CVBS Support Files
CVBS Grants Policy
If you are interested in applying for a “seeding” grant to support a brigade, equipment or facility development, for educational program support, or for a youth travel grant, and would prefer to fill in a grant application please contact <lundmer@gmail.com> for the MS Word.doc formatted file.
CVBS Big Canoe Education Program
Aspects of running a brigade
These are the how-to write-up(s) that were used for previous brigades for people, teams and brigades.
- 2011 Thompson Columbia Brigade How-To Documents and Guides
- 2008 David Thompson Brigade: Representative’s Guide – useful information for approaching sponsors, communities and marketing a proposed brigade.
Financial Resources – past budgets and financial summaries
Paddling resources
- AWA – Paddling Event – Planning Guide
- Paddle Canada
- Paddle Alberta
- Basic canoe strokes
- Big Canoe Strokes and Rescue from Ridge River Adventures
Historical resources
- The Life of David Thompson
- Canadian Canoe Museum
- Information About Trade Canoes
- Image of a Birchbark North Canoe
- The Bastard Canoe
2017 Brigade Support Files
Fort Edmonton Canoe Brigade
- Safety Plan
- Brigade Arrival Plans
- Brigade Map(s)
Sunshine Coast Canoe Journey
Athabasca River Brigade
St. John River Brigade
South Wind (Rideau Canal) Canoe Brigade
Sault Ste. Marie Canoe Brigade
Prince Edward Island Canoe Brigade
- Safety Plan
Other Files
- Ten Voyageur Songs
- Five Period Folk Dances
- Fur Trade Period Dress – Brigade Paddling Wear
- How to Roll Boona, the 29′ North Canoe
Where to get a North Canoe or bigger :)
In western Canada there are:
http://www.clippercanoes.com/big-canoes/ www.westerncanoekayak.com Clipper Canoes, Abbotsford, BC
http://hellmancanoes.com/the-voyageur/ Hellaman Canoe, Nelson, BC
https://www.facebook.com/Haybarncanoes Hay Barn Canoe Co., east central Alberta
or in Quebec (may have retired)
http://www.fabrication-canot.com/eng/canoes-available.php Canots Rabaskas PQ