Category: Announcement!

TRIP CHANGE: Grand River: Inverhaugh–Kaufman Flats

Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024                                            

Leaders: Doug Arthur and Bruce Williams                             

Basic Training Required

COST: $8.00 (no envelopes)                          

Meet at the Canoe Shed to leave @ 8:30             

Trip Details: Excellent views of the countryside. Some challenging turns.

4-4 1/2 hours duration.

•  Please make car pooling arrangements before we meet Tuesday morning. 
• If you carpool, reimburse your driver ($5 would be appropriate for this trip). If you drive in a different car each way, please reimburse both drivers.

Reminder: Bring emergency contact card, lunch, water, hat, sunscreen, PFD, and proper foot wear- no flip-flops or crocs!

To Register: Contact Doug Arthur at djarthur29@gmail.com (or 519-741-8641). You will receive a confirmation email  to confirm your spot.

If you change your mind or are unable to make it for some reason, please let the Trip Leader know asap as this will affect number of canoes required, partners, etc. 

Please check your email the morning of the trip in case of cancellation.

In today’s Beaver River blog for Tuesday, July 23, Doug’s contact email should read: djarthur29@gmail.com

DATE: Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Intermediate Training Required

LEADERS: Doug Arthur and Bruce Williams

Tower: Frank Kuntz

TRIP FEE: $15 (no envelopes)

TIME: Meet at the Shed at 8:00 am

DRIVE TIME: This is a 1 1/2 —2 hour drive, with a 3 1/2 hr. paddle

TRIP DETAILS: This club favourite on the picturesque Beaver River starts at Access 2, Sideroad 19, north of Kimberley

It is a longer trip, with moderate rapids and spectacular scenery, requiring stamina and endurance. We stop for lunch at a lovely bend in the river where some choose to cool off with a swim. And we end the day with a stop for ice-cream!

CAR POOLING: Please make carpooling arrangements before we meet Tuesday morning. If you carpool, reimburse the driver ($20 would be appropriate for this trip) If you drive in a different car each way, please reimburse both drivers.

NOTE: CONSTRUCTION IN ARTHUR MAY SLOW THE DRIVE!

REMEMBER: Bring PFD, emergency contact card, hat, lunch, water, sunscreen, insect repellent, and proper footwear—no flip-flops or crocs.

TO REGISTER: Contact Doug Arthur at darthur29@gmail.com (or 519-741-8641)

You will receive a confirmation email. If you don’t receive an email by Monday night, call Doug to make sure you’re on the list.

If you change you mind, or are unable to make it, please let Doug know asap as this will affect the number of canoes required, partners etc.

Please check your email the morning of the trip in the event of cancellation.

Brant Conservation Area to Erie Street

July 16, 2024, canoe trip cancelled due to high flow rates and possibly more rain in the forecast. Let’s hope for better conditions going forward.

Hi Everyone,

Doug Arthur and I went on our first back country canoe trip to Killarney Provincial Park (Bell Lake) for 3 days/2 nights and had a great time! It was Doug’s first time there and he wanted to stay!

I have included photos of our trip. I would like to do at least one other trip this year. If you are interested, I’m looking at the end of August or the end of September.

I would request that all interested in going please email me with the dates you would prefer so that I can reserve a site.

Also note: You must commit to going as pre-payment must accompany the reservation. I look forward to your responses.

Bruce Williams

President OSSCC 

Only 3 paddlers registered.

Date: June 27

Trip: 210 Water St. S., Galt, Cambridge (previously Petrocan) to Birley Gates

Time: Meet at the Shed to leave at 8:30 sharp!

Leader: TBA

Tower: Teresa Maki

Cost: $8 (no envelopes)

Trip Details: Interesting and exciting challenges on the river make this trip a favourite—and offer a great opportunity to practise river reading and maneuvers learned in training.

Intermediate Level: Strong paddling skills and stamina needed. Approximately a 4 hour paddle

Carpooling: If you carpool, please reimburse the driver ($10 would be appropriate for this trip). If you drive in a different car each way, please reimburse both drivers.

Bring: PFD, lunch, water, hat, sunscreen, and proper footwear—no flip-flops or crocs.

Register: Contact Anne Woolner, annewoolner@hotmail.com, 519-743-2277 to register, advising whether you paddle stern or bow.

You will receive a confirmation email. If you don’t receive confirmation by Wednesday night, contact Anne to ensure you’re on the list.

If you change your mind, or are unable to make it for some reason, please let Anne know asap as this will affect the number of canoes required, partners, etc.

Please check your email the morning of the trip in case of cancellation.

Date: Tuesday, June 25

Trip: Grand River: Freeport to Pat’s trailer for a potluck lunch

Time: Meet at the Shed to leave @ 9:00 am

Leader: Anne Woolner
Tower: Frank Kuntz

Cost: $8 (no envelopes)

Trip Details: EASY BREEZY, FOLLOWED BY POT LUCK.

This trip requires Basic Training but does involve a short portage around the Mannheim Weir. It twists and turns around golf courses and the Pioneer Tower. Our ‘take-out’ is at Pat’s trailer for a potluck lunch.

People who are not canoeing are welcome to come for the potluck only. Meet in the parking lot at 211 Pioneer Tower Rd at 11:00 am. Pat will let you in.

If you are canoeing, bring your food item in a cooler or prepared for transport. Make sure it’s in a vehicle going to Pat’s trailer and staying there, and NOT in the trunk of a vehicle returning drivers to the put-in! When we shuttle to the take out, all of the food & lawn chairs will be deposited at the trailer.

Remember to Bring: Cutlery-plate-drink(s) potluck item to share after paddle.
For the paddle, remember water, hat, sunscreen, PFD, and proper foot wear- no flip flops or crocs.

Please contact Anne Woolner annewoolner@hotmail.com 519-743-2277 to register, advising whether you paddle stern or bow. You will receive a confirmation email. If you don’t receive confirmation by Monday night, contact Anne to make sure you’re on the list. If you change your mind, or are unable to make it for some reason, please let Anne know asap as this will affect number of canoes required, partners, etc

Pat’s Potluck Information:
I will meet the paddlers at Freeport (the put-in) and bring their food etc back to my house. Everyone is invited! Plan to attend and meet “new and past members”!

DIRECTIONS: If you take the expressway (HWY 8) south from Kitchener towards 401, take the King Street exit towards London.

From King Street, at the lights Sportsworld Drive is on the left, and you will turn right onto Baxter Place.

Then take a quick right onto Pioneer Tower Road.

Stay on this road until you reach the Pioneer Sportsmans Club at 211 Pioneer Tower Rd, which is on the left after a green area and past some houses.

Pat will meet you at the gate.