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This is Kevin Callan's blog about his trips, his (mis-)adventures, and his favourite gear.
May 2009 archive
Misadventures in a Canoe Presentation at Burlington's Tumblehome Store
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I'm presenting in Burlington this Monday (June 1st) at Tumblehome – Source for Adventure http://www.tumblehome.ca/ Title: Misadventures in a Canoe Presentation Here are the details A humorous look at paddling Ontario's wilderness, Kevin Callan will be sharing slides, film and stories of his most memorable (mis)adventures across Ontario. You can ...
zumbro River Paddle Video
Here's the video I promised on our paddle down the Zumbro River in Minnesota last weekend. We had a blast.
Canoe Culture on the Zumbro River
I just got back from a fundraising paddle down the Zumbro River in Minnesota. The Zumbro was definitely a scenic paddle, a waterway twisting its way through a wooded valley and cutting through Minnesota’s farm country; lots of swifts but no real rapids, gravel bars at almost every bend and ...
P.I.N.E. Project Keeps it Wild in the City.
I've met a lot of people during my speaking tour this spring and I have routinely wrote down some unique individuals in my journal who gave me inspiration while chatting with them about . Here's one. I met Andrew McMartin at the Toronto Outdoor Adventure show and he told me ...
Paddling the Zumbro River this Weekend - Let the Adventure Begin!
No canoe trip in Algonquin for me this weekend, Not even beer drinking in the backyard. I'm paddling the mighty Zumbro River, near Rochester, Minnesota. Don't have a clue about the river but a few months ago I received a request from Ann Schmidt to help with a fundraiser named ...
Speaking at the Port Credit Legion Wednesday night.
Canadian Outdoor Equipment in Mississauga is one really cool store. It has all those neat outdoor items that you usually don't see at the regular outfitters, from moccassins to various fire starters to high quality axes and wool clothing. I met the owners at the Toronto Outdoor Show and when ...
Wet Weather Didn't Dampen Wilderness Clean-Up
Another successfull Wilderness Clean-Up weekend. I'll send out all the details when we get them in, but the project had participants across the globe. Our Kawartha group cleaned up Cold and Cox Lake. Most of the sites weren't too bad (some were horrible). The main organizer, Nancy Maddock, was there ...
Speaking in Eganville and Ottawa this week
I have two presentations lined up this week: Eganville's Bonnechere River Watershed Project fund raiser on Eednesday night (Wilderness Pleasures talk) and then Ottawa's Canoe Camping Club General Meeting Friday night (my favorite canoe routes in Ontario). See below for details. Bonnechere River Watershed Project May 6th at the Eganville ...
Come Join us for The Great Wilderness Clean-up
This weekend is wilderness clean-up weekend. I've helped canoeing enthusiast, Nancy Maddock, for a couple of years now with The Great Wilderness Clean-up. A few years back she began a volunteer-based canoe route clean-up project in Algonquin park (hauling out 100 bags of garbage the first year) but quickly got ...
What body part rhymes with Regina?
Life with a four year old is never dull. Take last week for example. I was doing a number of live radio interviews for my Wilderness Pleasures book, averaging one or two every morning. How my wife and I worked out the morning schedule was that she would make sure ...
WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR MOM TO PALMER FEST
Here's the lastest on Palmerfest - to be held on Mother's Day. Yes we know our new paddling festival is on Mother's Day weekend, but what could be better for your mom (or mother of your children) than a paddling weekend away with you? Here's what she gets: Two days ...