The Voyageur Canoe Program offers a variety of group paddling opportunities. The Club has four voyageur canoes and each can accommodate six paddlers per boat. Voyageur trips are a great social activity and provide novice paddlers with the opportunity to participate in trips and explore the waters around Victoria. Program adventures range from excursions down big water rivers, such at the Thompson and the Yukon, to the annual training paddles that culminate in the "Paddle for theKids" major paddle in support of the BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities (Camp Shawnigan.), to an easy paddle to the Symphony Splash in Victoria's inner harbour.

The Great Peninsula Paddle for the Kids

The Training schedule for the the 2010 event will be announced shortly. The date is March 27th. This year the paddle will entail the circumnavigation of the Saanich Peninsula from Brentwood Bay to the Gorge Waterway. Intrepid Voyageur officianados meet sundays at 9am at the clubhouse.

In 2009 over $15000 was raised for the kids. This year we hope to have help from a number of Lion's Clubs to raise that amount even further. Click for the 2010 Pledge form.

Practices will be on Sundays starting on Feb 21. The scheduleis planned asfollws:

Feb 27th – Sooke (Todd) Changed to Shawnigan Lake ......Check Dave's slideshow
March 7th – Maple and Cowichan Bays (Bill; Don as back-up) ......Slideshow
March 13th – Rum Island (Alan) Changed to End of Peninsula
March 21st -0 Thetis (Roy)

To get an idea of this great event, take a look at Cody Pargee and Wendy Clapp's pictures of the 2008 effort.

For more information on the Voyageur Canoe Program, please contact the Program Director, Alan Thomson by email.