Special Friday
Extended
Workshops
Friday and Saturday evening presentations feature noted speakers who often feature slide shows, videos, or films.
2009 Featured Evening Speakers:
Reinhard
Zollitsch &
The
Peake Brothers
Reinhard Zollitsch ON HISTORIC TIDES: Looking for John Cabot's 1497 first landing in the New World on Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland
Reinhard first taught at MCS in 2008. He is an accomplished long distance ocean paddler, including an almost 5,000 mile paddle around all New England states and Canadian maritime provinces. His most recent solo trips took him around Cape Breton Island and up the western shore of Newfoundland. His skill, enthusiasm and sense of adventure are sure to delight. Check him out on his extensive website of published articles at: Zollitschcanoeadventures.com.
ON HISTORIC TIDES: In the summer of 2007 Reinhard paddled his solo sea canoe around Cape Breton Island (340 miles in 16 days) checking out Cabot's possible landing spot at North Cape on Cabot Strait (of course).
Another group of historians, however, believes that Cabot first landed at the northern tip of Newfoundland (on Quirpon Island/L'Anse aux Meadows). And so in the summer of 2008, Reinhard paddled his sea canoe 320 miles (16 days) up the western shore of Newfoundland to L'Anse aux Meadows. Here are his combined two trip reports with pictures, and thoughts about early explorers and their possible landfalls in the New World.
The Peake Brothers and the Hideaway Canoe Club In Search of Eric Morse, An HACC QuestThe Peake Brothers are the most requested speakers in the history of the Maine Canoe Symposium. With a combination of great adventure, superb photography, and a solid dose of humor, Michael Peake and the rest of the Hideaway Canoe Club have been perennial favorites with MCS audiences. Come and share the adventure of the latest Hideaway Canoe Club trip in Northern Canada. You will not be disappointed. Learn more about the Peakes at: Che-Mun.
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