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DIGITAL CANOEING

Hello....

DIGITAL CANOEING shares some of my favorite photos most of which include my own beloved "old faithful" canoe.

Almost animate by now, she has taken me far and taught me much.  

                                              Elaine 

EARLY EVENING  -  COLUMBIA  LAKE
Canoe in bottom right foreground of these two early evening photos. 

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Digital Photography by Elaine Sell Prefontaine 
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2009

"Bataux St-Maurice Boats Inc.
 Shawinigan, Que."

I bought my canoe second hand in 1973 for $200.00 from a Motor Boat Dealer in Calgary.   
Someone had traded her in as a partial deposit on a motor boat. 
I have kept her well maintained over the years the best I could, having painted and sanded her many times.
I have also fiber-glassed some outside spots and replaced the two inside wooden stabilizing cross bars twice. 

On the Shores of Columbia Lake Provincial Park
Columbia Lake , British Columbia, Canada
July 22, 2006

Canoeing Across Columbia Lake Back Home To Columere Park
Columbia Lake , British Columbia, Canada
July 22, 2006

My Canoe Awaits
Columbia Lake, British Columbia, Canada
May 11, 2005

The 2007 David Thompson Brigade

On June 27, 2007 The David Thompson Brigade 
Paddled from Columbia Lake just North of Canal Flats, at the start of the Columbia River System,  to Edgewater. 
 In this Photo they are Paddling North On Columbia Lake.

This Re-Enactment of a Fur Trading Brigade was in Celebration of the Bi-Centennial, 1807-2007, 
 of David thompson's North American Exploration

The David Thompson Brigade leaves Columbia Lake
 and  enters the Columbia River
June 27, 2007

John Grant Howse "Little Bear", A Brigade Paddler who Lives in Canal Flats,
 Poses on the Shores of the Columbia Lake Provincial Park  
June 27, 2007

Of  Historical  Interest: 

 John Grant Howse is a descendent of Joseph Howse, who was born in 1743 in Cirencester England. 
 Joseph Howse came to Canada and worked with the Hudson's Bay Company as a cartographer.
  Howse Pass, which he used to gain access to the Columbia River System, west of the Rocky Mountains, is named after him.
  He later left the Hudson's Bay Company to become a fur trader