Truly, there is nothing like a canoe…. In watching water and shoreline, the paddling relaxes and invigorates at the same time. Here are a dozen favourite quotes about a wonderful pastime:
- Everyone must believe in something. I believe I’ll go canoeing. – Henry David Thoreau
- To canoe is to be moved. – Doug E. Bell
- Take everything as it comes; the wave passes, deal with the next one. – Tom Thomson
- The romantic life of each colony also has a special flavour – Australian rhyme is a poetry of the horse; Canadian, of the canoe. – William Douw Lighthall
- Give me a good canoe, a pair of Jibway snowshoes, my beaver, my family and 10,000 square miles of wilderness and I am happy. – Archibald Belaney, aka Grey Owl
- Mind over matter, canoe over water – Kevin Quischan
- Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. – Henry David Thoreau
- A true Canadian is one who can make love in a canoe without tipping. – Pierre Berton
- Had I done it alone by canoe I might have boasted a little. – Sergeant Farrar, RCMP, 3rd mate aboard the St. Roch, first vessel to circumnavigate N. America.
- Anyone who says they like portaging is either a liar or crazy. – Bill Mason
- Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe. – Canadian bumper sticker
- May your portages be short and the breezes gentle on your back. – Anonymous
