The Great Canoe
Much more than a mode of transportation, the cedar canoe provides an integral and tangible link to culture, history, community and homelands for local Indigenous Nations.
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The Artistic River Village: Discovering Paisley
The village of Paisley in Bruce County, Ontario, offers something for everyone—and isn’t overrun by summer crowds.
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Voyage to the Windswept Islands
A SUP trip to a remote island group in the Great Lakes reveals both the solace of nature and the long reach of the pollution crisis.
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Lake Huron Water Walk: A Jimaan Journey
words & photography :: Scott Parent. It’s been hours since we’ve shared words. The only sound is our paddles chugging through the water, as they have been for a long…
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Gear Shed: Platypus QuickDraw Microfilter System
Platy’s new QuickDraw Microfilter System comes in two parts: the durable and taste-free 1L QuickDraw “dirty” reservoir and the hollow-fiber filter cartridge that attaches to it with one precise turn.…
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Voyage to the Nameless Islands
words :: Ned Morgan // photography :: Scott Parent & Glen Harris. Thanks to the SUP guiding skills of ML Contributing Editor Scott Parent, we circumnavigated a remote Great Lakes…
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What Every Paddling Trip Needs: Tailwind
Tailwind Nutrition was developed for endurance athletes but it works for the rest of us, too. We tested it on a Great Lakes SUP trip recently and gave it high…
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ML Blue Mountains Summer Issue Out Now
In the summer issue of ML Blue Mountains we examine the themes of “Wayfinding.” The past year has tested our skills of navigation on many levels. Simply: Where are we…
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Vie en montagne Summer-Fall Issue Out Now / édition été-automne, disponible dès maintenant
Fendre les flots Les jours s’enchaînent, les mois défilent, les saisons s’écoulent comme un puissant cours d’eau qu’aucun barrage pandémique ni écluse virale ne puisse dévier du formidable cours de…
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River Rights: Balancing Sea-to-Sky River Resources
words :: Carmen Kuntz. Let’s blast the top off Mount Garibaldi and build a solar farm—or better yet, pave Brohm Ridge for wind turbines. Hypothetical perhaps, but if such proposals…
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Elemental Alchemy: How the Pandemic Reveals the Power of ‘Blue Space’
words :: Dan Rubinstein // photo :: Zak Erb. When the world went haywire last March, I was on my way to Maine for some solo SUP surfing. I had…
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Paddling a Solo Canoe with Two Blades
words :: Ned Morgan. In recent years, I’ve paddled nothing but kayaks. I grew up canoeing, but on a trip over a decade ago on the Oxtongue River, my canoe…
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Summer Paddling with Mustang Survival
We recently tried out two summer paddling essentials from Mustang Survival: the Khimera Dual Flotation PFD and the Callan Waterproof Shorts. We found both to be best-in-class, especially for kayaking,…
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Slicing The Scimitar: Ben Marr’s First Descent of the Scimitar Canyon
Ontario-born pro kayaker Ben Marr’s account of the first descent of NWT’s Scimitar Canyon words :: Ben Marr The Nahanni National Park Reserve protects over 30,000 km2 of Dehcho Region,…
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Microplastic Sampling with Acadia Parent on Lake Huron
words:: Ben Osborne // photos:: Scott Parent Microplastics are a bit of a mystery—they’ve been known about for over 50 years, but only recently has it come to the public’s…
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The City of SUP? Toronto Might be the Place
words :: Dan Rubinstein. Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit is a busy place on a blue-sky weekday morning in June. Hundreds of double-crested cormorants swoop through the air and roost on…
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Standing Waves: River Surfing on a SUP
words :: Dan Rubinstein. Growing up in Ontario, Mark Scriver paddled anything that floated. He started canoeing with his family as a kid, then drifted into kayaking, progressing from flatwater…
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Red Paddle Co 13’2” Voyager+ SUP
You’d be hard-pressed to find an iSUP better equipped for long-haul adventures than Red’s 13’2” Voyager+. High sides, large volume and narrower width make it a high-speed cruiser for experienced…
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Board Booster: Is This Propulsion System the Wave of the Future?
When Collingwood local Chris Vermeulen started his Kickstarter campaign he worried it wouldn’t work. But there was no need for concern; he raised the funds in three days. And money…
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MULTIPLICITY 2018: Ted Baird, Next Level Survival
Ted Baird’s deep love of the wilderness started from a young age, having spent much of his time at his family’s cabin in the bush. Over the years, he’s…
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