No neon for Canada's oldest sport
Broadcast Date: March 18, 1962
"People aren't as soft as we like to think they are, " Algonquin Park outfitter Dave Wainman tells CBC Radio as he describes how more and more people these days strap on a pack and aim for the interior by canoe. But "roughing it" isn't quite what it used to be. While the portages still aren't marked with neon lights, Wainman says modern wonders like plastic wrapping and dehydrated food make tripping simpler and more luxurious.No neon for Canada's oldest sport
• The canoe was selected as one of the Seven Wonders of Canada by CBC viewers and judges in 2007.
• Algonquin Park was established in 1893 as a wildlife sanctuary and covers 7,630 square kilometres in northern Ontario. Its landscape inspired some of the greatest paintings by the Group of Seven.
No neon for Canada's oldest sport
Medium: Radio
Program: Assignment
Production Date: March 18, 1962
Guest(s): Dave Wainman
Host: Bill McNeil
Reporter: Howard Engel
Duration: 6:03
Last updated:
March 4, 2008
Television
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The raven, the bear, the frog and the dogfish woman coexist uncomfortably in this Reid legend.
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Ten crews prepare to begin a 104-day canoe journey replicating a fur-trading voyageur route from the foothills of the Rockies to Montreal.
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No neon for Canada's oldest sport.
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Last updated: March 4, 2008.
[Page consulted on Feb. 12, 2012.]