Our first camp of the season went pretty well in spite of challenging weather. Three Scouts and three leaders paddled canoes and gear from Cherry Beach to the Island on Friday night, fighting difficult wind the whole time. The remaining scouts and leaders took the ferry over, hiking their own equipment from the dock to Snake Island. Our site had a beautiful view back to the city. Saturday was a great day, but had even stronger winds. All the Scouts did a great job of portaging the canoes to the sheltered side of the island and then paddling for a couple of hours in the inner channels of the Toronto Islands. The rain on Sunday was a bit of a drag, but all the Scouts pulled together and we had a good time still. Thank you all for a great weekend!
Category: Sea Scouts
Scout Newsletter – Sep. 28, 2011
I’m handing out the latest newsletter tonight at the Scout Meeting. Here it is in pdf format for those who missed or misplaced it: 403
Scout Camp on Snake Island
We’re camping on Snake Island from Sept 30 to Oct 2. Those who have their paddling badge will be able to canoe over with Scouter
Cabbagetown Festival 2011
We made our presence known at the Cabbagetown Festival in the parade and on the street. The youth who came had fun marching with our
Scout Whitewater Trip on the Madawaska River, July 2011
All photos, not text.
Annual Group Picnic this Thursday, 6pm at Riverdale Park
Our end of year picnic is this Thursday at Riverdale Park West, at the picnic tables just out side the farm gate. We’ll meet at
Scout bike hike on the last regular meeting of the year
We had a good ride through the Don Valley up to the brick works and then down to the lake where we went canoeing last Saturday. The ride was about 2½ hours long. While we were in the brickworks, we rode all over the site, including to the top of the Governor’s Bridge lookout where we stopped for a bit to look around and take some pictures.
Scouts visit Toronto Police Marine Unit
Scouter Keith’s friend Bruce Hollowell is head of lifeguard services at Toronto Police Services and led us on a tour of the Marine Unit and a tour of the harbour on a police boat. The oldest boat they have is a beautiful wooden one built in 1939, now only used for special occasions. We also held a horseshoe to officially became a Sea Scout Troop while we were there. Some pictures follow.
Leave No Trace principles and emergency shelter building
The weather was awful and every one of the Scouts was late, but those who turned up headed down into the Don Valley to work on a few more Scouting skills. We did some activities related to Leave No Trace and discussed it for a while and then worked on shelter building after lunch. Some photos from Siddharths’s camera follow. Thanks for bringing it Siddharth!
Riverdale Park Cleanup
Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Leaders and parents gathered in truly dreadful weather to clean up one of our local neglected spaces just south of Riverdale Park West. A big thank you to everyone who came out and helped. You should be very proud of yourselves for your commitment to Scouting ideals. A few pictures follow.
One of the Beavers had this to say: “I wish humankind would change its mind so it would stop littering.”