These workshops are offered by the respective workshop leaders during the day on Friday in conjunction with--but not part of--the regular Maine Canoe Symposium. Please register directly with the workshop leader(s) offering the workshop(s) of your choice.

Intro to Solo Paddling

Kim Gass, Registered Maine Guide
40 Crescent Shore Drive, Raymond, ME 04071
phone: 207-627-4429, email: jgass1@maine.rr.com

$50 per person ($40 with your own equipment). Preregistration is required.

Have you ever wanted to learn how paddle a solo canoe or how to paddle one better? Come enjoy a day of fun on the waters of Moose Pond. By the end of the day beginners will be able to go wherever they want with no fuss; while those with some experience will have learned some advanced quietwater techniques to travel with ease and efficiency!

This is an all day workshop and you need to bring a PFD that fits you, and spare clothes and lunch. For more information, please call 207-627-4429. Cost is $50 per person and canoes and paddles will be provided, $40 with your own equipment.

Canoeing Day Trip Through Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge

Polly Mahoney and Kevin Slater
Mahoosuc Guide Service (www.mahoosuc.com)
Newry, Maine
207-824-2073
email: info@mahoosuc.com

Price:

$75 -- overnight at lodge and day trip
$50 -- day trip only
deduct $10 if you bring your own canoe

This is a flatwater trip suitable for all abilities. We will do a quiet paddle into the heart of the refuge poking into all the bogs and muskeag looking for moose, otter, eagles and osprey. There are a number of boreal bird species (black backed woodpecker, boreal chickadee, rusty winged blackbird) that reach their southernmost limit in this area.

Meet in Newry at 8 a.m. or arrive the night before and stay in our timberframe lodge (www.mahoosucmountainlodge.com). All canoeing equipment, shuttle and lunch provided. Newry is one hour north of camp Winona. Trip will be led by Polly Mahoney and Kevin Slater of Mahoosuc Guide Service.

The trip will last from 8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Please contact either Polly or Kevin at 207-824-2073 or info@mahoosuc.com for reservations and information.

Moving Water Poling for Women

Lisa DeHart, Registered Maine Guide
West Gardiner, ME
207-582-7178
email: acacanoepoler@aol.com

$40.00 per person Class limited to 5 participants.

The best way to enjoy poling is with current! Come a day early to the Maine Canoe Symposium and enjoy some beautiful poling on the soft current, with just the girls! Maybe we will pole down river; maybe we will just find the perfect spot and work the heck out of it, and the kinks out of us. Come with good footwear, no sandals or vibram soled shoes (too slippery). Bean boots are good and any shoe you can walk on a smooth wet surface in. You will be happier if you bring a hat with a brim, polarized sunglasses, a rainsuit, neoprene gloves and knee pads. Also bring a change of clothes in case you need it...luck favors the prepared. I will be able to waterproof what you bring if you need it.

 

Maine Canoe Symposium

c/o Winona Camps
35 Winona Road
Bridgton, ME 04009

Reservations: 207-647-3721
Information: 207-778-0853
Email: info@mainecanoesymposium.org