2017 Canoeing Photo Contest
Update: December 10th: Congratulations to the winners!...
- Mike Whitmarsh - MEC Gift Card
- Barry Allen - Altitude-Sports E-Gift Card
- Megan Westphal - North Water Throw Line
As the 2017 Canoeing season starts to wind down we look back fondly through the trips we've taken... which means it's time for our yearly photo contest!
The rules are simple...
- The contest is open to Canadian residents only
- The photo must have been taken in 2017
- Send us your best photo of you or your family in a canoe, what you spotted while in your canoe, or even a snapshot of you portaging. What ever you like! Be sure to include where you were too.
- Contest ends November 30th. We'll randomly pick three lucky winners as 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. The 1st place winner will get to choose first a single item from the prizes below, followed by 2nd place and 3rd place winners.
How do you enter?
Easy! E-mail us a photo, or send it to us on Facebook or Twitter (and give us a like or follow while you're there!)
The Prizes to choose from
$50 MEC Gift Card
$50 Altitude-Sports E-Gift Card.
North Water Throw Line
The Entries (so far...)
Tara Tompkins - Lake outside of Yellowknife NWT
Dave Wilfong - My Lil Mojag out on Obabika lake...he’s been canoeing since he was 6 weeks
Ethan Richter - Algonquin Provincial Park
Dee Helseth - Last paddle of 2017 Clearwater Lake NW Ontario
Michelle Webb - Portage from daisy lake to hambone lake Algonquin Provincial Park Fall 2017
Gabriel Rivett-Carnac - Bonnechere River, Bonnechere Provincial Park
Shawn Campbell - From our home in downtown Squamish, we can walk into the estuary, paddle into Howe Sound, back into downtown via Blind Channel with a stop at @howesoundbrewing for burgers and beer, before heading home.
Drew Czernik - Joe Lake, at sunrise with my daughter. One of my favourite memories from the summer.
Jenny Jutzi - Our canoe taking a bit of a rest while we explore Picnic Island on Gurd Lake before sunset - Grundy Lake Provincial Park, ON
Rob Robichaud - Morning on Bennett Lake, Fundy National Park (with a curious looking moon)
Roberta Weston - Point Pelee National Park, Ontario
Carrie Cartier - Moraine Lake, Alberta
Patrick Mahaffey - Crossing a tiny unnamed lake near Besnard Lake on a 10-day canoe trip in northern Saskatchewan
Tom Jacklin - Milk River, Alberta
Mike Whitmarsh - Sunrise during the autumnal equinox 2017 - Bell Lake, Killarney Provincial Park, ON
Randy Epp - Bottom of McDonald rapid heading for Barker Lake, outside of Missinipe,Sk
Jenny Jutzi - Our canoe taking a bit of a rest while we explore Picnic Island on Gurd Lake before sunset - Grundy Lake Provincial Park, ON
Dean Ducas - Paddling the Richmond Fen
Jens Petersen - Getting in a workout despite the hazy, smokey skies. Buntzen Lake, BC
Kevin Ryckman - Temagami this summer on an early morning sunrise
Jeff Morton - Big Porcupine Lake, Algonquin Ontario
Judy Mahoney
Bernard Feder - On the water in Pen Lake, Algonquin Park
William A H Hall
Victoria Moon Joyce - Canoes at rest - St. Croix River, New Brunswick
Greg Gungner - In Algonquin Park the morning of the 150 for 150 event on Canoe Lake
Rob Diemer - Rain Lake Algonquin Park. Island bound for 3 days due to 2 days of snowing in May
Azettek - About to embark on the portage from Doré Lake into Twin Lake - Quetico Provincial Park
Luigi Rostirolla - Following a Great Blue Heron along the west shore of Arrowhead Lake, On
Megan Frawley - Paddling across Callaghan lake with the sled dogs to access an amazing alpine lake hike.
A Clout - Paddling my Tom Thomson replica I built at the 150 event at the loft locks
Harold Higdon - West of Pt Stanton
Joe Donoghue - End of a portage coming from Baby Joe Lake to Little Joe Lake - Algonquin
Krystina Murray - Charlton Lake, in Killarney
Linda Myers - My husband, Denis Myers, paddling on the St. Lawrence River near Wolfe Island
David Bell - August morning mist on Red Cedar Lake, Temagami
Jen Rossmann - Relaxing on the shores of the Madawaska River after a morning paddle.
Todd Martin - our site on Canisday Lake November 4th 2017. Paddled through the snow storm so fun so cool.
Kim Tulk
Josh Spina - Late Fall father/son trip to Cydegale Lake, Algonquin PP
Darlene Tower - out with St. Michael’s Venturers in Irishtown Nature Park, Moncton, NB.
Megan Karrow - Muldrew Bay, Sudbury
Catherine Burden - Thanksgiving weekend, when my husband and I were celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary with camping on Burnt Island Lake in the backcountry of Algonquin Provincial Park
Deborah Cybulskie - Kearney Campsite, Algonquin Park
Mona Moquin - Our last night in Quetico on Batchewaung Lake
Mike Lennox - Petawawa River with my 1st mate (Zoey the Portuguese Water Dog) at the Bow!
Dave MacDonnell - Two Jack Lake, Banff National Park
Kyle McFadyen - Gemmel Lake, Northern Manitoba near Lynn Lake. - Helping the little guy keep up by pulling him along
Megan Westphal - Tie Creek meets Horseshoe Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba. We saw 2 otters playing along the shoreline
Jim and Sue Waddington - Joe Lake Algonquin Park, Ontario
R. Trent Abbott - Thanksgiving weekend Grand Lake Algonquin Park
Joan Elliott on the last Lambton Outdoor Club canoe outing of the year. Sydenham River.
Barry Allen - Smoothwater PP in Northern Ontario
Lorraine Chatel - Nopiming in Manitoba. My first canoe camping experience!
Colin Bruce - First paddle of the year just as the ice was breaking up on Hunters Bay in Huntsville
Beata Kaznowska - Winter came early this year! First snowfall in Lake Louise
Matthew Groenheide - Early morning on Elton Lake in Nopiming Provincial Park MB
Doug Morrison - My brother in-law and myself on The French River.
Dave Mans - On the portage around Bridal Veil Falls on the Lady Evelyn River, Temagami.
Debbie Paul - Late fall paddle. Beautiful day lac du bonnet Manitoba
Renee Fellbaum - Bottle Lake, beautiful day, great company!!!
Allen Berry - Nopiming Park, Manitoba
Chris McGyver
Kathy DeRoy Rifkin - Slim Bay, Charleston Lake
Jason Morrison - Tangier Wilderness Area, Ship Harbour Nova Scotia. The sun has set on a cloudy day.
Mike Kobzik - Full canoe on Mike Lake just outside of Algonquin Park
Michelle Kobzik - Achray at Algonquin Park, she loves having her own paddle!
Michelle Lucky - I watched one single tree up on that massive hill start to dance. All of a sudden that dancing tree collapsed and shuddered back into the group before falling forward towards the shore. There was a crack, then a loud rustle ending with a final thump. We said a few kind words to the tree before continuing on.
Gerry Stokman - Heading up the Salmon River, at the north end of Beaver Lake, just outside Erinsville, On
Dee Helseth - First trip in my Wenonah Prism....Panorama Lake NW Ontario
Dave WE - Beautiful morning on Sucker Lake in the Kawartha Highlands. I love this lake.
Sean Caufield - Whisky Jack Bay, Canoe Lake
Deryck N. Robertson - "Checking the route"
Sandy Jessup
Kerry Gordon - We spent the month paddling down the Bloodvein River from Northwestern Ontario to Lake Winnipeg
Suzie Lemoine - "A Great Gathering" Photo taken on Daniels Lake in NW Ontario
GlorilynCabugao - Sawyer Lake in Algonquin Park - off for a paddle after dinner
Lindsay - Lower Stewart Lake (Experimental Lakes Area) in Ontario. My dog Gus, who I’ve been paddling with since he was six months old
Anne Renouf - Keene United Church spire from the Indian River, Peterborough County, Ontario
Marylynn Wendell
Tamas Fustos - on the North Saskatchewan River, AB
Donovan Kitt - Part of the wedding photos
Joel Raskin - Koshlong Lake, Haliburton, Ontario. 7 am, morning fog
Rylee Wiersma - Taking a break in Algonquin, making many new summer traditions.
Meghan Karrow - Muldrew Bay, Sudbury
Kellie Clifford - Off the shore of Petroglyphs Provincial Park in Ontario. We were canoeing to go see the images painted on the rock face (Which by the way were so very cool). The shear joy on my husbands face says it all.
Erick Thibault - Réservoir du Poisson Blanc with my 11 years old son
Dave Dame - 4 day trip through Algonquin Provincial Park. This is on Little Misty where our 3 year old liked to fish for lily pads with her feet while we crossed the lake. She got quite good at it, her can see her collection in the canoe.
Brian F Lachine - A late winter paddle to my cabin
