Canadian Voyageur Brigade Society
CVBS
About Us
Upcoming Brigades
Past Brigades
Chief Pinesi Paddle: Ottawa River Canoe Brigade: June 25 to July 1
Peace River Voyageur Canoe Brigade: Postponed to 2025
Bras d’Or Lake/Pitu’paq Big Canoe Brigade on Cape Breton Island: August 11 to 19
2023 Trent Severn Canoe Brigade
2023 Fort Assiniboine Bicentennial Voyageur Canoe Brigade
2022 Peace River Brigade – Passing the Paddle
2017 Canadian Canoe Pilgrimage (ON) | July 20 -> August 15
Confederation Brigade (PEI) | July 23 -> 27
St. John River Wolastoq Brigade (NB) | July 15 -> 22
General Plan for St. John River Brigade
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Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Brigade | June 29 -> July 4
Ottawa Brigade: South Wind Brigade | June 23 -> July 1
Ottawa Brigade: Chimeda – Paddling Together (North Wind) | June TBA -> July 1
Fort Edmonton Canoe Brigade | June 29 -> July 3
Athabasca River Voyageur Canoe Brigade | June 22 -> 28, 2017
2017 Brigades
Previous Big Canoe Events
Chief Pinesi Paddle: Ottawa River Canoe Brigade: 2025 June 23 to July 1
Ottawa Brigade: Chimeda – Paddling Together (North Wind) | June TBA -> July 1
Ft. St. James to Prince George | June 5 -> 8
Portage La Biche Rendezvous (Lac la Biche, AB) – June 16, 17 & 18
Yukon River Quest
Ottawa Brigade: West Wind Brigade | June 23 -> July 1
Northern Hardware Race – Big Canoe Class
Ottawa Brigades: East Wind Brigade | June TBA -> July 1
David Thompson Paddlesport Classic – Big Canoe Class
Lake Superior Canoe Brigades with Naturally Superior | July 2 -> Aug. 18
Two Row on the Grand
Sunshine Coast Canoe Journey | June 13 -> 18
Ruperts Land Express and RMH Voyageurs Rendezvous | June 25 -> July 23
Broughton Brigade July 2016
2015 Badlands Brigade
Rideau Canal Canoe Brigade | 2013
Fraser River Brigade | 2013
Okanagan Canoe Brigade | August 2012
La Loche Voyageur Rendezvous | 2012
David Thompson Columbia Brigade | 2011
Athabasca River Voyageur Canoe Brigade | 2011
David Thompson Brigade | 2008
David Thompson Columbia Brigade | 2007
Itinerary for the south wind Brigade
Resources
News
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Canadian Voyageur Brigades News
Fort Edmonton Canoe Brigade – Maps & Site Plans
Fort Edmonton Canoe Brigade GPS Files
Brigade Paddlers’ Manual 2011 Thompson Columbia Brigade
History
2018 CVBS Story Competition Results
A Lake Manitoba Adventure – Sample Story by one of the Judges
David Thompson (1770-1857)
Voyageurs of the Fur Trade
Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 2 – The Company (HBC) that Built a Country (2009)
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Aug. 27: first of many short portages! to and from start and finishes.
