Voices from the Trail
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Section Paddling
I completed my section paddling of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail this week, paddling the Upper Ammonoosuc River in New Hampshire from the Stark Covered Bridge down to the Connecticut River. It’s taken me 20 years to ‘finish’ the trail….
3 Reasons to Visit a Paddlesport Show
By Sandy Tarburton, Membership & Communications Director With record-breaking temperatures and snow, snow, and more snow hammering the East Coast, canoeing and kayaking might not be at the top of your thoughts these days. That’s why the Northern Forest Canoe Trail…
Protecting the Northern Forest Canoe Trail
By Karrie Thomas, NFCT Executive Director We recently added the word “protect” to the Northern Forest Canoe Trail mission statement. We are not necessarily talking about land protection in the traditional sense – we don’t plan to own land. We…
A Race Among Friends on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail
By Karrie Thomas, NFCT Executive Director Do you enjoy a little friendly competition? Northern Forest Canoe Trail’s Walter Opuszynski assembled a small group of us last September for just that: a paddle-pedal race on Vermont’s Missisquoi River and the Missisquoi Valley…
Day Tripping in Vermont
By Karrie Thomas, NFCT Executive Director Where can you go for a day trip on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail in Vermont to paddle two rivers (about seven miles) and not have to run a shuttle? It’s not a trick question:…
Adirondack Canoe Classic: Paddling the 90-Miler for Kids
In September 2013, Heidi Kretser joined paddlers in an 8-person Voyageur war canoe in the Adirondack Canoe Classic (a.k.a. 90 Miler), a 3-day race held every year since 1983. The team “Canoeing for the Kids” raised $4,100…
Life Lessons from the Northern Forest Canoe Trail: A Second Grade Classroom’s Perspective
By Sarah Carlson On one of her visits home last fall my daughter, Emma Carlson, told me of her desire to through paddle the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. Part of the conversation centered around her plan to share…
NFCT Says No to Transporting Tar Sands Oil Across Our Route
By Kate Williams Missisquoi. Connecticut. Androscoggin. I say these words as I write them, and recognize that what I feel for these rivers is love. As Executive Director of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT), I have spent the last…
Paddling the Allagash Wilderness Waterway: A Father-Son Paddling Trek
(Steve first published this article about the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in July 2009 on his blog Outdoor Enthusiast.) Ten of us just returned from paddling the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) in northern Maine. The ninety-eight mile AWW is composed of…
From the Northern Forest Canoe Trail to the Tetons
By Allison Waring Today as I sit in Jackson, Wyoming watching the spring sun slowly melting away winter’s snow, I reflect upon how I got here. I’m sure part of the reason is related to my inability to plant my…