RE: [Paddlewise] Ballast Rocks

From: Frank Montbriand <fmont_at_capital.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 21:30:09 -0400
I paddled to Canada today is search of Official Canadian Ballast Rocks (TM).
It did just happened to be a planned club trip to Fort Lenox on the
Richelieu River (river connecting Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence River,
Quebec Providence). I know that I was in the wrong part of Canada, but with
their international reputation I was sure that I could find a source for
some. No luck, as a matter of fact, all the building stones for the fort had
originally come from the US. I think that I did discovered what the French
Canadians use instead of Ballast Rocks. The only Canadian Kayaker I saw was
paddling a double and he had two small kids in his boat, one in the front
cockpit and the other in the middle hatch...seemed to work, as he
disappeared paddling north. I wanted to tell him about Official Canadian
Ballast Rocks (TM) but I don't speak French.

frank

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