CanoeingEvan HoltComment

2019 Canoeing Photo Contest

CanoeingEvan HoltComment
2019 Canoeing Photo Contest

That wraps up another year of our canoeing photo contest that shared canoe trips that spanned from the Yukon River all the way to Kejimkujik! We just wanted to give a huge thank you to everyone who entered!

We also wanted to sent another thank you out to Valhalla Pure Outfitters for their gracious donation of an e-gift card. If you’re in the market for any camping gear or presents this year (we’re looking forward to Boxing Day sales), please head over to their website and have a look (that’s where I bought my SealLine dry bags).

Another big thank you to Unlostify for their map donation. Their maps are simply the best!

And finally a big thank you to Kevin Callan for autographing his latest book. It’s a really great story and if you haven’t picked up a copy, I highly recommend it!

Here’s the moment you’ve been waiting for, we drew the three winners and they are….

First Place - Adam Walsh

Second Place - Michelle McShane

Third Place - Derek Rivers


As the 2019 Canoeing season starts to wind down we look back fondly through the trips we've taken... which means it's time for our yearly photo contest!

The rules are simple...

  1. The contest is open to Canadian residents only

  2. The photo must have been taken in 2019

  3. Send us your best photo of you or your family in a canoe, what you spotted while in your canoe, or even a snapshot of you portaging. What ever you like! Be sure to include where you were too.

  4. It’s always hard to choose, but send us only one photo.

  5. Contest ends November 30th. We'll randomly pick three lucky winners as 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. The 1st place winner will get to choose first a single item from the prizes below, followed by 2nd place and 3rd place winners.

How do you enter?

Easy! E-mail us a photo, or send it to us on Facebook or Twitter or tag us on Instagram (and give us a like or follow while you're there!)

The Prizes to choose from

$100 in Valhalla Pure Outfitters adventure bucks. Valhalla Pure Outfitters is helping us out for a second year with $100 towards their 1000’s of awesome choices of outdoors gear for any season. The winner will get a coupon code towards their next online purchase.


Your choice between a copy of Justin Barbour’s new book, Man and Dog or an autographed copy of Kevin Callan’s latest book Once Around Algonquin: An Epic Canoe Journey.

Or maybe choose this… the best map of Killarney out there from Unlostify!

We look forward to seeing all the submissions!


The Entries so far…

Patrick Westcott

Scott McCallum - Indian River, Newfoundland & Labrador

Marci Kosac - Kayaking on Trent Severn from Lake Simcoe to Beausoleil island...through Big Chute railroad

Dane Osier - Nine day trip on Lake Pend Oreille in north Idaho. Incredibly beautiful, made for an amazing and unforgettable trip

Karen Duynhoven - Haliburton scout camp

Michael McRae:

Kelly Balkom: Under The Milky Way. Woodland Caribou Provincial Park

Bill Tatarnic: Stratton Lake, Achray, Algonquin Park. Landing spots were not good and we had to tie the canoe up an embankment.

Petrina Shigwadja: Collins inlet from Point Grondine

Maria Morrissey: Keji park

Dylan: Canoeing with my son Arlo on the Columbia river in Robson BC. Watching the sturgeon spawn

Chris Morrissey: May long weekend 2019 Kejimkujik National Park First trip of year with my son.

Kirk Wipper Voyageur Center: A beautiful day on lake Temagami

Bill Graham: Low bridge on a creek flowing into Lake of Three Narrows, Killarney Provincial Park

Dave Johnstone: Algonquin Provincial Park

Margaret Kean Black

Sean Pedersen: French River

Kevin Legault

Heather Ann: We only made it out in the canoe once this year (!!!) for the annual Campsgiving tradition. We abandoned the Joeperry plan but got out for a great trip in beautiful Frontenac Provincial Park instead.

Corbiere A. Jessica: Collins Inlet, Georgian Bay

Jeff Griffiths: Our dog's first canoe trip. Anstruther Lake Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park

Laurel Finney: The Massassauga Provincial Park

Jenny Viaene: Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park

Adam Walsh: Daughter's first backcountry canoe trip. This is on the Barron River in Algonquin PP. Caught her first fish later that day too!

Frank_outdoors on Instagram: Shirley Lake in Algonquin Park

Cathy Anderson: Hailstorm Creek in Algonquin Provincial Park

Freckle69 on Instagram: My new love. Killarney!

Mike Muscat: Solo trip to Killarney Provincial Park

Dan Dechaine: Sunrise on Bobowash Lake in early September. North of Elliot Lake

Kara B: a pic of me and my son who's been canoeing with me every year since he was just a little guy. He's now 15 and a full-fledged canoe partner with awesome paddling instincts. I love that he's digging right in as the waves are rolling over him. Sometimes canoeing is about getting wet, right? Churchill Whitewater Festival

Steve Fryer: Philip Edward Island

Cass Marie: Parents trip no kids lol so we brought their stuffies lol. Bon Echo

Courtney Lysecki: Bow River Banff

Christine Jansen: Diamond Lake, Temagami

Stephen Claxton: Lost Joe lake, Algonquin Provincial Park

Robert Manresa: Big river on the big river . . Morro bay ca

Ken Takabe: Paddling Lake Louise early in the morning

Martin Pine: Dusk on a Crown land island bush site near Georgian Bay

Chris Bell: Lake Louisa in Algonquin on a small island

Jared Craig: Cypress Lake, Bruce Peninsula

Nastasia Zhuk: Champion Lakes Provincial Park, Central Kootenay

David Pattison: Freeland Lake, Killarney Provincial Park

Philippe Renaud: Mille-iles River, Québec

Jeff M: Nogonosh Lake

Steve Hamer: First solo trip if my life as well as first time ever to Algonquin PP

Joey Seto: Portaging trip over the Thanksgiving weekend in Algonquin Park

Ryan Chantal Banman: Did lots of canoeing this past spring and summer, but the best was with all four of us.

Bradley Clark: Picture of my boys on our incredibly beautiful 3 day paddle on Malinge Lake in Jasper National Park

Ryan Thomas Woods: My friends and I were Canoeing in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park in Sept. This photo was taken on Serpentine Lake on a beautiful sunny day.

Kathy Morocz: Algonquin - Amable du fond trip just as the snow melted in May this year

Brooke Rapien: Algonquin Park

Derek Rivers: McGarvey Lake Algonquin. Gorgeous day and fall colours, end of a tough portage.

Alicia Eeley: Here is a picture of my husband, 5 year old son and our large dog, Buddy wearing his life jacket. We were canoeing on Rain Lake, Algonquin This summer. Buddy loves canoeing and looks like a bear while out portaging!

Melissa McNair: Algonquin Park

Heather McGeorge: Wasaksina Lake in Temagami ON

Tyler Epp: Little White river north of Iron Bridge On. That's me paddling with my good friends Calvin and Tilia up front.

Linda Rawe: My dog Ty in his life jacket. We were paddling Bottle Lake on our way to Sucker Lake in the Kawartha Highlands PP.

Lukas Baum: Kawartha lakes canoe trip 2019. The rope for the bear barrel got snagged in a tree at midnight so we set up a bear canoe instead. This is the next morning retrieving the canoe in the fog.

Jerome Dube: Parc national des haute gorge malbai Québec

Marian Godfrey-Sonntag: Killarney PP

Nancy Maddock: Vixen Lake, Kawartha Highlands PP

Jody Hammel: Sunrise at Parkside bay in Algonquin Park

Jesus Gallardo: Rain lake in Algonquin Park

Alison Glover: Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park

Sarah Maki: We trekked 35km down the Big East River in Huntsville, the day after Canada Day. The kids had stayed up for the fireworks the night before, and were wiped out 😂

Dee Helseth: Burditt Lake NW Ontario - annual family day on the water

John McDonnell: Lower Crane Lake in Minden Hills on our annual daddy daughter trip.

Alain Houle: French River (coming back from Georgian Bay)

Kerri Santos-Helman: Killarney

Judy Burgschmidt: On Grand-lake with our Granddaughter;)

Ethan Richter: Reflections in Kawartha Highlands

Ken Powell: Yukon River

Brianna Klein: from my Outdoor Pursuits class from when we went on a canoe trip to Balsam Lake

Meagher Grant: Fall on the Musquodoboit River

Josie Dinsmore: Moore Lake in Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park this September! The lake was like a mirror!

Jamie Thomas: Canoeing the tobique river in NB

Ginund Tonic - Greetings from Germany

Michelle McShane: Taken by my 12 year old sitting in the bow in South Frontenac

Kathy: Taken on a canoe trip this past August, Loxton Lake Nipissing District Ontario

Brad Van Reenen: Spring 2019, just over a week after ice-out at Lake Superior Provincial Park

Jennifer Robinson: Here is one from our summer! My 2 year old kept falling asleep during a portage trip. Missing the warm weather! Ralph Bice Lake in Algonquin park

JimMcLachlan: Quetico Provinical Park