Saturday, September 22, 2007

French River Sailing

Althought the French River is upstream when going from west to east, the winds are said to be predominantly from the west. Check out some footage of us going upstream....please note that it is difficult to steer a canoe and capture video simultaneously... :-), thus the choppy image.

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"The Route" Then and Now

"The Route" Then and Now
A section of a map of the fur trade route followed by Rene Menard in the late 1600's. The "Journey of Citizenship" started in Sault Ste Marie on August 24/07 and has a planned completion date of September 12/07 in Ottawa.

.....and the journey has begun

.....and the journey has begun
Ben demonstrates a potential new Olympic sport....Canooling

Photos from the start of the journey

Photos from the start of the journey
last minute preparations

As well-wishers cheered, off they went.