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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
canoeing sport of propelling a canoe through water. John MacGregor, an English barrister and founder of the Royal Canoe Club (est. 1865), is generally credited with being the initiator of modern sport canoeing. Between 1849 and 1869, MacGregor wrote a number of popular books describing his experiences on long canoe trips throughout Europe. Sport canoeing today may either involve recreational journeys or fixed-distance racing. Racing canoes are propelled by either sails or paddles. The International Challenge Cup, one of the oldest existing canoeing trophies, was originally offered by the... Read more
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Use of a canoe or kayak for recreation or competition. Both types of boat are used in water touring, in speed competitions, and in white-water sport, or navigation through rapids (which includes, in the case of kayaks, ocean surf). The Scottish philanthropist John MacGregor (1825–1892) is ...

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Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage

canoe verb. has inflected forms canoes , canoed , canoeing .

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Canoeing: The Fun Way To Tour Wilderness
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/12/1992; ; 700+ words ; The first thing I learned about canoeing was to put everything important in waterproof...comes from an experience on my first canoeing trip to Ely, Minn., as a young outdoor...and a terse lesson from the guide about canoeing procedures. The hardest blow was to our... Read more
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Sport ACTIVE: Paddle with nature; Fun,family-based, why canoeing in N. Wales is blooming.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 3/6/2003; 700+ words ; ...DAVID MULLAHEY AS brochures go, the Welsh Canoeing Association's 2003 Yearbook is an impressively...from being put off, though, interest in canoeing is on the rise. Already the WCA boasts...perhaps its essential message is that canoeing is one of those activities where for... Read more
Outfitter lets customers get feet wet; Ketter Canoeing, a Brooklyn Park retailer and distributor of high-end canoes and kayaks, is taking tentative steps to more recreational services.(NORTH)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/1/2007; ; 658 words ; ...with other canoe racers in 1961. Ketter Canoeing, which Karl and Betty Ketter founded...today, Ketter and Sikkema operate Ketter Canoeing from the old family home that appears...The neighbors like it that way. Ketter Canoeing is the state's distributor and representative... Read more
CANOEING IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/28/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-28-1994 CANOEING IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD -- GARDEN STATE...gray cygnets. On other occasions, our canoeing companions have been egrets, great blue...any warm weekend or holiday, consider canoeing New Jersey's waterways. From the upper... Read more
MIDLAND & NATIONAL: TV presenter's daughter dies on canoeing trip.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/14/2006; 549 words ; ...Laura May A young girl who died when a canoeing trip during a family Easter break went...know my son has taken his children out canoeing when he visits me. We had had a bit of...Harvey, chief executive of the Wales Canoeing Association, warned against sensationalising... Read more
Want a slower way to travel? Learn to canoe: a Canoeing Adventure is Peaceful and Picturesque. It's also easy - even for novices. Here's how to plan A canoe trip.(Features)(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/27/2002; 700+ words ; ...Vacationing in Hawaii? Not free. But river canoeing? Confounding the cynics, river canoeing is free. Well, maybe not completely free...you stand on the shore of a North American canoeing river today and look out over the riverscape... Read more
Visitors to canoeing carnival awed by scenic Putrajaya lake
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/12/2001; 360 words ; ...Straits Times 11-12-2001 Visitors to canoeing carnival awed by scenic Putrajaya lake...It was the final day of the Putrajaya Canoeing Carnival 2001 and the start of both the...Senior and First Junior Southeast Asian Canoeing championships. The participating countries... Read more
Canoeing and Canadian art.
Magazine article from: Queen's Quarterly; 9/22/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...beaver swamp, the theme of canoes and canoeing is one that meanders through Canadian...study has been made of the canoe and canoeing in Canadian visual art. (1) A little...portrayal of the canoe and the role of canoeing in Canadian art opens up one's focus... Read more
'Don't call me a rower,' says teenager determined to guide canoeing into the mainstream ; Rachel Cawthorn's sport is the poor relation to rowing but she could help end a lack of recognition that goes back 70 years. Matthew Beard reports
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 7/17/2007; 700+ words ; ...one of the hottest young prospects in canoeing. Three years ago Cawthorn was among a...and even lifeguards into the ranks of canoeing where it is thought they would have a...base and the 2012 venue for rowing and canoeing. She said: "When I was making my university... Read more

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