Explorer Louis Jolliet and missionary Father Marquette travelling by canoe.

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Index: Vintage Postcards of Canoes

Further Information:

Montmorency Falls, Quebec | ExploGuide

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Index: Vintage Postcards of Canoes

Further Reading:

Lafontaine Park at imtl (Images In Montreal)

Montreal’s Parks – Lafontaine Park

Text reads …

I care not for your Rockaway,

Palm Beach or Coney Isle;

The place I mail this card from

Has ‘em beat a mile.

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Index: Vintage Postcards of Canoes

Further Reading

St. Thomas, Ontario, Railway Capital of Canada

Text on the back (excerpt)

Food always seems to taste so much better when it’s cooked outdoors – especially if it’s fresh caught trout for supper. Campsites and picnic grounds are plentiful and provide an exhilarating way to enjoy country that seems far from civilization, yet really isn’t.

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Index: Vintage Postcards of Canoes

Further Reading

Doaktown – The Heart of the Miramichi Valley River Web Page

Quebec Winter Carnival, Ice Canoe Race

19th Century Fishing On Quebec’s Lake Temiscouata

Lafontaine Park (Montreal) Quebec

In Camp On Lake Temiscouata, Quebec

Rapids At Head Of Montmorency Falls, Quebec

Canada

The Joys Of Canoeing – A Difficult Portage Most Recent

Canoe Camping In Doakton, New Brunswick

Canoeing Near St.Thomas, Ontario

If you enjoy humour and canoes (and great pics), then you need to check this out – now!

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excerpt from Old Lake, New Friends about children & canoes

4.  Gradually introduce your infant to cold lake swimming.

Instant immersion is a recipe for a lot of screaming and loss of bladder control

(for both the infant and the parents).

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and the latest craze – urban canoeing!

From A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection

Close-up detail of traditional canoe

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Index: Vintage Postcards of Canoes

Bon Voyage!