Pipers Hole River Festival 2007

Alright,

After a hiatus the Pipers Hole River Festival will be back in 2007. On Saturday, April 14, 2007 to be specific. So, mark this off on your calendar and come out to play on the waves with a group of paddling enthusiasts. Following the day of paddling an apres paddle party will be held Saturday evening. The details for the party are still coming together, but I'll be able to announce them as soon as it is finalized.

The general format of the rodeo will be a jam session on one of the waves and in the hole. Hopefully we'll also get a down river race of some kind organized. This year the rodeo itself will be free for all participants. Festival t-shirts will be for sale to all participants and any spectators that would like to join us. As in the past the kind folks at The Outfitters are supporting the festival and we'll have a few fun things for the top jammers. I'd like to thank The Outfitters for their continuing support of the Pipers Hole River Festival.

Unlike previous editions of the festival there will be a semi-official second day of river celebrations. There are several top notch creeks in the vicinity of Pipers Hole River. On Sunday I will be organizing a group to tackle one of these creeks. The particular creek chosen will be dependent on water levels. As forewarning, both creeks that I have in mind are full-on Class IV+\V; paddlers joining these trips will require advanced whitewater skills and creek boats. I will also try to arrange for an intermediate\beginner level trip on Pipers Hole River too. However, if anyone would like to watch the creeking you're welcome to venture out with us. March Brook and Granite Brook are both beautiful places to hike and have a picnic.

That is pretty much as far as I have gotten with the organization of the rodeo. There will be more to come in the near future. Check back later this week and I'll have the final the bits of organization ready to be announced. Also, I don't know much about the sea kayaking in the area, but our ocean bound brethren are welcome to join us for the weekend.

Trip Report - Bakers Brook, 2006

I just posted a new trip report for Bakers Brook in Gros Morne National Park. There are several pictures of these great waterfalls included in the report.

Enjoy.

Trip Report -Whites River, 2006

Just a quick note to let you know that there is now an updated trip report for Whites River online. It is from May, 2006 and contains a few photos of this elusive river.

Enjoy.

Google Earth Files

Hi folks,

I have a new toy to pass along to you. I've been playing with Google Earth for a couple of years, but more recently have found it to be quite useful for work type stuff. In the past I've used the software to assess a few rivers in Labrador and refine some of my UTM locations on the island. New software lets me now transfer data between Google Earth and MapInfo, which means I can get locations in my database and view them on Google Earth. A recent thread at Boatwerks has highlighted that this type of information is useful to the paddling community at large. I don't have the skills to go overboard with this idea, but it should help people find our rivers and then reference the descriptions stored on the kayaking beta website.

So, without further ado here is the file. It is a .kml file, simply download and open using Google Earth. The file contains about 55 rivers from my database and I'll gradually start adding more river locations as I find the time.

Goto Google Earth Community Posting

This should waste a few of your hours this week. If you haven't been to Google Earth for a while the amount of new high resolution imagery added since Christmas will be a pleasant surprise; including St. John's. Look for updates on a few west coast rivers and news about the Pipers Hole River Festival soon.