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/gənl/-the reinforced strip around the edge of a canoe
Introducing: Camp-to-Cottage!

Introducing: Camp-to-Cottage!

      Hi folks, Sally here!  Program Coordinator at The Land and accidental founder of a very new and exciting program that we are just itching to continue developing and delivering in the coming seasons.  Allow me to explain. We got an email this summer.  Well,...

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TLCA 2018 By the Numbers

TLCA 2018 By the Numbers

After several hours’ paddling, folks often begin to wonder how many kilometers lay along our day’s route, how many more portages we’ll have to complete, and most importantly, how many more hours separate us from our next camp and cup of coffee. Guides need to have these numbers ready at a moment’s notice, or at least be able to craftily outsource responsibility to the group’s leaders and navigators of the day!

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Born in a Storm Canoe Rap is LIVE

Born in a Storm Canoe Rap is LIVE

The sensory experience of being around the fire – the smell, sights and sounds – helps set our hunter-gatherer psychology at ease: the fire is lit, we’ve enjoyed our food, now we are safe: let’s have a song!

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Path of the Masters – Plein Air Painting

Path of the Masters – Plein Air Painting

It's the kind of thing folks do on a dare or a whim.  For some, it's an impulsive decision made after a night on the town.  For others, a lifelong process that approaches an obsession.  As for me, I looked down at my right arm, through eyes unclouded by whisky, and...

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Boyd Island Shoreline Restoration

Boyd Island Shoreline Restoration

Our hearts sank as we paddled past one of the sites our most recent shoreline restoration excursions to find a massive bonfire pit and a tramped mess of freshly-planted baby cedars and dogwood.  Only one week earlier, we'd raked the site clean of party debris, busted...

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