Coastguards, Lifeguards, Canoe Lifeguards and the Special Boat Service assist the local authorities and community in and around the water.

* 1950 – Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash ; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.

The base was officially known as the Special Boat Section and was used to train operatives in the advanced use of folboat folding kayaks as well as top secret British midget submarines such as the " Motorised Submersible Canoe " (" Sleeping Beauty "), " Welman " and " Welfreighter " submarines.

There is a nearby campsite, a converted train goods yard, owned by the Scottish Canoe Association.

Many of the Ottawa-based boats train at Mooney's Bay out of the Rideau Canoe Club.

Over the next two decades, the competition became a great success, with regional winners traveling across the country by plane, train and Ryder truck, canoes in tow, in their quest to become National Concrete Canoe Competition champions.

The Arkansas Canoe Club and local business Ouachita Outdoor Outfitters often host events at the Park, such as freestyle kayak competitions.

Among the events of the week are the Remington Canoe Race, a local Battle of the High School Bands competition, craft shows, a classic car show, and many other events.

Guy Fawkes Night originates from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed conspiracy by a group of provincial English Catholics to assassinate the Protestant King James I of England and replace him with a Catholic head of state., again in Boston, a local minister wrote " a Great number of people went over to Dorchester neck where at night they made a Great Bonfire and plaid off many fireworks ", although the day ended in tragedy when " 4 young men coming home in a Canoe were all Drowned.

During this event the Centre received coverage in local news, and publications such as Canoe & Kayak UK magazine.

Following these events, a ' local prankster ' erected a realistic road sign, near the railway station on Seaton Lane, saying " Welcome to Seaton Canoe Twinned with Panama "— it has since been removed.

There is a strong local culture surrounding the Lamprey River with several local events held on the river, including numerous town-run fishing derbies and the Lamprey River Canoe Race held annually in Epping.

With the assistance of the Nez Perce, the expedition recuperated and constructed burned-out canoes at Canoe Camp in October 1805 and then paddled down the Clearwater, Snake, and Columbia rivers, meeting the Pacific Ocean a month later at present-day Astoria, Oregon.

Some notable examples include Canoe Lake and the Petawawa, Nipissing, Amable du Fond, Madawaska, and Tim rivers.

From his base at Running Water, Dragging Canoe led attacks on white settlements all over the American Southeast, especially against the colonists on the Holston, Watauga, and Nolichucky rivers in East Tennessee.

Slightly over a quarter of the forest however is set aside as a wilderness reserve known as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ( BWCA ), where canoers can travel along interconnected lakes and rivers and over historic portages once used by the Native Americans and later by European explorers and traders.

Archaeological Evidence for the Origin of the Plank Canoe in North America.

In 19th century North America, the birch-on-frame construction technique evolved into the wood-and-canvas canoes Pmade by fastening an external waterproofed canvas shell to planks and ribs at Old Town Canoe in Maine, at the Peterborough Canoe Company and at the Chestnut Canoe Company in New Brunswick.

Today the city of Ely is best known as a popular entry point for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ; and is home to the International Wolf Center and the North American Bear Center.

Canoe camping is common in North America.

The Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum, in Spooner — the only museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to the heritage of the canoe — is an institution devoted to the preservation and interpretation of the cultural heritage of canoes and canoeing in North America.

Clevedon Canoe Club is based at the marine lake and facilitates sea paddling trips along the North Somerset coast on the Severn Estuary, and to other sites such as the Wye Valley and Woolacombe.

In March 1775, land speculator and North Carolina judge Richard Henderson met with more than 1, 200 Cherokees at Sycamore Shoals, including Cherokee leaders such as Attacullaculla, Oconostota, and Dragging Canoe.

Outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, other areas with known remaining virgin stands as confirmed by the Eastern Native Tree Society include Algonquin Provincial Park, Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario ; Algoma Highlands, Ontario ; Huron Mountains, Estivant Pines, Porcupine Mountains State Park, and the Sylvania Wilderness Area in Michigan's Upper Peninsula ; Hartwick Pines State Park in Michigan's Lower Peninsula ; Menominee Indian Reservation, northeastern Wisconsin ; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota ; the Lost 40 Scientific and Natural Area ( SNA ) near Blackduck, Minnesota ; and White Pines State Park, Illinois, Cook Forest State Park, Hearts Content Natural Area, and Anders Run, all in Pennsylvania ; Linville Gorge, North Carolina.

Rod & Gun Club, Bike Club, Kayak & Canoe Club, North Shore Climbers, Outdoor Educators Club, and Wuda Wooch!

* North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority ( includes info on the Mattawa River Canoe Race )

The Yadkin River Canoe Trail is 165 mile ( 265 km ) long and follows the course of the river to its confluence with the Uwharrie River at the Pee Dee River in south central North Carolina.

Betula papyrifera ( Paper Birch, also known as American White Birch and Canoe Birch ) is a species of birch native to northern North America.

Keewaydin Canoe Camp is one of the oldest summer camps in North America ; well over a hundred years old.

Lake Banook is home to three sprint canoe / kayak clubs, Banook Canoe Club, Senobe Aquatic Club, and Mic Mac Amateur Aquatic Club, as well as North Star Rowing.

Jamieson, Paul and Morris, Donald, Adirondack Canoe Waters, North Flow, Lake George, NY: Adirondack Mountain Club, 1987.

" Junkanoo " ( pronounced " John Canoe ") festivals such as Mardi Gras are held annually in the coastal outlines of North Carolina, in Jamaica and the Bahamas.

Jamieson, Paul and Morris, Donald, Adirondack Canoe Waters, North Flow, Lake George, NY: Adirondack Mountain Club, 1987.

* Birch Bark Canoe Building Courses at the North House Folk School, Minnesota.

* The Canot du Nord or North Canoe was used west of Lake Superior.

* Canoe Bay, British Columbia, in the district municipality of North Saanich

The TS Laforey Sea Cadet unit is based in Nunn Mills, and uses the river for training in boating skills, following training schemes approved by the British Canoe Union ( BCU ) and the Royal Yachting Association ( RYA ).

In 1871, at the age of 24, he paddled and sailed a canoe on a cruise around the Baltic Sea that included stops in Germany, Denmark and Sweden as described in his book, Canoe Travelling, published in 1871.

The reach is home to at least five sailing clubs, five rowing clubs, two skiffing and punting clubs, the Royal Canoe Club and two Sea Cadet centres.

Elwood Sailing Club was founded in 1924 as Elwood Sea Canoe Club and has since hosted many national and international championships, including 12m2 Sharpie sailing in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 2005 World Formula Windsurfing Titles.

Canoe races are held on various sections of the river every year like the amateur race held in Oneonta, New York.

Mk 2 ** Canoe – 1943 ( used in Leros – various, incl.

* Canoe Channel, Ontario ( disambiguation ), the name of various locations in the province