General Boating Information

Updated 10/2000

The PNW Slalom/rodeo race schedule

Pool/rolling sessions in Eugene, Corvallis and Albany

Ask Eddy, A WKCC Newsletter column on natural history

Boating hints from Hank Hydro and his friends

River Related Sites

Pat Welch's River Levels Page
This is THE place for boaters to check river levels in Oregon, and runs in neighboring states
Pat Welch's Kayaking Home Page
Lots of water level links and resources here

Lower Columbia Canoe Club Home Page
A well designed and very informative site with a photo gallery loaded with action shots from local rivers

WhiteWater Bulletin Board and Listserver
Subscribe to this list and be kept up-to-date on river developments in the PNW, sell your gear, announce a trip, ...

Washington Kayak Club
Check out Washigton's Premier Club and Rick Williams' awesome photos

Watersports Resources
The title says it all. It's all there from seakayaking to whitewater to clubs to retailers.

The Gold Country Paddlers Club
This page has the most relevant links of any site I've seen!

Jack Doyle's Kayaking and Science Home page
Geat WW pictures and references

American Whitewater Affiliation
THE major conservation, river access, safety Organization representing over 100 boating clubs with links to clubs, lists of rivers, links for flow, etc.

White Water Amphibians
Take a virtual tour of some the rivers back east

The McKenzie Page
Current river stage info, great plots of river flows and rainfall for the past 30 days, as well as lots of fly fishing information, including images of creature that live in the rivers

The U of O Outdoor Program
Lots of great links to the outdoors

The Oregonized Page
If it has to do with Oregon, it is here: from recreation to business to government

Looking for some gear or have a question?
Locally,
try Springfield Oregon's Cascade Outfitters' at Casout565@aol.com
In Corvallis, Go to Whitewater Warehouse
In Portland, contact Alder Creek at Aldercreek@aol.com

Visit Perception's site to check out all the latest gear
Visit Savage Designsfor some rodeo machines and fine graphics

Maravia Rafts' email address is maravia@aol.com

Misplace your boat?
Andree Hurley <ahurley@viewit.com> has created a guestbook format for the posting of lost/stolen sea and whitewater boats. They can be accessed from:
Stolen Sea kayaks
Stolen Whitewater Boats
The pages are very basic, and only have tests on them to date!
Please let Andree know if you have any other ideas.

Thinking about Central Oregon Canoeing?
Heading back east to paddle?
Visit the narratives and pictures of Wisconsin, Ozark, and other canoeing rivers at Eastern Canoeing
The University of Washington Kayak Club web pages has moved to: U WA Kayak Club
The slalom/rodeo/racing page is now at: PNW Slalom Schedules

Weather Sites

Precipitation Map for Oregon averaged over the last 30 years

Weather & Satellite Images for Western Hemisphere and Oregon
This one lets you see what's coming

Oregon Weather Trend Map: Temp and Rain
McKenzie Page's clickable index Map of Oregon for temp and rain. This one lets you know what has been happening for the past weeks in those far away places.

Oregon Climate Service
Extensive Weather, Ski, Road Reports, etc for OR, WA, CA

Precipitation Map of OR and WA for yesterday.
This NexRad image is great.

Seakayaking

Wavelength/Seakayaking magazine
Lots of great crossover references in here and great trip reports
Thailand Paddling

Send mail to me, Jim Reed at jpreed@efn.org

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