Paddle
Past through the
Harold Casselman and Laurence Blades paddling the Peace River in 1933. PHOTO: GLENBOW ARCHIVES NA-2546-15
36 n CANOE ROOTS fall 2006
R E T R A C E T H E P A T H S of the Beothuk, explorers, voyageurs and modern pioneers on these storied routes BY CONOR MIHELL
CARS HAVE COME A LONG WAY since the Model-T, modern bicycles bear little resemblance to penny farthings and the Wright brothers would scarcely recog- nize a stealth bomber as an airplane. De- spite a much longer history, the simple design of a canoe has changed little over the centuries. Maybe that’s why it’s easy to feel you
are part of a heritage that is still very much intact whenever you push off from shore in a canoe. Here are four routes on which it’s easy to commune with canoeing’s past. Paddle in the spirit of Newfoundland’s
first inhabitants on the Exploits, behind one of Canada’s greatest explorers on the Peace River, in tune with the voya- geurs through Quetico and in the slip- stream of those who helped rejuvenate canoeing as a recreational pastime on the Churchill River.
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