Monthly Archives: February 2012

Survivorman comes to Halifax – Les Stroud For the survivor within you all………. [link] [link] Blair canoeing Northwest Arm (Halifax0 today… I couldn’t resist the above-zero temperature and the stillness in the air this morning and simply had to go … Continue reading →

Pool sesh, Club Vote Hey gang, Hope everyone had a great break. We’re back in the pool tomorrow evening, 8:30 pm in the shallow end like always. We’ll also be talking about DKS applying for club membership with CKNS. We’ll … Continue reading →

upper Salmon River (Colchester Co.) There is still nearly a foot of snow on the ground and the rivers are quite frozen in the Cobequid Mountains, Nova Scotia’s snow belt. Today, two of us explored the upper reaches of Salmon … Continue reading →

Ice safety info – for the paddlers who skate / lake walk Hi there, Just catching up today on reading stuff from the paddle nova scotia list. The lake walking & skating stories made me want to send out some … Continue reading →

Paddle to the Ocean with Zac Crouse March 20th CKNS presents: Zac Crouse paddle to the ocean presentation In conjunction with Trail Shop and the Ecology Action CentreCome join us for an evening of entertainment with Zac Crouse as he … Continue reading →

Dartmouth Cove plan + design workshop (Dartmouth, HRM) The Halifax Regional Municipality and the Waterfront Development Corporation are currently hosting a series of public workshops on the future re-development of the waterfront of Dartmouth Cove, the former terminus of the … Continue reading →

lake walking today… Two of us made it in the breezy and cool sunshine to the Scotts River lakes. We walked from Hwy.333 (Prospect Road) through Otter Lake to Powers Lake to Deep Cove Lake and back, a version of … Continue reading →

lake skating/hiking on SUNDAY ? The weather forecast for Sunday is great. Anyone interested in getting out on some of the local lakes? Depending on whether we get more snow or more rain on Saturday, it would be a hike … Continue reading →

Paddlers Who Skate …. in the Rain Today, in the light drizzle, we had two Nordic skaters, two dog walkers, and two dogs do the Cranberry Lake – Frederick Lake – Black Point Lake – BLT Rail Trail Loop on … Continue reading →

paddling Antarctica’s Lake Vostok anyone ? Today’s Metro Halifax had an interesting article about what is probably the most unusual lake on Earth, Antarctica’s Lake Vostok, Russian for Lake East. The 250 km by 50 km is the largest of … Continue reading →