The Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Association is a non-profit organization, founded in 1989, whose aim is to promote and enhance the enjoyment of coastal kayaking in the Great Lakes area. Our members come from all over Ontario with a few from farther afield. They range in age from 18 to 80, and include everyone from novices to experienced expedition paddlers.

TRIPS & ACTIVITIES

The main focus of the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Association is paddling; and we run an active and varied programme of trips for members, including day trips, weekend camping trips and longer summer trips, appropriate for sea kayakers of all skill levels. These trips are organized and run by fellow club members on a volunteer basis. Members provide their own equipment, food and transportation.

Each year GLSKA holds a Spring Rendezvous – a weekend of workshops, trips and seminars for sea kayakers, and a Fall Gathering – an informal weekend of paddling and sharing experiences. In addition, we hold skill sessions, seminars, workshops, informal slide nights, and an Annual Business Meeting.

Our Georgian Bay Committee is working on the long-term preservation of the Bay as a wilderness paddling location for sea kayakers. They have installed privies at a number of Bay campsites, organize annual campsite clean-ups on the Bay, and are working on a paddlers' guide to the Bay.

NEWSLETTER

Our quarterly newsletter, Qayaq, informs members of GLSKA trips and activities, offers news and articles of interest to sea kayakers, and provides a forum through which members can communicate and share ideas.

MEMBERSHIP

If you share our interest in sea kayaking as a means of exploring our wild and beautiful inland seas – the Great Lakes – we invite you to join us in the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Association.

Site launched May 3, 1998
Last updated March 20, 2013
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