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Il y a un bon pagayeur
I very much enjoyed your fall issue. Te article on Jay Morrison (“Who’s Counting?”) reminded me of Ilya Klva- na’s cross-Canada trip in 1999. Not only was Ilya successful in completing the trip in one season, he was the first to do it in a kayak. His trip was also the longest on record, starting at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and finish- ing off the northern tip of Newfound- land for a total of 7,380 kilometres! Since he had little interest in pro-
A pack full of memories
I have just returned home from a trip on the Montreal River to find the Ca- noeroots issue that recounted a trip on the Churchill River in 1955 (V5, I4). My grandfather, Omond Solandt (former chancellor of the University of Toronto), was one of the members on that historic trip. I too read the beauti- ful account of that trip in Mr. Olson’s Te Lonely Land and imagined accom- panying them on that incredible expe- dition. Sadly, Omond (Poppa) passed away
a number of years ago, but one of his old canvas packs still made it on the river with us this summer. Handled gently, now that the leather is wearing away, we call it the ‘Poppa Pack’ and it takes a place of pride in our canoes. It was he who introduced to my parents (and then they to us kids) the wonders of paddling and its ability to “iron out the wrinkles in my soul,” as he so ac- curately put it.
ERIKA BAILEY Toronto,Ontario
moting himself, his achievements re- ceived little publicity and are largely unknown. Here’s to you, Ilya. ERIC KNUDSEN Lee, Massachusetts
Vicarious wanderings
I LOVE THE MAGAZINE! I have small children now and I rarely get out on the canoe trips I used to, so I live vicarious- ly through your magazine. Incidentally, I worked at Kandalore and used to give tours of the Kanawa Museum when it was housed there. Your article about Kirk Wipper (V5, I4) brought back very fond memories of a wonderful time in my life!
MIKE KIERSTEAD Richmond Hill, Ontario
Wood is good
Another great issue. In reading Cliff Jacobson’s “My! How Times Have Changed” (V5, I4), I couldn’t help re- flect on how the canoes we paddle have changed even more than Cliff described. In the not-too-distant past, all canoes were wooden and even the worst of these was more pleasing aes- thetically than most of what is being
paddled today. With the emphasis ever more on “performance,” one of the rea- sons for paddling, i.e. the soul-nour- ishing feeling of having a beautiful, quiet, warm and natural canoe under you, has been lost. Most of today’s canoes, with their
almost see-through hulls and flat shear lines, have about as much aesthetic ap- peal as a plank. I know that I am biased, but if I am wrong, then why is it that a wooden canoe gets such fond touches whenever people see it?
DOUG LONG
Longwood Canoes Mountain, Ontario
Tough we would sooner paddle an aero- dynamic 40-pound Kevlar hull than a plank (regardless of its excellent primary stability), we will happily grant your point about the beauty of wooden canoes. As for your question about fond touches, we’ll defer to Sigmund Freud.—Ed.
Gladly
A note to let you know how much we enjoy your magazine, Canoeroots. My wife and our children enjoyed camping and canoeing for many years and now our children and their families are do- ing the same. Please send us a bill for one more year of Canoeroots and keep up the good work. CAROL and RON HARDMAN Port Colborne, Ontario
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