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Not surprising considering how many baddies Don starkell and his kids ran into whilst paddling to the Amazon from Bronx park in Winnipeg

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.ca/Paddle-Amazon-Ultimate-000-Mile-Adventure/dp/0771082568&ved=0ahUKEwj4v8GlmLTWAhWBKWMKHXeZCCIQFgiBATAL&usg=AFQjCNGFqCAiD_jAWXzT3OyCOxWQzaqqog

Ripplemead to Celanese has the most whitewater of any section of the New in VA. There is one class III in the section but you can go to the other side of an island and avoid it. Here is a link to a guide book for the New that I have and highly recommend, well worth the $15.

https://www.amazon.com/New-River-Guide-Paddling-Carolina/dp/0990783332/ref=pd_lpo_card_1?pd_rd_i=0990783332&psc=1

I'd like to hit the Shenandoah and the Cowpasture this year.

Good luck.

Canoe? https://www.amazon.ca/Paddle-Amazon-Ultimate-000-Mile-Adventure/dp/0771082568

There are many great campgrounds in Nopiming and Whiteshell park along the Winnipeg River.

Seriously though - your question has added another data point to my awareness of the challenges folks without means face. Years ago passenger trains ran from Winnipeg to places like Grand Beach. That would have been how many escape the city for the day or weekend.

We have become more technically progressive with our fancy cars, etc but the impact to mass transit (long distance buses, trains) seems to be a step back.

You should definitely read this book - Paddle to the Amazon

The guy left Canada, spent a year paddling South and made it to Brazil. You could start on the Red River and make it to the Gulf in a year.

I paddle a good bit. I'd strongly recommend buying the book in the link below. It's $13 but is an excellent jumping off point and well worth the money at twice the price. There's also the state paddling trails but I refer to the book more often than I do that website. You'll exponentially enjoy your time on the water if you set up shuttles for rivers(i.e. a friend).

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/guide/paddle.htm

https://www.amazon.com/Canoeing-Kayaking-Florida-Canoe-Kayak/dp/0897329554/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

I bought this one. Found it to be very descriptive and spot on for the most part.

I also used the maps found here

Any of the rivers in N. FL. Suwanne(and feeding creeks)(best site is overlooking the big shoals), Okefenokee(all are good), Cumberland(brickhill Bluff), St. marys(at the horseshoe) can be fun in high water. PM if you want any more details. I realize this is 2 months late.

Edit: I spent 3 years in N.FL paddling every weekend. It has some of the best flat water spots. I STRONGLY recommend this book. It doesn't have everything but its a great jumping off point and will ensure that you get the right spots for what you want. WELL WORTH THE MONEY.

http://www.amazon.com/Canoeing-Kayaking-Florida-Canoe-Kayak/dp/0897329554/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458152013&sr=1-1&keywords=paddling+florida

I have a "Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Western Region" book. It's written by Robert Beymer and Louis Dzierzak. It includes a few pages each of history, wildlife, bear info, climate, geology and more geared towards the beginner (even if your not a beginner it might still have some good info). It also describes all the entry points and gives suggested routes. Its a good book with lots of info from people that sound like they've done it a time or two. There is also an "Eastern Region"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0899974600/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687742&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0899972373&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1DZZW4R88QAJ61S2HFZ7

http://www.amazon.com/Boundary-Waters-Canoe-Area-Eastern-ebook/dp/B0060LSOGU

I don't know of any specific kayaking groups, but you should stop by Tyrol SKi and Sports and ask for Robb. He knows everything about paddling around here and runs boat demos at Chester Woods (which I think is the best place to go paddling anyway). I also bought this book, which is a great reference: http://www.amazon.com/Canoeing-The-Driftless-Southeastern-Minnesota/dp/1414042043

Haha, fair enough. If I'm ever through the area, I'll stop in and say hi.

I've got a goal of paddling ever paddle in this book by Dec 2017. One or two of them will take me right through your area -- don't know the timeline on that though haha.

What part is this?. We tried to put together a trip to the New last year and it fizzled out.

We met Bruce Ingram last February at some fishing expo near Richmond and talked to him about our trips on the upper/middle James and he talked very highly of the New river. Ever since, it's been my destination of choice.

Super jealous, my Jackson is just collecting dust right now.

Paddle to the Amazon- written by Don Starkell. Don and his son set out from Winnipeg by canoe and got all the way down to where the Amazon meets the Atlantic. It's written in the form of a journal, as he recorded everything that happened and wrote it when he returned. The things that they went through! http://www.amazon.ca/Paddle-Amazon-Ultimate-000-Mile-Adventure/dp/0771082568 He also kayaked the Arctic years after this- I haven't read this book yet but I imagine it would be just as badass: http://www.amazon.ca/Paddle-Arctic-Incredible-Story-Across/dp/0771082657/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y

Canoeing with the Cree - Eric Sevareid

Two teenage boys in 1930 decide to embark on a 1500-mile canoe trip from Minneapolis to the Hudson Bay - true story.