SISKA's July 2021 Newsletter. Upcoming events, reports and articles

July 2021 SISKA Newsletter

Introduction

Dear Tony,

Thanks to those members who contributed photos and materials. After enjoying a SISKA event or paddle, please consider sending a short (100-150 words) summary article; for more information, contact one of us. If you would like to start a regular column, please let us know!

Alan Campbell (SISKA president) and Tony Playfair (editor)

Siska now has it's own Youtube channel HERE

PS: You can find SISKA on Facebook at this link.

PPS: SISKA has a Meetup site for "impromptu" and other paddles organized by club members. For more details, go to https://www.meetup.com/SISKA-Meetup/. To join this, you have to be a club member.

PPPS: You can find the SISKA newsletter archive here: http://goo.gl/VUkafR

Upcoming SISKA Events
Community Events of Interest
BC Marine Trail Report
BC Marine Trails Site Assessments
SISKA’s Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup at Albert Head Lagoon on World Oceans Day
Weather To Boat App Now Available
What’s in a Name?
Shopping Online
Safety Tips
Camp Cookery
Trip Reports
Kayaking Klips
Tips from the Trips
To Buy or Sell
SISKA’s Kayak Skills Course Partners

Upcoming SISKA Events

For more details, go to the SISKA website

Community Events of Interest

These events are not formally supported by SISKA, but considered to be of interest to a significant number of our members.

Any member may request an event to be included in this section by sending a note to chairperson@siska.ca.

BC Marine Trail Report

by Fred Pishalski

The BC Marine Trails is comprised, in part from 12 paddling clubs from Vancouver Island, Salt Spring Island and the mainland of BC; the BCMT has approximately 600 individual, family and business members as well. Recently a new committee was established: BCMT Cross-Club Committee.

The Cross Club Committee was created to bring together people, clubs and organizations that are interested in caring for our coast and preserving it for the future generations. As a provincial group, BCMT has ties with many of the clubs and organizations around the province providing a good connecting point to share information and opportunities to be good stewards of the sites we love to visit. We are off to a good start sharing presentations and information about activities and events to develop sustainable behavior. As the world gets back to normal, we hope to share areas needing maintenance and cleanups so that we can create opportunities to get out in the field and tangibly contribute to improvements at sites around the coast. Building a community of like-minded people will allow us to accomplish more together than we could have imagined.

We will post information pertaining to other club’s presentations/events that SISKA members might be interested in. As we transition out of our current Covid meeting restrictions such as having mostly Zoom meetings/gatherings, we are not certain how this will unfold but stay tuned for further announcements.

Fred Pishalski SISKA rep to BCMT

BC Marine Trails Site Assessments

by Debbie Leach

OUT ON THE MARINE TRAILS?

BC Marine Trails appreciates any site assessments done by paddlers this summer. They accept both Site Condition Reports (largely on condition of site) and New or Potential Site Assessments. Broughton Archipelago is a priority. If you would like additional information on assessments you can contact john@bcmarinetrails.org or use our Report for us! page. View John Kimantas' video below.

John explains coast site assessments

SISKA’s Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup at Albert Head Lagoon on World Oceans Day

by Alan Campbell