Kipawa: Canoeing, Kayaking and Boating
(Story behind Kipawa and Canoes)

The Canoe Trails Training Manual
All you need to know and do to prepare for your next canoe trip.

New Links

• NOLAC Northern Ontario Liquid Adventurers Club

Trips & Rallies

• Swifts Kipawa Canoe
• Canoeing, kayaking and rafting in Abitibi-Temiscamingue (Quebec)
• http://www.smoothwater.com/summer.htm
• Five to six day trips from Lac Dumoine. (90k)
• 6.Seven to 15 days from Lac Ogascanane / Kipawa River. (160k)
• Three canoe-camping tours in kipawa.  May 17 thru October 17.
• Kipawa Trip by Camp Y-On-The-Ottawa
  Dunrobin, Ontario  - 6 or 12 day sessions; 8 to 10 years of age swimming, campfires, overnight trips, canoeing instruction, climbing wall, low ropes course and more. 
• RKY Camp
• Other Trips

Kipawa Drifters

Other Resources

• Canoe Trips with Valley Ventures
  • Dumoine River
• Michael Whitney's Kipawa Canoe (I would even be bold enough to say that my constructions skills aren't too bad either.)
• The Kipawa Drifters Canoe Group (group is no longer active)

• Green Valley Boat Works
  • The Kipawa canoe, designed by John Winters( to the right), is the forerunner of a new breed of fast, seaworthy and maneuverable tripping canoes. (alt 2)
• Trailhead: Teen Adventure/Leadership Program: A Week in the Wild

• Letter from a Kipawa Canoe builder...

• Dear Paddling Club/Rafting Company/Whatever:
• An Open Letter from Les Amis de la Riviére Kipawa (The Friend of the Kipawa River) to Save the Kipawa River

Advice

"If you are into serious wild water and willing to drive another couple of hours, I strongly recommend the Kipawa from Laniel to Lake Timiskaming, 1:50000 31 M/3 "Fabre". It is a world-class run in high water, and a very challenging technical run in low water (either high or low it is III-V, but mostly IV; in low water skip the dam and put-in downstream at 288135). It is well worth the effort to get there.

- Richard Culpeper M.A.

Green Valley Boat Works

Kipawa Canoe

From a Wooden Canoe : Reflections on Canoeing, Camping, and Classic Equipment  by Jerry Dennis, Glenn Wolff (Illustrator)

I Highly recommend it as medicine for all those stuck in the city.

Kipawa Drifters