Voices from the Trail

What you need to know about the Paddlers Freshet Fest

This year’s Northern Forest Canoe Trail’s Paddlers Freshet Festival takes place on June 10-11 in the town of Saranac Lake, New York. Located in the northern Adirondacks, Saranac Lake is one of the premier paddling destinations in the Northeast. The…

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Trip Report: Missisquoi River from North Troy to Richford, Vermont

On a beautiful spring morning, my kids and I arrived at the meeting spot at Davis Park in Richford, Vermont just in time to get our boat on the trailer. We were joining folks for a shuttle up the Missisquoi…

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An interview with John Connelly halfway through his Northern Forest Canoe Trail thru-paddle

  By Sandy Tarburton Membership & Communications Director   “Loving it! Today was a challenge on Mooselookmeguntic. It was calm with a following warm breeze from the south. I started a 6 mile crossing. Halfway into it, cold rain blowing…

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First female canoeist thru-paddler remains an active volunteer

  By Nicole Grohoski NFCT Thru-paddler 2006     Spring is once again spreading across the Northern Forest, bringing with it some of my favorite seasonal sights and sounds: ferns poking out of the duff, peeper frogs, and canoes and…

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Crossing Lake Champlain

        Lake Champlain can present a formidable challenge to paddlers on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. From Plattsburgh to the Missisquoi delta there are at least two significant open water crossings. This article offers some information on…

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Best Time to Start a Thru-Paddle?

  Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future. -Niels Bohr When Niels uttered those words he may have been contemplating how to figure out exactly where electrons might be at any given time. I find myself thinking…

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Planning and Packing for a Thru-Paddle

So you’ve decided to dip your paddle into the waters of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. Maybe you’re looking to buy or build a new canoe or maybe you’ll be sticking to a trusted old kayak. However you choose to…

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Exploring ‘Designated River’ Status for New Hampshire’s Androscoggin River

  By Phoebe Backler New Hampshire Outreach Coordinator In May 2013, the Northern Forest Canoe Trail joined more than 40 of its New Hampshire partners to discuss the state’s 50-mile section of the Androscoggin River and its vital role in…

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River Overlook Project Creates Community Participation in Richford, Vermont

  By Walter Opuszynski Trail Director     This year, the town of Richford, Vermont has the potential to see multiple recreation-based projects come to fruition after countless hours of community effort. The Northern Forest Canoe Trail has been proud to…

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Planning a Thru-Paddle?

Paddling the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail in one trip has been an exhilarating, trying, contemplative, exasperating and enlightening experience for those who have completed it. More than 80 people have made The NFCT List and each have unique stories…

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