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-Canadian Ocean Racing Champs, Howe Sound BC. Photo: Bob Putnam
+Canadian Ocean Racing Champs, Howe Sound BC. Photo: [[:bobputnam|Bob Putnam]]
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-===== Provinces =====
+The **Canadian provinces** of [[:british_columbia|British Columbia]] and [[:ontario|Ontario]] have the most online information currently available (2024) regarding their local downwinding and surfskiers. Canada has a lot of marine shoreline and large inland bodies of water (much with unsurpassed beautiful surroundings), but paddling information from many locations can be sparse, often due to their remoteness and low population. Most of the paddling in Canada is usually going to involve cold water, but the thriving paddling communities that already exist demonstrate one can overcome that barrier (at least when surface ice has cleared).
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-==== Locales ====
+See [[:british_columbia|British Columbia]] (Vancouver Island, Vancouver)
-  * [[:kelowna|Kelowna, BC]]
-  * [[:tidalrace:inside_passage_tidal_surfing|Inside Passage Tidal Surf]]
-  * **Prince Rupert Area**
-      * **Haida Gwaii Island ** [[https://youtu.be/S4dorXopiPw?t=288|video]]
-      * **Round Digby Island** [[https://youtu.be/B1qVjGjmHdo|video]]
-      * **Skeena River ** [[https://youtu.be/Tyhh5QSWVG0|video]]
-  * [[:sunshine_coast|Sunshine Coast, BC]]
-  * [[:vancouver|Vancouver, BC Area]]
-  * [[:vancouver_island|Vancouver Island, BC]]
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-**Ian Bolden downwinding in Davis Bay near Sechelt - Sunshine Coast, BC**
-{{youtube>sm772oz4XCU?start=35}}
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-==== BC Lakes ====
+====   ====
-<WRAP indent>
-Take your pick of many of the long, north-south lakes when the wind lines up with the lake direction north or south. Just make sure you are prepared for the most of the year cold water. The scenery will often be spectacular.
-  * **Erie Lake **Salmo, BC [[https://youtu.be/4-I_wErr9ew|flatwater video]]
-  * **Kalamalka Lake**
-      * Kekuli Park to Kal Beach 8 km
-      * Length of the Lake? Oyama to Vernon ~16 km
-  * **Kootenay Lake**
-      * **West Arm **
-        * SW, W wind?
-        * Nelson to ???
-          * **Needs Research on Landings **
-            * ??? Troup Beach, 5 mile Beach, 6 mile Beach, Kokanee Provincial Park (20 km)
-  * **Lower Arrow Lake ** [[https://youtu.be/4xK-2MhI-ic|flatwater video]]
-  * **Okanagan Lake**  - see [[:kelowna|Kelowna]]
-  * **Waneta Dam Reservoir **Pend Oreille River [[https://youtu.be/HZdICC3nkcA|flatwater video]]
-</WRAP>
-==== Races ====
-  * [[:races:races_canada#bc|Races in BC]]
-==== Repair ====
-  * [[https://www.coastoutdoors.ca/|Coast Outdoors]] (Vancouver, BC based)
-==== Dealers ====
-  * [[https://www.coastoutdoors.ca/|Coast Outdoors]] (goto resource for BC surfskiers)
-==== Resources ====
-  * [[https://www.bcmarinetrails.org/bc-map|BC Marine Trails Map]] designed for sea kayakers but this launch site information may be of some use to other boaters
-  * [[https://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/eng/find/region/1|Fisheries and Oceans Canada Tides]]
-  * [[https://paddlebc.ca/|Paddle BC]]
-  * [[https://paddlingmag.com/trips/destinations/kayaking-canoe-british-columbia/|10 Great Paddling Destinations in BC]]
-  * …
-</WRAP>
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-===== New Brunswick =====
+===== (The) Maritimes =====
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+----
+==== New Brunswick ====
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-===== Northwest Territories =====
+==== Nova Scotia ====
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-{{youtube>gf_4dw9ysmU?large}}
-**Playing on the Slave River**</WRAP>
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-===== Nova Scotia =====
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-==== Locales ====
+=== Locales ===
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-==== Resources ====
+=== Resources ===
   * [[https://www.adaptivepaddlingsolutions.org/|Adaptive Paddling Solutions]] Making Paddling Accessible
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-===== Ontario =====
+==== Prince Edward Island ====
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+  * ...
-=== Locales ===
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-==== Lake Erie ====
-<WRAP indent>
-**Downwinds**
-  * **Port Maitland - Sherkston Shores **66 km [[https://youtu.be/F5yuBseAy-E|foiling video]] (a bit long for surfski unless conditions are very good?)
-  * ?? [[https://youtu.be/JGI0FF003IQ|surfski video]]
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-==== Lake Huron/Georgian Bay ====
+----
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+===== Northwest Territories =====
-**Downwinds**
-  * **Goderich - Grand Bend **50 km [[https://youtu.be/98l6C9ufz1o|foil video]]
-  * **South Baymouth to Tobermory**  (43 km)
-  * **Sarnia - Plympton-Wyoming**  18.7 km [[https://youtu.be/3B6NLD-Py7I|foil video]]
-  * **St. Clair River **border between Michigan & Ontario
-      * See description in [[:east_north_central_usa#michigan|Michigan]] (check out boat wakes also)
-  * **Surf**
-      * **Kincardine’s Station Beach**
-      * …
-</WRAP>
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+{{youtube>gf_4dw9ysmU?large}}
-World's [[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/mike-ranta-canoe-paddle-1.5805065#:~:text=Ranta's Paddle/Facebook)-,An outdoor adventurer from northwestern Ontario is fulfilling a long,largest paddle in Killarney, Ont.|Largest Canoe Paddle]] near Georgian Bay, photo - CBC news
+**Playing on the Slave River**</WRAP>
-{{https://surfski.wiki//lib/plugins/ckgedit/fckeditor/userfiles/image/locales/canada/largepaddle.jpg?direct&400x223|largepaddle.jpg}}
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-==== Lake Nipigon ====
+===== Ontario =====
-  * 40 kms of fetch?
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-==== Lake Ontario ====
+See [[:ontario|Ontario]]
-[[https://nelocanada.ca/blogs/paddling-reflections/from-sprint-to-surfski|Paddling on Lake Ontario]] Tessa Oldershaw of [[https://nelocanada.ca/|Nelo Canada]]
-  * **Locales**
-      * **Toronto**
-        * **Downwinds**
-          * **Toronto Island** [[https://youtu.be/tWtNonizdPQ|SUP video]], [[https://youtu.be/IS4-gzw5ARU|surfski]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/toronto-centre-island-downwind|Downwindfun]]
-          * **Hanlan's Point Beach ** [[https://youtu.be/Ovwj49-1vyY|Laps video]]
-          * **Beachpoint Promenade, Pickering ** [[https://youtu.be/roPWoJCzrAg|OC video]]
-          * **Leslie Spit ** [[https://vimeo.com/185340576|Laps video]]
-      * **Kingston**
-      * **Oakville/Burlington**
-        * **Bronte Harbour - Spencer Smith Park **11km [[https://youtu.be/3B8ddb7z7XU|foiling video]] (with all of the foiling tacks he has measured up to 50 km on this run)
-  * **Videos**
-      * **** [[https://www.youtube.com/@andrewsimpson8268/videos|Andrew Simpson Youtube Channel]]
-  * …
-==== Lake Superior ====
-  * As of 2024 we don't have any intel about paddles or downwinders on the Canadian side of Lake Superior
-  * …
-</WRAP>
-==== Clubs ====
-  * [[http://limestonebbc.com/index.html|Limestone Boat & Board Club]] (Kingston)
-  * [[https://mississaugacanoeclub.ca/|Mississauga Canoe Club]]
-  * [[http://wainuioutrigger.net/|Wai Nui O Kanaka Outrigger Canoe Club ]] Oakville, Ontario (Lake Ontario)
-  * Canadian Canoe/Kayak [[https://canoekayak.ca/find-a-club/|Club Finder]] enter your city or town in the address search box
-==== Dealers/Stores ====
-  * [[http://kayaksport.net/products/kayaks/surfski.html|Kayak Sport Canada]] Think, Epic Surfskis Guelph, ON
-  * [[https://nelocanada.ca/|Nelo Canada]] (Oakville, Ontario)
-  * [[http://www.paddlesportperformance.com/|PaddleSportPerformance]] - Oakville, ON (Lake Ontario) - focus on SUP but they organize [[https://www.paddlemonster.com/clubs/paddle-sport-performance-tuesday-night-race-league/|Tuesday night races ]]open to surfskis, OCs…
-  * [[https://www.soleilsports.ca/|Soleil Sports]] Stellar Surfskis
-  * [[https://surfontario.ca/|Surf Ontario]] Toronto, ON - cold water/weather gear
-  * [[http://wavepaddlesport.ca/?page_id=7|WavePaddleSport Canada]] Vajda
-==== Races ====
-  * [[:races:races_canada#ontario|Ontario Races]]
-==== Repair ====
-  * [[https://nelocanada.ca/collections/repairs/products/boat-repairs|Nelo Canada]] Ontario
-  * Ask local Dealers/Stores (see above) about repair service or places they may recommend
-==== Conditions ====
-  * **Great Lakes **  (Ontario borders all of the Great Lakes except Lake Michigan)
-      * [[:the_great_lakes#conditions|Great Lakes Conditions]]
-      * [[:lake_superior#conditions|Lake Superior]] (as of 2023 only has information about USA runs, but condition descriptions are relevant)
-  * …
-==== Resources ====
-  * [[:the_great_lakes#resources|Great Lakes Resources]]
-  * …
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-Ontario Morning
-{{youtube>_iYMfYjeCvU}}
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-</WRAP>
 ===== Québec =====
+  * **Downwind**
+      * **Lake Champlain**  (Just the far north end (Richelieu River, Missisquoi Bay) See [[:new_england_usa#vermont|Vermont]])
   * **Clubs/Groups**
+      * [[https://www.pccanoekayak.ca/|Club de canoë kayak Pointe-Claire]]
       * [[https://dwqc.kalisport.com/|Downwind Quebéc]] SUP oriented but they downwind!
         * [[https://www.facebook.com/DWQuebec/|Downwind Quebéc]] facebook
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       * [[https://pagaiequebec.ca/|Pagaie Canada]] (surfskis - non, paddling accessories - oui)
       * [[https://www.kayakideal.com/|Kayak Ideal]] Think, Epic, Allwave (OCs) - Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Quebéc, Canada
-      * [[https://www.simonriversports.com/|Simon River Sports]] Sprint kayak, Canoe, and Dragon boat
   * **Races**
       * [[:races:races_canada#quebec|Québec Races]]
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 ===== Saskatchewan =====
-  * Waskana Canoe Club
+  * **Waskana Canoe Club**
       * [[https://www.thepaddlehut.ca/|Mike Robinson - Paddle Coach (The Paddle Hut)]]
       * …
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+----
+===== Tide Races =====
+  * [[:tidalrace:tidal_races#canada|Canadian Tide Races]]
+  * …
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   * [[https://www.windy.com/?55.127,-95.431,5|Windy (with Webcam Locations)]]
   * [[https://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/eng|Fisheries and Oceans Canada Tides]]
+  * …
+----
+===== Safety =====
+  * Please read any safety information that we have on the pages for specific Canadian locales
+  *  [[:cold_water_paddling|]]
+      * [[https://deepcovekayak.com/immersion-gear/|Deep Cove (Vancouver) Immersion Protection Requirement]] the waters you are likely to paddle in elsewhere in Canada are often going to be as cold or colder than the water around Vancouver
   * …
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+===== Resources =====
+  * [[https://thewildtribe.com/blogs/the-wild-blog|Places to SUP in Canada]] Most of these places are likely fine for surfski paddling, but always do your own diligence for any caveats or safety concerns (almost all paddling in Canada is cold water paddling, eh? See [[:canada#safety|Safety]])
+  * …
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