Brantford to Six Nations - Grand River Solo Canoe Trip - Day 5
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2022
- All the clips in this video were filmed on Wednesday June 8th, 2022. This video summarizes the fifth day of my Grand River solo canoeing adventure.
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In this episode, I begin from Brant Conservation Area and paddle to Chiefswood Park, located within the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nations reserve. My total paddling distance was 41.7km, which is the furthest I've ever solo canoed in a single day. I paddled under 7 bridges including the Lorne Bridge (Colborne St W), the Brant's Crossing railroad bridge (formerly the Brantford, Norfolk, & Port Burwell Railway, now used by the Dike trail), the TH & B Railway Bridge (now used by the Dike Trail), Veterans Memorial Parkway, the Cockshutt Bridge (Erie Ave), Phelps Rd, and Chiefswood Rd. This portion of the river also include a 14km Oxbow! As I paddled through the heart of Brantford I pulled the canoe over to the side of the river so I could get a sneak peak at Brantford and stop at Tim Hortons. The municipalities I paddled through include the City of Brantford, Brant County, and Six Nations of the Grand River.
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The canoe is an Old Town Penobscot 16', made of Royalex, which I rented from Element Canoes in Hamilton: www.elementcanoes.com I filmed this video using a Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone. The drone shots were filmed using a DJI Mine SE. The GPS I used for the trip is a Garmin eTrex 30.
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Happy to see you had a nice short stay in my home town. The grand river is a lovely place to venture on. Save travel.
Thanks, it seems like a nice city!
Many moons ago, a friend and I paddle downstream on Grand River(Hwy6) and had a picnic on an island. When it was time to go back, both of our might could not move the canoe upstream an inch. Had to go to someone's house and asked for help. The guy was so nice and drove us back to our truck. Great memories...
It doesnt look like it but there is a pretty strong current all the way along it, more than a few have found that out LOL
haha. I'm glad I planned my trip in the downstream direction!
This channel deserves a lot more attention.
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words.
Great video! Thanks for the historical points.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
Thanks for your information on your trip
No problem. Thanks.
Amazing video! Extremely excited to see your last three videos of your trip.
Thanks! Day 6 is now posted :)
Great episode! You do your homework on your locations! We saw Ernie in the blue kayak puttering around. We look forward to day 6. We do brantford as we live her but also do a lot of Dunnville as im from that area. We love you you talk about all the areas you visit. We watched the trip on the trent severan. Keep up the adventures
Thanks! I really enjoyed my visit to your neck of the woods. It's a lot of fun learning about the history of the places that I travel to.
It's been Grand listening to the Grand while paddling on the Grand...😆Oh CJ.
haha I really did enjoy that radio station.
Great video. Thanks for sharing your inspiring adventures.
Thanks. I'm glad to hear they are inspiring.
Wow, good on you for doing such a trip. You make it interesting for the viewer. So much of the history grew out of the waterways. I look forward to the next episode.
Thanks! It was a really enjoyable trip and also a lot of fun to learn about some of the history. It would have been really neat to have seen the Grand back in the mid 1800's when there were steam ships traveling up and down it.
Thank you for your efforts CJ in enabling and allowing your viewers to "adventure vicariously" with you as you have done and continue to do! Keep up the great work and safe travels!!
Thanks I appreciate it! It's a privilege having a trusting audience willing to join me on my adventures!
Thx again CJ for another most informative video. I really enjoy the historical parts of the video, and for show how many interesting places there are in our Province. I had no idea of the adventures one could have so close to home. Cheers 🍻
Thanks! I really enjoy learning about local history, and it's nice having an audience to share it with. After my first ever bike tour in 2014, I realized that there is so much out there to discovered without even really getting that far from home.
Welcome CJ and thanks for sharing your experience. I've been in Brantford all my life and I've yet to Canoe the Grand. Always wondered what things looked like out on the Oxbow and now I know. Happy trails and thanks again for the content!
Awesome, thank you! I really enjoyed my visit through your neck of the woods.
Very cool. Planning a trip from the start of the ox bow to Cayuga soon.
Lol. I chuckled for a while about how you were feeling adventurous about the battered mushrooms. Having worked in bingo halls as a teenager I'd say you were more adventurous about the hot dog!
haha well to be honest, it was the first time I'd ever heard of battered mushrooms!
Congratulations on the new distance record - very nearly a marathon. The scenery when you started in the morning was spectacular. So many turtles enjoying the sunshine as well.
Thanks! The conditions for setting that record were definitely favourable compared to my previous record (a windy day on Big Rideau Lake). I definitely saw a lot of turtles that day (many more than appeared on video).
Awesome!
Thanks Ken!
Congratulations on the new solo paddling distance record! That's really interesting information about the Six Nations. I've never been to that area of Ontario, so I'm not very familiar with some of the history. A bingo hall would be an interesting place to eat at, but if it serves food than why not!
Thanks! The conditions for setting that record were definitely favourable compared to my previous record (a windy day on Big Rideau Lake).
CJ looks like you had a Grand time!
Thanks, I definitely did!
Interesting leg of your journey.
Thanks!
When visiting Six Nations always visit the Burger Barn
Good to know, thanks.
My favorite band was the Grand Funk Railroad
Just around the corner from chiefswood park and the bingo hall is an apple computer store! IC Supercomputers ;)
Their sign says "The only Mac store in a log cabin".
Did that exact trip in 1974 with a buddy!!
Awesome! I bet much has stayed the same.
@@cjhoyle yes. It was a very different time. I spent a lot of my early life on the Grand River. I had a Aunt and uncle who had a place near Caledonia on the river.
Done that trip. I live in the area so its not a problem. The damn is gone now.
Thanks. Are you referring to the ruins of the old dam at the beginning of the video that I pointed out?
Very lovely CJ, do you do tours down the grand river?
Thanks! This trip is the one and only time that I've ever paddled the Grand River.
@@cjhoyle Lol, it looks easy, I was wanting to try it in a kayak, they have kayaking groups in Paris I’ve seen. It looks easy but not a adventure I would do on my own.
You must be in real good shape. You covered a lot of miles in such a short period. Most people don't do 30 + k
Well I did have the current helping me a bit, and also no portages that day or strong wind tp fight. Doing 41km+ through a series of lakes would be a lot more challenging.
Wondering what drone you are using.
I normally include details about my equipment in the video description (as do many other UA-camrs).
Called "Daloosie street not "Dalhousie" lol
More drone shots are always great
Good to know! Isn't it unusual how Dalhousie University in Halifax, and Dalhousie, NB have a different pronunciation from Port Dalhousie, ON and Dalhousie St in Brantford. No wonder English is one of the most difficult languages to learn.
@@cjhoyle agreed I'd rather speak Ojibwa