Canoe Expedition Raises Money For Summer Camp
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Ten young men recently set
off from the shores of Lake Dunmore in Salisbury, in canoes they built themselves, to paddle 1,200
miles to James Bay in Ontario, the edge of the Arctic Ocean. The adventure, which they've dubbed "Expedition
2012" , is all about raising funds for Camp Keewaydin , on Lake Dunmore, where they met.
VPR's Jane Lindholm was on
the shores of Lake Dunmore when they began their journey.
(Lindholm) Sent off on their
journey by the cheers of friends and family, ten young men set out from the
shores of Lake Dunmore in Salisbury on the adventure of a lifetime this past weekend. Part
fundraiser, part adventure film, and part male bonding of the Jack London
variety, their trip will take them more than a thousand miles to the edge of
the Arctic Ocean in canoes they built themselves.
Source: Vermont Public Radio
BYU students build floating concrete canoe
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“Fall semester is designing it, deciding our concrete mix, planning it and making computer drawings of it [the canoe],” Blood said. “Winter semester is actually building it, which takes about another three months.”
The team is currently in the process of adding the bulkheads, which are the tips of the canoe, to either end. After this stage is complete, the concrete must set and then the next month is dedicated to sanding the canoe down and putting on all the finishing touches. The team also plans to paint their team name of ‘Sea-duck-tion’ on the canoe as well.
Smith, who has worked on the canoe for the past two years, said it has been a great learning experience. Smith said he believes practicing the design process for the canoe has translated directly into what he learned in his classes.
Source: Universe.byu.edu
Water, woods or wetlands? Tuckahoe has a trail for every traveler
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In the 1800s, steamboats regularly left the Chesapeake Bay to venture up the Choptank River and wind still farther upstream on Tuckahoe Creek. Their journey ended at the hamlet of Hillsboro, MD, where the Tuckahoe narrowed and its waters grew shallow.
Tuckahoe Creek has changed since then. As with many Bay tributaries, erosion has lined the creek bottom with sediment that has decreased water depth and left steamboat travel an exercise in imagination.
But the "unnavigable" section of the creek above Hillsboro is now its most popular stretch - with secluded paddles, good fishing and abundant wildlife in what is today Tuckahoe State Park.
A member of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, Tuckahoe State Park occupies a quiet rural setting with 3,800 acres that blend easily with the surrounding farms and countryside.
Source: The Chesapeake Bay Journal
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With warm, dry, windy conditions creating high fire danger across much of the Northland, the US Forest Service has banned daytime campfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Campfires and the use of charcoal- or wood-burning camp stoves
