The Houston Canoe Club
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"What Experts Have To Say About The State Of Canoeing" "The good news is there are a lot more people going out canoe tripping. Canoeing is huge right now and it’s families, young couples and new immigrants really getting into it..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association" (New Hampshire) "The WCHA is an American organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration and use of wooden canoes. The Peterborough Canoe Company started making cedar canvas canoes in 1892. And though the iconic manufacturer went out of business nearly 60 years ago, it’s here the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) held its annual assembly..." Complete story: (Paddling Magazine) "Alaska boaters likely killed by falling glacier ice" (Alaska) "The bodies of three boaters from Europe who died in an Alaska lake were surrounded by frozen debris, a sign that the victims were killed by ice that fell from the melting glacier that feeds the lake. The three had been boating in an inflatable canoe-type craft..." Complete story: Reuters "Solo paddleboard trip from San Francisco to Honolulu" (Pacific) "Seventy-six days. Five hours. Twenty-two minutes. That's how long it took for Spanish endurance athlete Antonio de la Rosa to voyage across the winds and currents of the Pacific Ocean, with only the help of his 24-foot long trusty stand-up paddle board..." Complete story: Chron.com "'Drunk Tuber Fails' on the Guadalupe River" (New Braunfels, Texas) "Tubes and their partying occupants weren't the only things rolling on the Guadalupe River this summer. A New Braunfels man's camera was also rolling and caught enough funny wipeouts to make a compilation video of "fails." Corey Basse is the mastermind behind the second installment of "Drunk Tuber Fails" on the waterway..." Complete story: Chron.com "Clear Creek Paddle Race is cool fun" (League City, Texas) "League City hosted its annual Clear Creek Paddle Race Saturday at Lynn Gripon Park, 100 Alderwood. Beginner and advanced enthusiasts paddled kayaks, canoes and paddleboards along the 4.5 mile route on Clear Creek that began and ended at the park..." Complete story: Chron.com "See highlights from Neches River tours" (East Texas) "The Neches River is known as the last wild river in East Texas. Flowing from northeast Texas into the Gulf of Mexico, the lovely brown river runs slightly over 400 miles; its ecosystem is home countless critters, as well as more than 200 species of trees. If you’re looking to learn more about how the river shaped your hometown, look no further than the Neches River Adventure tour..." Complete story: Chron.com "3 sue over arrests during Bayou Bridge Pipeline protests" (Louisiana) "Three people protesting construction of a south Louisiana oil pipeline last year were illegally arrested and assaulted, they claim in a lawsuit. The lawsuit says three protesters were illegally arrested while in a canoe and kayak on a navigable waterway near the pipeline site..." Complete story: Chron.com "Man dies trying to rescue girlfriend after her kayak capsized" (Indiana) "Travis Hughes, 28, of Kentucky, was kayaking with his girlfriend and brother when the woman's boat capsized after encountering a wave. Officials said Hughes attempted to rescue the woman, capsizing his kayak..." Complete story: The Republic "Kayakers disregard warning signs on Guadalupe dam" (Seguin, Texas) "One pair of kayakers bump up against the spillgates, while another group steps onto the concrete and climbs down the stairs on the other side. A similar spillgate collapsed at Lake Dunlap on May 14... The GBRA, citing the imminent public danger posed by the decrepit condition of the Nolte spillgate and others within aging dams will begin to drain its four remaining lakes on the Guadalupe..." Complete story: MySanAntonio
"The good news is there are a lot more people going out canoe tripping. Canoeing is huge right now and it’s families, young couples and new immigrants really getting into it..."
"The WCHA is an American organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration and use of wooden canoes. The Peterborough Canoe Company started making cedar canvas canoes in 1892. And though the iconic manufacturer went out of business nearly 60 years ago, it’s here the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) held its annual assembly..."
"The bodies of three boaters from Europe who died in an Alaska lake were surrounded by frozen debris, a sign that the victims were killed by ice that fell from the melting glacier that feeds the lake. The three had been boating in an inflatable canoe-type craft..."
"Seventy-six days. Five hours. Twenty-two minutes. That's how long it took for Spanish endurance athlete Antonio de la Rosa to voyage across the winds and currents of the Pacific Ocean, with only the help of his 24-foot long trusty stand-up paddle board..."
"Tubes and their partying occupants weren't the only things rolling on the Guadalupe River this summer. A New Braunfels man's camera was also rolling and caught enough funny wipeouts to make a compilation video of "fails." Corey Basse is the mastermind behind the second installment of "Drunk Tuber Fails" on the waterway..."
"League City hosted its annual Clear Creek Paddle Race Saturday at Lynn Gripon Park, 100 Alderwood. Beginner and advanced enthusiasts paddled kayaks, canoes and paddleboards along the 4.5 mile route on Clear Creek that began and ended at the park..."
"The Neches River is known as the last wild river in East Texas. Flowing from northeast Texas into the Gulf of Mexico, the lovely brown river runs slightly over 400 miles; its ecosystem is home countless critters, as well as more than 200 species of trees. If you’re looking to learn more about how the river shaped your hometown, look no further than the Neches River Adventure tour..."
"Three people protesting construction of a south Louisiana oil pipeline last year were illegally arrested and assaulted, they claim in a lawsuit. The lawsuit says three protesters were illegally arrested while in a canoe and kayak on a navigable waterway near the pipeline site..."
"Travis Hughes, 28, of Kentucky, was kayaking with his girlfriend and brother when the woman's boat capsized after encountering a wave. Officials said Hughes attempted to rescue the woman, capsizing his kayak..."
"One pair of kayakers bump up against the spillgates, while another group steps onto the concrete and climbs down the stairs on the other side. A similar spillgate collapsed at Lake Dunlap on May 14... The GBRA, citing the imminent public danger posed by the decrepit condition of the Nolte spillgate and others within aging dams will begin to drain its four remaining lakes on the Guadalupe..."