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Kayak Training and Coaching Programs
Lower Columbia River Resources (Clubs, Boating info, Kayak Centers)
Related Websites
Quality Gear
Tours and Instruction Elsewhere on the Water Planet
Symposiums & Events
Recommended Lodging on the Lower Columbia River & Coast
Taking Care of Your River
Lewis & Clark
Directions to some launches on the Columbia & beyond
Safety info for paddling on the Lower Columbia River
Kayak Training and Coaching Programs
- BCU homepage
- BCU North America
- ACA homepage
- National Outdoor Leadership School
- Canadian Recreational Canoe Association
- Qajaq USA traditional
rolling info
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British Canoe Union
American Canoe Association
NOLS
Paddle Canada
Traditional Greenland techniques
Lower Columbia River Paddling Resources
- OOPS Oregon Ocean Paddling Society -- a variety of sea kayak activities at all levels. More great links.
- Oregon State Marine Board safety info & resources
- Oregon State Marine Board launch sites -searchable database
- PDXSeakayaker website and listserve Find other kayakers with whom to paddle, plus download blank log book pages and sea conditions rating system.
- Rules of Navigation, a summary for boaters in general.
- US Coast Guard Notice to Mariners Updated nautical chart information.
- Lower Columbia River Water Trail A comprehensive resource for paddlers on the lower Columbia River, from Bonneville to the mouth.
- CRK Safety & Resources for planning your own lower Columbia River trip. Weather links, hazard info, launch sites, etc.
- Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe kayaks, gear, lessons and rentals, Portland, OR 888-571-4545
- Columbia River Kayaking kayak lessons and instructional tours in Skamokawa, Cathlamet & beyond. 360-849-4016
- Cape Falcon Kayak Skin-on-frame kayak building and use, and great tales of adventure, in Manzanita, OR
Clubs
Navigation & Boating Information
Local kayak shops, outfitters, instruction centers
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Related Websites
- Jonathan Walpole's Website This consummate BCU coach has a wealth of valuable info and inspiring photos
- Horrendous Experiences Blog Keirron and Jeff go for the speed around Vancouver Island in a pink double kayak, planned for May, 2007.
- Action film maker Justine Curgenven "This Is The Sea" DVD, expedition stories and clips, kayak art T-shirts.
- Map Bureau Time maps of the changing mouth of the Columbia River and its shipwrecks; salmon and dams; dredge deposits; and Lewis & Clark.
- Red Alder Ranch boating and fishing info, custom sawmilling, links.
- Kayak Wisconsin Sea kayaker's resource for many things.
- Kayaker's poop tube a practical way to leave no trace.
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Quality Gear, with customer service to match!
- Kokatat Gore-Tex dry suits and other superior watersport wear.
- Werner Paddles Outstanding kayak engines.
- Pygmy Boats Wooden boat kits and plans. Fine boats, fun projects, great NW company.
- Seals Fine spray skirts.
- Beale Paddles Excellent, hand-crafted Greenland paddles.
- North Water paddlesports gear home of the "burrito" style tow belt and other useful things.
- Northwest River Supply all kinds of kayaking and rafting gear, in Idaho.
- Friday Harbor Paddles Custom made Greenland paddles, in Washington state
- Lumpy Paddles Custom hand-crafted Greenland paddles by Bill Bremer
- Reed Chill Cheater Revolutionary new lightweight wetsuit & drysuit alternative, plus skirts, drybags, more.
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Symposiums & Events
- Lower Columbia Kayak Roundup
An instructional kayak symposium with top coaches. Cathlamet & Skamokawa, WA, August. - Loreto Kayak Symposium
First ever sea kayaking symposium in Baja, Mexico! Tours, instruction, race, party! October.
- Anglesey
Sea Symposium
Anglesey, UK, May. - SSTIKS
South Sound Traditional Inuit Symposium. Near Olympia, WA, June. - Delmarva Paddlers'
Retreat
Delamarva, Delaware, October. - TAKS
Traditional Arctic Kayaking Symposium, San Simeon, CA, October. - Humboldt Bay Paddlefest
Eureka, Northern CA - Mayor's Cup New York City
Kayak Championships
26.7-mile race for elite and enthusiast kayakers. New York City, NY. October. - Hobuck Hoedown Pacific North
Coast Surf Kayak Festival
A Surfrider Hosted Surf Kayak Festival, Memorial Weekend
Tours and Instruction Elsewhere on the Water Planet
- Alaska Kayak School Homer, Alaska (907) 235 - 2090. Quality BCU programs in the great white north.
- Sea Kayaking UK Anglesey, England. Quality BCU programs under the direction of Nigel Dennis Kayaks.
- Cape Falcon Kayak Skin-on-frame kayaking on the north Oregon Coast with Brian Schulz
- Body Boat Blade Eastsound, WA. 360.376.5388 Quality BCU programs on Orcas Island.
- Sea Kayaking in the Netherlands with BCU coach & ACA instructor Axel Schoevers
- Natural Elements International An ecologically minded adventure travel company with journeys to Costa Rica
- Optimist Kayaking Hadaas Feldman, kayaking in Israel
- Mayak Expeditions Kayaking in Croatia with some wonderful people
- Liquid Fusion Kayak Kayaking northern CA with Jeff Laxier
- Sea Kayak Adventures Well-catered kayaking in Baja, Mexico, and in Canada: Johnstone Strait, Queen Charlotte Strait, and God's Pocket.
- Sea Quest Kayak Tours & Whale Watching Trips Sea kayaking in the premiere orca whale watching waters off the west side of San Juan Island.
- Expedition Kayaks The best kayaking in the best kayaks in Australia. Sydney-based.
Kayaking
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Lodging on the Lower Columbia
Skamokawa, WA
Twin Gables
on Skamokawa Creek, with dock. 360-795-3942
Inn at Lucky Mud rural lodging
with local food on a 40 acre pioneer homestead. Frisbee golf. 800 806
7131
Inn at Crippen Creek Farm professional
catering at a modern rural farm. 360-795-0585
Camping at Vista Park
in Skamokawa 360-795-8605
Elochoman Marina cabins 360-795-3501
Rog's Retreat at Stockhouse's Farm on Puget Island 360.849.4145
Red Fern Farm B&B on Puget Island 360-849-4106
Bradley House in Cathlamet 360-795-3030
The Lodge at Rivermile 39 on Puget Island 360-849-4108
Camping at Slow Boat Farm on Puget Island 360-849-4016
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Stewardship
- Wahkiakum Friends of the River
Stop invasives before they start, including LNG terminals. - City of Vancouver Water Resources (Select Water Center from pull down Department menu)
- Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership (LCREP)
Works to protect and restore the lower Columbia River estuary with on-the-ground improvements and education and information programs. - Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST)
Based in Astoria, CREST coordinates activities between local, state, and federal agencies; provides information, maps, and educational materials to citizens of the region; and provides coastal and estuarine technical services for members. - Website with info on removing Purple Loostrife
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Lewis & Clark
- Fort Clatsop National Memorial Fort Clatsop Lewis and Clark spent one miserably wet winter here in 1805-6. Replica fort with buckskinned rangers
