Canadian Voyageur Brigade Society
CVBS
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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
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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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Rideau Canal Canoe Brigade | 2013
The Rideau Canal Canoe Brigade | 2013 web site
Crew arriving at the downtown basin for our departure ceremony from Kingston. from H. Helmsteadt
The classic view of the Ottawa locks from the Wellington Steet Bridge. Our take out can almost be seen under the Alexandra bridge in the far centre.
