GREENWAVE

CANOEING AND OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP

COURSES

Develop your lake and river skills, or go beyond with guiding, instructor, playboating or rescue skills.

LEADERSHIP

Become a leader or create a leadership based course for your group.

GUIDING

Pursue your passion for nature, fishing, photography or birding with a flat or moving water guided trip.

2019 WILDSIGHT

COLUMBIA RIVER FIELD SCHOOL

The second annual Columbia River Field School, August 15-29th, was an amazing success. It is probably the first high school credit canoe based learning opportunity in BC. For 14 days, 16 students and 4 leaders a researcher traveled mostly by canoe on the Columbia River, engaging in a wide variety of learning activities including...

exploring the natural ecosystem
studying the complex issues surrounding damming a river and displacing it's people and habitat
learning canoeing, camping and safety and risk management skills
learning the function of dams for water storage, flood control and electricity generation
understanding the impact on indigenous culture
exploring the Columbia River Treaty international agreement
meeting a wide variety of experts and guest speakers on everything from restoring salmon to the watershed to flood control in the United States to what it feels like to be flooded out of a home.

I feel very proud of what the students learned and accomplished and a huge shout out to Wildsight, Columbia Basin Trust and Monica Nissen, Graeme Rowlands, Grace Broadfoot and all the others that contributed to creating an amazing program!! And special mention of Ali Giesbrecht and Sarah Wensink for their leadership in working towards the RCABC Canoe Tripping Leader Certification.

Please spread the word about the Wildsight 2020 CRFS in August to help another 16 youth 15-18yrs experience this amazing opportunity. For more information use this link to the Wildsight CRFS Page.

I was very honoured to receive this Sturgeon Nose Canoe from the Aq'am Band while doing some canoe training on Revelstoke Lake. It is one of the coolest gifts I've ever received, from a wonderful group of people. The canoe is made from White Pine bark, Bitter Cherry bark and Cedar root, by Wayne Louie of Yaqan Nukiy (Creston). Check out his website at www.sturgeon-nose-creations.com for some great history, photos and videos.

2020 Canoeing and Leadership Courses

Spring 2020 courses are postponed or cancelled for now. If you are interested in developing a course in your area or with your group of students or peers, contact Roger, as the summer and fall schedule is may fill up quickly. There will also be lots of opportunity for development of leadership, instructing and guiding skills through mentoring.