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BACK ON THE WATER AGAIN: AP KAYAK & CANOE RACE
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
One of the highlights for Canada Day this year in Alfred-Plantagenet Township is the return of the popular Kayak & Canoe Race. “Everybody was happy,” said Dominic Côté, one of the organizers of the event. The Alfred-Plantagenet Fire Department Kayak & Canoe Race was a welcome addition to Canada Day events when the fire depart- ment launched the project several years ago. The pandemic put the event into dry dock for the past two years. The relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings has allowed the event to cast off again. Last Friday morning on Canada Day 40 canoes and kayaks, both single- and two- person vessels, set out in groups of four every two minutes from the Treadwell Boat Launch. Participants paddled 11 kilometres down the Ottawa River to dock at the Lefaivre .BSJOB Average time for the journey was about an hour and a half, but Côté noted that a few of more expert paddlers made the trip in less than an hour. This year’s event featured both professio- nal and recreation dividions for participants. Some entrants from Québec travelled down from the Gatineau region to take part or came up from the Vaudreuil area. «It was a good success,» said Côté, who also took part in the race. «I twas good weather. Everybody had fun.»
Le retour de la course de kayak et de canoë du service d’incendie d’Alfred-Plantagenet a vu une flottille de 40 personnes descendre la rivière des Outaouais de Treadwell à Lefaivre pour célébrer la fête du Canada. Cet événement populaire avait été suspendu ces deux dernières années en raison de la pandémie de grippe.. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
LET’S RIDE!
DÉFILÉ DE TRACTEURS À ST-EUGÈNE
Canada Day in the Prescott-Russell region saw several groups of cyclists touring the backcountry roads between the villages and towns, enjoying the sights and the sunshine —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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Les tracteurs défilent à St-Eugène pour la fête du Canada. -photo Antoine Messier
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