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Paddlefest 2007 Quick Facts

August 30 2007 at 12:02 PM
 

September 15th all day. -Registration starts at 09:00 am
Classes run from 10-6:30

"Everybody welcome social" Dinner, drinks, and the Reel Paddling Film Festival highlights from 7:00 pm onwards.

Sunnyside Park (map available at mec.ca/paddlefest)

Pre-registration starts September 5th - 13th. Must be done in person at the Membership Desk in the store. Pre-registration is strongly recommended as we expect many of the session to sell out.

Instructors will include: Paul Mason, Becky Mason, Kelly Blades and many others.

$3.00 per session with a max of 4 on water session per person. No limit to land sessions.

- 28 canoe workshops
- 28 kayak workshops
- 21 dry land session
Intro to rowing, dragon boating, and Montreal boat (really big canoes) tours all day.

Examples of workshops:
Seasoned solo canoeing with Becky Mason
Kayak games
Rolling a kayak
Bear wise with MNR
Rolling an open canoe
Camp cooking

Full schedule will be available September 1st.

Paddlefest is a partnership with the city of Toronto. Proceeds to support Inner Tripping Outtripping Centre

September 14th at 9:00 pm Watershed moments slide show and talk at the store with Becky Mason (Call the store in advance know how to let us know if you will assist to give us an idea of how many people we will be dealing with).

Encourage Participants to bring their boat, we always need more. There will be boats available for loan otherwise.

If it rains we get wet. Uneless it's unsafe, we are on the water.

More questions? Contact J at jwallace@mec.ca, Liz at lburnside@mec.ca or Jorge at jnanez@mec.ca


 

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