Nova Scotia Four Seasons Paddling Award for 2024 !!!
Dusan Soudek
Here are my twelve paddles of this year, one from each month.
Please send your reports to Brendan Cassin, the CKNS Admin, at
<Ad...@CKNS.ca> .
Dusan Soudek
December 2 - Grand and Ragged lakes (Pennant River, HRM) exploration.
November 4-5 - Canoeing, camping and work-partying at Tangier
Grand Lake.
October 20- Card Lake paddle and cranberry harvest. 25
litres!!!
September 29- canoeing Antigonish Harbour with daughter and
grandson, his first time in a canoe.
August 2 - Five Island Lake (HRM) paddle and swim. Hot!
July 3- Cloud Lake paddle and work party. So peaceful!
June 28 - Eleven Mile Lake (Mersey River) work party.
May 15 - Work party and paddle at Jeddore Harbour.
April 1 - Work party along Coxs Lake -Frasers Lake route
(mostly Blue Mountain - Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area).
March 14 - Canoeing Herbert River with two others.
February 11- Canoeing Halifax's Northwest Arm.
January 23 - Canoeing Northwest Arm (again!).
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jonathan riley
Jan. 31 Allain's Creek just beside Annapolis Royal launched by bridge and paddled up to head of tide. Paddling among icebergs. Beautiful. Cold. Mostly calm. But "outside" in main Basin, too much wind.
Feb. 12 Bear River around the village launched at firehall and explored the buildings on stilts and went up to head of tide. High water. Tide almost reaching car parked at Fire Hall when we got back.
March 11 and 13 Tripp's Lake SW Port Mouton paddled out to Crown land and camped to do 3 days of lichen surveys. First trip with the Old Town camper bought used from Fredericton and with the new Snotrekker hot tent. Paddled in rain and flurries.
March 29 Birchtown Brook Shelburne County launched from bridge on Middle Clyde Road and paddled downstream about 3km as crow flies to large oak covered hill and thanks to high water were able to reach esker and camp. Used canoe next two mornings to cross stream before hiking esker to target areas for surveying.
April 1 Birchtown Brook Shelburne County ice on river this morning for paddle out. One portage when headed upstream, that we ran coming down
April 27, 28 Musquash Annapolis County paddled up this 2k stillwater, lovely rock outcrop camp site at end of stillwater. Gray jays. Horrible fishing. Don’t even bother.
May 20 French Clearwater Lake, Tusket took part in “sea trials” for Wayne Doucette’s big boat he built for SWPA. Fun fast night!
May 27, 28, 30 Kejimkujik Lake first trips with the Big Boat in the dark, researching for our summer dark sky paddle program. Yes we went aground a couple times. Paddlers were fellow interpreters from across Canada here for a weeklong summit on Indigenous Interpretation.
June 18 Kejimkujik Lake paddled out to site 12, Ritchie Island for another night of interpretation training and memorizing the constellations. June 19 did CBC interview from the canoe :P
July 2 Annapolis Basin Smiths Cove to see the phosphorescence - more night paddling - launched from Bear River highway bridge - calm warm magical night
Aug. 2 Kejimkujik Lake paddled across the lake and up the West River to stay at site 22 and explore the trail leading north towards Liberty Lake
Aug. 8 Kejimkujik Lake Perseids - saw soo many shooting stars, a fireball, plus the Elon Musk skytrain with 23 satellites - magical night on the water
Aug. 31 and Sept 1 Kejimkujik Lake Southwest Paddlers had their new Big Boat in the park and we made a couple trips around the lake and dreaming of a “Brigade” at Keji…
Sept. 9 Goldsmith Lake Annapolis County friend wanted to test his newly refurbished Chestnut and we did so
Sept. 16 - 19 Lake Jolie and Sixth Lake near Bear River, Digby County volunteered with Hemlock Strike team and "commuted" every day by canoe - beautiful calm evenings on the water
Sept. 22 Pijinuiskaq (LaHave River) Bridgewater Pijinuiskaq Parade of Paddlers celebrating Bridgewater's 125th anniversary. I got to paddle one of Todd Labrador's birchbark canoes - amazing honour and fun!
Oct. 18, 19, 20 Kejimkujik Lake and Liberty Lake Paddled to site 22 again but this time walked up to Liberty Lake. On the 19th, paddled to "work" across Liberty. 20th: Paddled out again.
Nov. 29, 30 Eleven Mile Lake Annapolis County spent three days with the hot tent at Long Island. Enjoyed new thunder box and kitchen table!
Dec. 1 Eleven Mile Lake Annapolis County did more lichen surveys among the islands before paddling out
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Subject: [PaddleNS] Nova Scotia Four Seasons Paddling Award for 2024 !!!
Dusan Soudek
6 January 2025 @ 0959
Good Morning Everyone and Happy 2025!
Below is a list of dates/locations I canoed in Nova Scotia in 2024. I have paddled every month in Nova Scotia for years but until now, did not send in a report!
Hope all are off to good paddling starts in 2025 !
John Nisbet
Canoeing 2024 – in Nova Scotia Only
31 December 2024 - Nine Mile River in Timberlea
19 December 2024 - Ragged Lake Hammonds Plains - ice!
4 December 2024 - Lewis Lake Hammonds Plains
29 November 2024 – Frog Pond Sir Sandford Flemming Park Spryfield
4 November 2024 - Baptising Lake Hammonds Plains
3 November 2024 - Flat Lake Hammonds Plains
7 October 2024 - Second Lake Sackville, launch of Cavalier Drive near school
6 October 2024 – Third Lake Fall River, launch near Windsor Junction Community Ctr
30 September 2024 - Long Lake Spryfield launch from parking lot at se corner of lake
22 September 2024 – Bridgewater Shipyards Landing Lehave River
Big Canoe – Bridgewater days
21 September 2024 - Shubenacadie Beach Shubenacadie Park Lake Charles Shubebnacadie Canal
Big Canoe Intermediate Leader Course
21 August 2024 - Dingle Beach Sir Sandford Fleming Park Halifax NW Arm
IWK big canoe
12 – 17 August Big Canoe Bras D’or Lake Pitupaq Brigade
18 Aug – Buckwheat Corner to Baddeck
+ Big Canoe Intermediate Leaders Course
17 Aug – Little Narrows to Buckwheat Corner
16 Aug – Whycocomagh Skye River into Whycocomagh Bay (esquif canoe)
14 Aug - St Peters Battery Provincial Park – launch into St Peters Bay – through canal towards Strachans Cove
13 Aug - St Peters Battery Provincial Park – launch into St Peters Bay – head towards Ponds cove – thrunder – Bluenose II
12 Aug - St Peters Battery Provincial Park – launch into St Peters Bay – headed towards Sutherland head – thunder!
11 Aug – St Peters Battery Provincial Park – launch into St Peters Bay – dump and recover and then through canal into St Peter’s Inlet
3 July 2024 - Brown Lake Elderbank Camp Nedoaee
Big Canoe IntermediateLeader Course
1 July 2024 - Brown Lake Elderbank Camp Nedoaee
Big Canoe Introduction Course.
30 June 2024 – Brown Lake Elderbank Camp Nedoaee
Big Canoe Introduction Course.
17 June 2024 - Tusket River Quinan - Three Island Runs to Sandra’s Place off Canaan Rd
16 June 2024 am - Lake Milo Yarmouth
SW Paddlers Big Canoe Intermediate Leaders Course
pm – big canoe public paddle Lake Milo-Second Lake-Doctor’s Lake - ice cream
15 June 2024 - Lake Milo Yarmouth
SW Paddlers Big Canoe Intermediate Leaders Course
12 June 2024 - Dingle Beach Sir Sandford Fleming Park Halifax NW Arm
IWK big canoe
1 June 2024 - Zwicker Lake Upper Vaughn near Lake Mockingee
big canoe -1st Sackville Scouts
29 May 2024 – Dingle Beach Sir Sandford Fleming Park Halifax NW Arm
IWK big canoe
4 May 2024 - Birches Park Morris Lake Dartmouth -
Paddle Canada Lakewater Tandem Introduction Course
3 May 2024 - Morris Lake Birches Park Dartmouth
30 April 2024 - Bayers Lake HRM
16 March 2024 - Paper Mill Lake Scott Saunders Memorial Park Beach
3 March 2024 - Terrance Bay launch at Terrance Bay River Park
25 February - Sambro Public Wharf Sambro Harbour
14 January – Beaverbank River/Beaverbank Lake Beaverbank
4 January Thomas Lake Waverly Old Creel Canoe & Kayak – test Esquif canoe
2 January – Kearney Lake Halifax
1 January – Governor Lake Timberlea
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Paddling Award for 2024 !!!
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Bernie,
congratulations on earning the N S Four Seasons Paddling Award for 2024! Heather and I are going out on the Northwest Arm shortly. She hasn't paddled in December yet.....
Dusan
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Date: 2024-12-17 9:58 p.m. (GMT-04:00)
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Subject: [PaddleNS] Nova Scotia Four Seasons Paddling Award for 2024 !!!
Please find attached Bernie and Wendy Levy's paddle journal in Nova Scotia for 2024.
Merry Christmas
Bernie
Aim high, time flies!
Bernie
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