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New Staff Member at Ocean River
Briar Meade-Semel Joins Ocean River, former manager and buyer at Wild Rock Outfitters in Ontario
Welcome Mike Jackson, new Blog writer at Ocean River
Mike Jackson, Victoria resident and paddler from the UK is high school teacher with a love of nature will now contribute kayaking articles for Ocean River.
Meet Jacques Sirois, Ocean River’s naturalist kayak writer
We welcome Jacques Sirois to Ocean River's newsletters and blog where he will develop his column "Going Wild in my Kayak". Based in Victoria, B.C. Canada
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New Retail Manager at Ocean River Sports
Diving into the role of retail manager, Peter brings to us a great diversity of experience and a sincere love for getting out there! For over two decades he has worked directly with people connected to the outdoors in a wide variety of venues: instructor, guide, manager and business owner. Serious passions are kayak touring [...]
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Victoria, by Sea – A Harbour Tour for the World
This summer Ocean River Sports had the privilege of making an appearance in the Wall Street Journal. When Matt Villano, a writer for the Journal, asked for a recommendation on a tour operator in the area, Ocean River Sports made the top of the list. He phoned in and asked to get a customer’s eye view of what we do – no special treatment or anything like that.
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Kayak Fishing Lands the Big Ones!
The fish is a spring salmon that was caught last week off of Neck Point in Nanaimo by Stephen Morgan. It weighed in at over 16 pounds. Caught while trolling using the rod holder and deep line installed in the kayak. As you see from the pictures the modifications have been to add two rod holders, deep line, and have space to place a portable fish finder. The rod holders have to be set forward far enough from the deep line so that you can paddle. Also mounted so that any strike from a large fish would not cause the platform or kayak to pull to the side. The platform will also allow storage of fishing lures, knife, cups, etc without getting in the way of your legs.
The Victoria Harbour Mega Yacht Marina Saga Update
Despite no approvals from Transport Canada on the Victoria Harbour Airport safety and the with no permit from the Minister of Transport to condone the "substantial interference" to navigation that the proposed marina will create, the BC Government has as of June 23, 2011, offered Community Marine Concepts a lease on the waters that is needed to berth the large vessels on what is now the "non motorized zone " in Victoria Harbour. Developer's cost in initial year $2,400.
Triathlon season is here!
This past Sunday I competed in my second triathlon on Saltspring Island, BC (part of the Gulf Islands). Being an islander I thought it would be nice to compete in the local race on fathers day. It was a community event, where everyone knew everyone. Besides the individual competitors doing the whole race, there were [...]
Vancouver Island Kayaking Pod Cast
Listen to this very informative podcast about kayaking locations on Vancouver Island from Mike Jackson.
New Hire at Ocean River – Meet Scott Benton