Best guided paddles

July 30, 2012

From coast to coast to coast, here are the best water-based adventures our country has to offer

Whether you love to battle whitewater in your kayak, enjoy a scenic paddle in your canoe, or have adopted the relatively new sport of stand up paddleboarding, with this season’s scorching temperatures, we could all use a little more paddling in our life. From Canada’s best guided trips, we bring you the country’s best guided paddles. From the long thin strips of land between Nanaimo and Victoria to the colourful outports and icebergs of Newfoundland’s northern coast, here are the best water-based adventures our country has to offer.

Guided trip: Canoe along the edge of tundra

When Alex Hall, the owner of Canoe Canada’s Arctic, declines…

Guided trip: Canoe a classic salmon river: One of the country’s best Atlantic salmon streams, Bonaventure River’s beautiful scenery also makes it perfect for paddling.

Kayaking between two of Nova Scotia’s best-known tourist towns, Lunenburg…

Guided trip: Paddle B.C.’s Gulf Islands

A guided paddling trip through B.C.’s gulf islands

Guided trip: Paddle the North Channel

Guided trip to paddle the North Channel: Boasting sheltered passages, as well as plenty of islands and coves, the quiet North Channel is a great…

With their colourful outports, icebergs, convoluted coastline and wildlife, it’s…