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Kayaking club — in Vancouver with paddling in the Lower Mainland and BC
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    8:00 AM - Indian Arm Archaeology (2C)
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    10:00 AM - Thornbrough Point or Bain Creek: An Overnight on Howe Sound (2A/3A)
    Clayoquot Sound (2C/3C)
    Clayoquot Sound (2C/3C)
    Sun, Jul 1, 2018 - Sat, Jul 7, 2018    
    All Day
    Tofino Kayak Launch
    • Trip
    2018 Trips List, 3C, Clayoquot Sound, Multi-day, Tofino, Vancouver Island
    Paddle Clayoquat Sound starting from Tofino Harbour.  This trip can have a range experiences from protected waters to open ocean including some surf beaches. A wetsuit or drysuit will be [...]
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    Beginners Course
    Beginners Course
    Sat, Jul 7, 2018 - Sun, Jul 8, 2018    
    All Day
    Cates Park - Beach Launch
    • Training Course
    The Beginner Course will give you the basic skills and knowledge to go on trips in sheltered waters or to join competently led trips in places such as Indian Arm and the Gulf Islands.
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    BBQ at Locarno Beach
    BBQ at Locarno Beach
    Mon, Jul 9, 2018    
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Locarno Beach
    • Public
    • Social
    In lieu of a monthly meeting, let's meet at Locarno Beach for an informal BBQ. Look for the yellow SKABC banner by a picnic table. [...]
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    Nuchatlitz and Nootka (3D)
    Nuchatlitz and Nootka (3D)
    Wed, Jul 11, 2018 - Sat, Jul 21, 2018    
    All Day
    Little Esperanza
    • Trip
    2018 Trips List, Little Esperanza Inlet, Multi-day, Nootka Island, Nuchatlitz
    Paddle Nuchatlitz and Nootka starting from Little Esperanza.  This trip can have a range experiences from protected waters to open ocean including some surf beaches. A wetsuit or drysuit [...]
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    Currents course
    Currents course
    Fri, Jul 13, 2018 - Sun, Jul 15, 2018    
    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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    Indian Arm Archaeology (2C)
    Indian Arm Archaeology (2C)
    Sat, Jul 21, 2018    
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    Strathcona Park
    • Trip
    1B, 2018 Trips List, Archaeology, Day Trip, Deep Cove, Indian Arm
    Sign up for a kayak day tour to several important archaeological sites in the Southern Indian Arm area. Participants will learn how to identify sites [...]
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    Big Brothers and Big Sisters Kayak and Pizza Event
    Big Brothers and Big Sisters Kayak and Pizza Event
    Sat, Jul 21, 2018    
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Panorama Park
    • Social
    Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Community, Indian Arm, Special Event
    SKABC is proud to support Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Vancouver once again with a FREE event for young people and their Big Brothers and [...]
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    Boundary Bay Crossing (3C)
    Boundary Bay Crossing (3C)
    Sun, Jul 29, 2018    
    12:00 AM
    Blackie Spit Park
    • Trip
    2018 Trips List, 3C, Blackie Spit, Crescent Beach, Day Trip
    Paddle across Boundary Bay from Crescent Beach, a beachside community, within South Surrey. We'll plan a crossing that will serve as as a training run [...]
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    Thornbrough Point or Bain Creek: An Overnight on Howe Sound (2A/3A)
    Thornbrough Point or Bain Creek: An Overnight on Howe Sound (2A/3A)
    Sat, Aug 4, 2018 - Sun, Aug 5, 2018    
    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Trip
    2018 Trips List, 2A, 3A, Howe Sound, Overnight, STSMT
    Explore lower Howe Sound camping at a site identified and improved by SKABC volunteers. This is a single overnight with a potluck dinner and breakfast at one of the BC Marine Trails sites.
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    Events on Sun, Jul 1, 2018
    Clayoquot Sound (2C/3C)
    1 Jul 18
    Tofino
    Events on Sat, Jul 7, 2018
    Beginners Course
    7 Jul 18
    North Vancouver
    Events on Mon, Jul 9, 2018
    BBQ at Locarno Beach
    9 Jul 18
    Vancouver
    Events on Wed, Jul 11, 2018
    Nuchatlitz and Nootka (3D)
    11 Jul 18
    Wass
    Events on Fri, Jul 13, 2018
    Currents course
    13 Jul 18
    Mayne Island
    Events on Sat, Jul 21, 2018
    Indian Arm Archaeology (2C)
    21 Jul 18
    Deep Cove
    Big Brothers and Big Sisters Kayak and Pizza Event
    21 Jul 18
    North Vancouver
    Events on Sun, Jul 29, 2018
    Boundary Bay Crossing (3C)
    29 Jul 18
    Surrey
    Events on Sat, Aug 4, 2018
    Thornbrough Point or Bain Creek: An Overnight on Howe Sound (2A/3A)
    4 Aug 18
  • 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