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Widgeon Creek invasive plant removal - 1A

05 Jul

Fri, Jul 5, 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Yellow gate, Quarry Road, Coquitlam 5100 Quarry Road, Coquitlam, BC

Trip

SKABC Conservation Volunteers needed Friday 5 June 2024, 9 am until noon at Widgeon Creek, to be accessed from Coquitlam BC. Help SKABC in partnership [...]

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Porteau Cove to Gambier - 18 NM (3D)

06 Jul

Sat, Jul 6, 2024

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Trip

Description: Cross over to Defence Islands, follow the mainland south, cross over to Gambier, follow Gambier coast line south east, lunch on Gambier, cross to [...]

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Rescue & Rolling Practice Session - Sunday July 14 2024 - Cancelled

14 Jul

Sun, Jul 14, 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Whytecliff Park

Training Course

Rescue and Rolling practice session. Please indicate what you want to focus on in the comment field. This will help the Facilitators plan the session.

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Conservation at Fraser River 1A

16 Jul

Tue, Jul 16, 2024

12:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Shelter Island Marina

Stewardship/ Environment

Trip

Metro Vancouver Parks want to control the spread of Scotch Broom on Don & Lion islands in the Fraser off Richmond. These islands are seldom [...]

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Currents course - 2024 - Registration

19 Jul

Fri, Jul 19, 2024 - Sun, Jul 21, 2024

All Day

Bennett Bay

Training Course

To paddle safely in currents one requires basic knowledge of currents such as when and where they form as well as developing skills such as ferrying across currents and crossing eddy lines to manoeuvre in and around them.

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Howe Sound - Ramillies channel - 13 NM (3C)

27 Jul

Sat, Jul 27, 2024

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Porteau Cove Provincial Park

Trip

Join us for a day trip in Howe Sound. The day will start from the boat launch at Porteau Cove with a launch time of [...]

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Events on Fri, Jul 5, 2024

05 Jul

Widgeon Creek invasive plant removal - 1A

5 Jul 24

Coquitlam

Events on Sat, Jul 6, 2024

06 Jul

Porteau Cove to Gambier - 18 NM (3D)

6 Jul 24

Events on Sun, Jul 14, 2024

14 Jul

Rescue & Rolling Practice Session - Sunday July 14 2024 - Cancelled

14 Jul 24

West Vancouver

Events on Tue, Jul 16, 2024

16 Jul

Conservation at Fraser River 1A

16 Jul 24

Richmond

Events on Fri, Jul 19, 2024

19 Jul

Currents course - 2024 - Registration

19 Jul 24

Mayne Island

Events on Sat, Jul 27, 2024

27 Jul

Howe Sound - Ramillies channel - 13 NM (3C)

27 Jul 24

Squamish
Land Acknowledgement

SKABC acknowledges that our activities span many Territories and Treaty areas. We recognize and thank the Indigenous peoples who live and care for these lands and waters today, and those many generations who did so in the past. Learn more