Club Website Blocked if Membership Expired
On April 30 2023, access to the member only portion of the club website will be blocked for any person whose membership expired prior to April 1 2023. Then, for the rest of 2023, access to the member only portion of the club website will be blocked one month after a membership expired. Note that to participate in club trips or training, you must have renewed your membership.
To determine if your membership has expired, login to the website and then do this in the menu structure: Membership: Club Members: Your Membership Profile: About: Membership Expiry Date. Also, members will be notified by email of the month that their membership is expiring.
For instructions on how to renew your membership, click here.
Winter Seminar Series 2023 Completed
Click here for a complete list of the winter seminars plus click here to view recordings of seminars from this and previous years.
For the seminar on food dehydration, they were kind enough to create a website that people can use as a reference in the future. The website is here. It includes a selection of some of their favorite cookbooks and selected recipes.
Executive Meeting Minutes Feb 2nd 2023
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Our annual gear swap is back!
If you have canoe or camping equipment to sell, bring it to the RACCC Open House on Thursday, April 20th.
We welcome all kinds of canoe and camping equipment including outdoor clothing, paddles, boats, tents, camping furniture, tools, camp kitchen gear, tarps, shelters and sleeping bags.
To help you make the most of this event, here are some helpful instructions for participation:
- Please make sure it is gently used, clean and in decent shape.
- Bring a list of all your sale items to the table host, include your name, your cellphone number and the asking price.
- Clearly label all your items with the asking price.
- Be prepared to come to the table to discuss or collect money between 6:30 and 8:30pm
- Drop your gear off at the table by 6:30pm.
- Pick up what hasn’t sold by 8:30 pm.
2023 Open House - Looking for Volunteers
The first RACCC Open House since the before times will be on APRIL 20 from 6:30-8:30. We need volunteers to come out and talk up the club! Come let everyone know what a great club we have! Contact Maria at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Executive Meeting Minutes January 12th, 2023
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Trip Leader Training ONLINE
Would you like to learn how to lead a paddling trip? Two excellent online options are available in March.
1) March 1st Intro to Trip Leading Seminar on Zoom, 7 pm Free
2) March 24-25 Day Trip Leader Course on Google Meet, Friday evening and all day Saturday. $125
Mentorship for new club trip leaders is available. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if interested.
Ice Canoeing Trip Report Jan 30-31 1988
A trip report from a 1988 club newsletter about Ice Canoeing, republished January 2023
Participants: Glen and Elly B, Leigh J, John S
This trip to a cottage near Sharbot Lake was intended to be a cross country ski weekend. The almost total absence of snow forced a change in plans.
The entire lake was open for skating. The only problem was that much of the lake was covered with several inches of water. As skates were not designed for such conditions, our feet were soon soaking wet and cold (wetsuit socks would have been much appreciated if we had them).
Then we had an inspiration. Why not try canoeing? The cottage Grumman canoe was dragged out of hibernation and launched on the water where it floated serenely. Our enthusiastic voyageurs equipped with paddles and lifejackets stepped aboard. It was at this point that we encountered two problems.
1) With anyone in the canoe, the canoe immediately grounded.
2) Paddles are useless in three inches of water and can't grip smooth ice.
On the assumption that the green house effect is warming our climate and thereby increasing the opportunities for ice canoeing, we recommend that the club purchase the following equipment.
1) A flatwater canoe that doesn't have a keel.
2) Three ice axes to provide a means of propulsion.
Executive Meeting Minutes December 14th, 2022
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2022 AGM Minutes and Presentations
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Executive Meeting Minutes November 1st, 2022
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EXECUTIVE MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 6th, 2022
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Aubrey and Shoals Provincial Parks
August 2022
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