Paddle Crafts

Read about canoe, raft, and kayak opportunities in Scouting.

Aquatics

Different Strokes for Canoeing Folks

By Scouting magazine

Once you’ve mastered these five basic canoeing maneuvers, you’ll be able to navigate flat-water lakes and gently flowing rivers.

Aquatics

The Missinaibi: A Wilderness River Journey

By Scouting magazine

Boy Scouts and Venturers overcome low water, long portages, and fierce headwinds to follow the French voyageurs’ historic trade route into northernmost Ontario, Canada.

Aquatics

Grunt, Sweat, and Glide

By Scouting magazine

The Oakland Strokes, a group of 140 Venturers in the BSA’s Piedmont Council, have a 33-year history of rowing four- and eight-person shells. Their exhaustive practice regimen and backbreaking determination have garnered regional, national, and international championships