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  • canoe day 2018
  • canoe night 2018
  • Canoe Day
  • Canoe Night 2017
  • canoe day 2016
  • Lt Governor's Ontario Trust Award
  • Corporate Friends of La Vase
  • Be a Member !
  • Canoe Day 2015
  • Aecon Plan New Exploratory Blasting
  • Major John Elliott Woolford 1821
  • Middle Portage
  • Coopers Lake
  • Lower Portage
  • Spring on La Vase Portages
  • summer on la vase portages
  • Winter Trails
  • fundraising dinner at Best Western 21 march, 2013
  • Not Typical of Northern Hospitality
  • PACT crosses La Vase Portages 01 Sept. '13
  • TranscanEAUda Enroute Inuvik 2011
  • Thompson Brigades 2010
  • Expedition Champlain 2009
  • Route Maps
  • la vase river park
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La Vase Portages

canoe day 2011              saturday, july 16

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           La Vase Portages Canoe Day on Saturday, July 16, saw over 50 paddlers this year cross the height of land portage between the Ottawa and French Rivers.  
        Meeting at Champlain Park and shuttling across North Bay to Trout Lake, the modern day Voyageurs took about 6 hours to make a leisurely crossing back to Lake Nipissing.        

the voyageur spirit lives 

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One of the highlights of this year's canoe day was a handmade and brightly painted birchbark canoe.  Brought all the way from Peterborough by former North Bay resident Neil Dellandrea, the bow detail was based on a painting by Francis Hopkins in the 1800's.

great day for a paddle

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Dan & Andree paddle through the purple arrowhead plants along the shoreline. With clear blue skies and warn temperatures it was a great day for a paddle.

Neil Dellandrea adds some flair 

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Neil travelled all the way from Peterborough (by car) to join us this year for canoe day.  Beautiful birchbark canoe and he also wore period clothing and used hand crafted paddles (but we made him hide his sunglasses for the pictures)

Almost made it!

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Marc & Nadine almost made it through a small rock chute on the lower La Vase but ended up with a refreshing dip on a hot, muggy afternoon. 

Thank you to Billy Bob's barbeque team

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Billy Bob & his crew did a great job on the barbeque - always a highlight of the day.  The Voyageurs would have loved to have such service on the portages.

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