Lake Superior Goodness

Thank you Patrick Langston feature writer for the Ottawa Citizen for including our Lake Superior Sea Kayak Weekend Getaway among the top 12 outdoor adventure getaways for 2012.

There are not many occasions where we cross our fingers for inclement weather but the Gales Storm Gathering is one of them.  In the past we’ve hosted our Surf Superior Confluence here at the mouth of the mighty Michipicoten however we’ve decided to put that weekend on hold and partner up with the folks from [...]

“The Slates” are a little island archipelago not as well known as some of the other bigger islands on Lake Superior, only about 14km off the north shore near Terrace Bay.   Most of the land is protected as a Provincial Park however there are no facilities or user fees. There are 2 main islands [...]

Pronounced: Mish-i-pe-cotton.  The floating “Mystic Isle” is aptly named since depending on the clarity of the atmosphere- the island does in fact look like it is floating.  Some days it appears very close, other days far away and sometimes you can’t even see it at all.  It can appear as one island or three and [...]

Get Out There Magazine (Canada’s source for endurance sports, outdoor recreation and adventure) has compiled a list of Reader’s choices in a number of categories.  Naturally Superior Adventures is the choice for Best Adventure Operator in Eastern Canada.  Thanks readers for all the votes.  You can find all of the other category winners here. Now [...]

Admit it. We’ve all done it.  Not paid enough attention to getting in or out of our kayak and whoosh, in an instant, finding ourselves turtled over floundering embarrassingly, with our back end in the water beside our boat, beside the shore. In fact I’d wager that the majority of sea kayak upsets take place [...]

Kayak Surfing that is! Last week we had a storm hit Lake Superior that ranked #2 of the best-worst storms of the Great Lakes in history, according to The Weather Network.  The #1 ranked storm was from Jan 26, 1978.  Apparently the barometric pressure with this storm was the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane, [...]

The folks that were helicoptered out of Lake Superior last Friday (read news article here) had to abandon their boat and all of their gear. A trip up the coast in a motorboat on Monday was unsuccessful in finding any flotsam  or jetsam from their lost vessel but sometime overnight last night  it showed up [...]

We hosted a Paddle Canada Level III Skills course here last week.  Erik Oogard, from Harbourfront Canoe & Kayak Centre was our instructor du jour.  As part of the course requirements, the group headed out on an overnight journey on to Lake Superior.  On their way home, they got to contend with some 20knot winds [...]

For the first time ever, we’ve added a component to our Paddle Canada Level II Sea kayaking skills program.  We’ve brought in a BCU instructor to access the participants for their 3 star certification (which is very similar in skill level to the PC Level II course).  David Johnston, of paddlinginstructor.com, and an instructor trainer [...]