Jenda

Paddle Making Workshop

Jenda held it's first Paddle Making Workshop on May 27th with Lloyd Stonehouse.  We had great weather for this outdoor workshop with a nice breeze that helped out during some of the pysical labour. 

With a great selection from from a cherry, ash, walnut or or maple paddle blank, we then had the choice to create an otter tail, beaver tail or voyageur style paddle. With great instructions from Lloyd Stonehouse who showed us how to size, fine tune and make our very own paddle using simple hand tools and a little bit of elbow grease!

Lloyd is one of Canada's Leading Paddle making instructors and has been running seminars for 25 years and offers them  from Hallifax to Vancover.  Lloyd spends his summers giving seminars in our Provincial Parks around Ontario.  He has led trips on the Nahanni River in the NWT and has paddled  down the Coppermine River  to the Artic Ocean.  He also taught tripping for Ottawa U summer camp and has a deep and lasting love of his Rivers, his boats and his paddles.

 

This was a six hour workshop and all participants were very pleased with their final results and eager to add their finishing touches to make it water worthy for their next canoe trip!