Did you know

Did you know that the longest Greenland paddle found by Harvey Golden, who has researched approximately 80 Greenland paddles spanning more than four hundred years, measured 242 centimetres?

Messing about in boats

“Nice? It’s the only thing,” said the Water Rat solemnly as he leant forward for his stroke. “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,” he went on dreamily: “messing—about—in—boats; messing—”

Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows.

Stephen Threlkeld 1924-2014

Stephen Threlkeld

STEPHEN THRELKELD
1924-2014
It is with sadness that GLSKA notes the death of Stephen Threlkeld on January 10, 2014.  Stephen was a founding member of GLSKA and a member of the first Board of Directors; he was an active trip participant and leader, newsletter contributor, and served as Trip Coordinator and club President.

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No Honeymoon for Snow White

Jim Fitton

trent1.JPGSnow White had found her Prince Charming among the seven little men and wished to celebrate her honeymoon on the north tip of Beausoleil Island together, of course, with the other six dwarves. But, in one of those strange last-minute twists of fate, she saw her plans go up in smoke, like smoke up a chimney. But we are jumping far forward and must go back to the beginning of this adventure.

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Misshepizheu

Small skill is won by those who cling to ease,
The hardy sailor hails from stormy seas.

Years ago when I first toured the Agawa Bay pictographs, I encountered the legend of the Ojibway lake divinity, a horned panther that lives beneath the waters and is dangerous to humans. I seem to recall a story of a native family who had lost a small child to this monster. I thought at the time that the myth was somehow a folksy way of warning of the dangers of the big lake.

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