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Kayaking club — in Vancouver with paddling in the Lower Mainland and BC
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    • 🎞SKABC 2025 Member Photo Slideshow
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    Broken Group (2B)
    Broken Group (2B)
    Sat, Sep 2, 2017 - Sat, Sep 9, 2017    
    All Day
    Broken Islands
    • Trip
    2017 Trips List, 2B, Broken Group, Multi-day, Pacific Rim NPP
    This weeklong trip into the mostly-protected Broken Group is on the bucket list of every BC kayaker.
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    Greenland Paddle Carving Course
    Greenland Paddle Carving Course
    Sat, Sep 9, 2017 - Sun, Sep 10, 2017    
    9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
    Crescent Park
    • Training Course
    Discover the joy of paddling with a Greenland paddle that you have carved with your own hands... Join us, carve your own paddle under the guidance of our Instructor, Richard Jensen, then try it out on the water.
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    Rescue Practice Session - 2017/06
    Rescue Practice Session - 2017/06
    Sun, Sep 10, 2017    
    8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Ambleside Beach
    • Training Course
    Come on out and practice your rescues with other club members. This is an informal practice session, open to any SKABC member. You must be [...]
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    September Meeting: From Middens to Rock Art - Archeological Sites on our Coastline - Note: Meeting is 2nd Monday in September
    September Meeting: From Middens to Rock Art - Archeological Sites on our Coastline - Note: Meeting is 2nd Monday in September
    Mon, Sep 11, 2017    
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    Buccaneer Marina Secret Cove
    • Meeting
    • Public
    Guest Speaker: Brian Pegg is an archaeologist teaching at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.  He has been working in archaeology in British Columbia, Ontario, and the NW [...]
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    Grand Opening Salish Sea Marine Trail
    Grand Opening Salish Sea Marine Trail
    Sat, Sep 16, 2017 - Sun, Sep 17, 2017    
    All Day
    Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park
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    Please join us on Newcastle Island in opening the Salish Sea Marine Trail! Co-hosted by BC Marine Trails Network Assoc and the Snuneymuxw First Nation. [...]
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    Thormanby Islands (2B)
    Thormanby Islands (2B)
    Fri, Sep 22, 2017 - Sun, Sep 24, 2017    
    All Day
    Buccaneer Marina Resort
    • Trip
    2017 Trips List, 2B, Sunshine Coast, Thormanby Island
    A full weekend on the Sunshine Coast up past Sechelt and on the remote and wild Thormanby Islands
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    Executive Meeting
    Executive Meeting
    Tue, Sep 26, 2017    
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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    We meet at a member's home tba. Open to all members if you first contact the meeting host through president1@skabc.org or membership1@skabc.org Bring your ideas!
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    Safe Surf Launching and Landing Course
    Safe Surf Launching and Landing Course
    Fri, Sep 29, 2017 - Sun, Oct 1, 2017    
    12:00 AM
    Mackenzie Beach Resort
    • Training Course
    This course will give you the basic skills and knowledge to land and launch safely on surf beaches and increase your confidence in rough water. This is not a course on surfing.
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    Events on Sat, Sep 2, 2017
    Broken Group (2B)
    2 Sep 17
    Ucluelet
    Events on Sat, Sep 9, 2017
    Greenland Paddle Carving Course
    9 Sep 17
    Surrey
    Events on Sun, Sep 10, 2017
    Rescue Practice Session - 2017/06
    10 Sep 17
    West Vancouver
    Events on Mon, Sep 11, 2017
    September Meeting: From Middens to Rock Art - Archeological Sites on our Coastline - Note: Meeting is 2nd Monday in September
    11 Sep 17
    Halfmoon Bay
    Events on Sat, Sep 16, 2017
    Grand Opening Salish Sea Marine Trail
    16 Sep 17
    Nanaimo
    Events on Fri, Sep 22, 2017
    Thormanby Islands (2B)
    22 Sep 17
    Halfmoon Bay
    Events on Tue, Sep 26, 2017
    Executive Meeting
    26 Sep 17
    Events on Fri, Sep 29, 2017
    Safe Surf Launching and Landing Course
    29 Sep 17
    Tofino
  • 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