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SunMonTueWedThuFriSatSMTWTFS8:30 AM - Howe Sound Rescues and Rolling (2B)2728297:00 PM - MEC Club Night318:00 AM - Beginners Course9:00 AM - Anvil Island & Pam Rocks (3C)45678:00 AM - Beginners Course91011125:30 PM - Crescent Beach Sunset Paddle (2B)12:00 AM - Currents course12:00 AM - Indian Arm to Granite Falls (2C)1617181920212212:00 AM - Gulf Islands (3B) - Go With the Flow242527282930124510:00 AM - Club Locarno/SKABC: Paddle + BBQ23 JunSun, Jun 23, 2019 - Thu, Jun 27, 201912:00 AMJoin Maureen Benzon on a multi-day trip through the Gulf Islands (Gabriola Passage to Carlos Island) gaining practical experience negotiating tidal currents. This is also a great opportunity for a new trip leader to learn the ropes. [ booked 3/5 ]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
Author Archives: Admin
Follow up on Towing Safety Presentation
Here’s a video on the Contact Tow — another option that wasn’t covered in the April meeting. (Thanks Bob S and Joan M ! ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otEmFcTTrIU&sns=em
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Bowron Lakes Kayaking Video (YouTube)
Thanks Mike Mattinson for this producing this inspirational video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zqYCG7Tg70
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Video: Running the Chute at Bowron Lakes
Thank you Mike Mattinson for sending in this neat video from your trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82XdxO6QCvE
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SKABC and the new Marine Trail in Howe Sound
As representatives to the BC Marine Trails initiative, interested SKABC members are continuing to survey information, land, and sea to retain and establish accesses, day use sites and campsites in and around the whole of Howe Sound as well as … Continue reading
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Gambier Island logging meetings
Hi everyone, The popular kayak landing at Douglas Bay, on the South East side of Gambier Island in the Howe Sound is in jeopardy as the Ministry of Forests is aggressively trying to turn this into a log dump. The … Continue reading
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