Trip Coordinators: Rob Renema and Mike Eaton

There are several decent sized but relatively unknown lakes perfect for a nice day paddle within an hour or so drive of Edmonton. Battle Lake is one of these, nestled a few kilometers southwest of the more popular Pigeon Lake.

Trip Coordinator: Mike Eaton

This year the NWV endeavoured to put together some weekend river trips where car camping could be done.  This trip was the first of a few on the calendar for 2019. On this trip were canoeists Donna& Lisa, Don & Gene and Matthew& Alex, as well as kayakers Paul, Rob, Mike, Karyn, Stephanie, Harold, Denise and Arleen.

Trip Coordinator: Mike Eaton

Conditions: Sunny 23degC, wind 15-20 km, Flow 8.7 m3/s, Level 1.5m

The forecast was for warm sunny weather.  As the 13 of us met at the put-in at the Riel Recreation Park in St. Albert, a brisk west wind picked up.  We weren't concerned for the conditions as it is a small river with plenty of places to stop, rest and get off if need be.

Trip Coordinator: Alan Stewart

Nine of us Northwest Voyageurs were able to escape the tyranny of  Mothers’ Day on a warm, sunny morning for this trip. We were: Melvyn Kadyk and Norma Ouellette, Gary Davidson and Isobel Lawson, Jeannette Gasser and Alan Stewart paired up in canoes.

Trip Coordinator:  Alan Stewart

We were 8 on the day trip from Wiley West boat launch near Drayton Valley to Berrymoor  Bridge on Hwy 759, Isobel L with Gary D and Alan S with Arjun S in canoes, and Trudy A, Fred C, Marilyn S and Karyn M in solo kayaks.

Trip Coordinator: Mike Eaton

The trip started on a hot Friday afternoon with a large group converging on Dinosaur Provincial Park from all points of the compass.  We camped in the splendor of the park campground Friday night and on Saturday as the remainder of or flotilla arrived, we ran the shuttle over to Jenner Rodeo Grounds.

Trip Leader: Alan Stewart

With North Saskatchewan River flows over the 75 percentile and a sudden increase from 400 to over 600cms, we cancelled the Genesee trip and instead went to Islet Lake for a gentle paddle.

Trip Leader:  Mike Eaton

On a warm Saturday morning with scattered high cloud, thirteen Northwest Voyageurs in a flotilla of eleven single kayaks and a tandem canoe set out from the Rotary Park dock in St. Albert. In our group were Tom, Colleen, Ethan, Rob, Stephanie, Clint, Doug, Leslie, Mike, Paul, Cathy, Denise and Helga.

Trip Leader:  Adam Belanger

Four members of the Northwest Voyageurs Canoe and Kayak Club ventured south of the city to meet Adam in his backyard at Coal Lake, which is located about 45 minutes south of Edmonton between Camrose and Wetaskiwin.  The lake is long and narrow stretching from highway 13 in the south to secondary highway 616 in the North.