Young Trippers ORCKA Canoe Camp



- Duration: 6 Days (approx.)
- Location: South River, ON
- Product code: OPC6
A canoe trip is a perfect opportunity for kids to learn about themselves and others, while connecting with nature. They upgrade their skills of self-reliance and determination, and achieve goals that will serve as personal touchstones in the face of life's obstacles. For example, Three Mile Lake, on one of our routes, is appropriately-named: it's an almost three-mile portage in and out, with a three mile paddle in between!
Backcountry canoe tripping with The Land is also a great opportunity to learn how to be an instrumental member of a team. Canoe tripping requires constant teamwork to travel safely and swiftly, and group dynamics quickly becomes a crucial factor in the trip's success.
Finally, the natural and cultural heritage of the landscape and waterways of this internationally renown park offers a perfect occasion for paddlers to connect with nature, through water, fire, wild edible foraging, spotting a far-off galaxy, or gliding silently alongside a moose and her calf, as we often do on Mango Lake.
In addition to these learning objectives, kids will seriously improve their canoe skills!
ORCKA Basic Canoeing - Tandem Levels 1-3
Safety Lessons
- Swimming on trip (ie sometimes unplanned!)
- Retrieving a swamped canoe
- Canoe-over-canoe rescues
- Re-entering a rescued canoe
Theory Lessons
- Choosing, using and caring for canoe tripping equipment
- Packing for a canoe trip
- Rules and regulations
- Safe canoeing procedures
- Outdoor Precautions
- Environmental awareness
- Windy weather precautions
- Launching and removing a canoe
- Entering and exiting
- Paddling positions and trimming a canoe
- Balancing
- Changing positionsPivots
- Sideways displacement
- Forward straight line
- Inside and outside turns
- Inside and outside circles
- Stopping the canoe
- Inside and Outside landings
- Reverse straight line
- Lifts and carries
- Transporting a canoe on a trailer or vehicle
- Canoe tour
ORCKA Canoe Tripping Level 1: additionally to the basic canoeing course, kids will learn:
Safety Skills
- Line Toss and rescue
- Canoe self-rescue, in shallow and deep water
- Communications
- Personal and camp hygiene
Theory
- Canoe heritage
- Canoe design and construction
- Trip planning
- Canoe trip gear
- Clothing and personal effects
- Tools and repair kits
- Canoeing first aid
- Weather interpretation
- Environmental practices and concerns
- Canoeing resources
- Canoeing and canoe tripping
- Food and menu planning
- Map-reading, map and compass navigation
- Campsites and shelters
- Cooking on a fire and on camp stoves
- Knots and line
- Portaging