if the water is high enough, there are some gnarlier bits on some of the side-channels. This trip is always a low-key, relaxed day for practicing, learning and socializing. A pleasant way to get to meet some other WCA members if you're new to the club. The water should be warming up by then, but you'll at least want to have a wetsuit.

Due to our rainy spring the Moira has remained at high spring levels, and we will get a chance for a May Day paddle on it. Hopefully, the weather and water will have warmed up a bit by then, making it an excellent opportunity to get out and do mellow some river play. We'll meet at Chisholm's Mill at 9:00 and do a run down the easier lower section, which is mainly long sections of Class 1-2 with lots of rollercoaster waves to go for a ride on. After lunch, we'll drive up to Lost Channel to run this shorter but more intense section, which has an interesting long Class 2-3 rapid. For first time Moira paddlers, we can have a look at it on the car shuttle to the put-in, and you can easily walk it if you don't like what you see. This trip is a great one for those with good novice skills who want to move up to an intermediate level river.

The Petawawa will be HUGE on the long weekend, and the ice will be going out late this year. There are portage for all of the C3 rapids. This is an awesome opportunity to watch some of Ontario's best paddlers tackle some really tough runs. Rollway is the longest toughest wildwater ride in the Near North. If your one of those best we will support you at the bottom! At high water there are miles of C2 rapids that provide some challenging maneouvring. Suitable for advanced C2 paddlers who are comfortable maneouvring in big waves, and experts of course. Do not use auto-signup as we do not have internet at our home. Phone or email us to confirm participation.