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Friday July 12 1991 the HERALD Seniors Outdoor activities are life savers By MAUREEN BROWNING I did not learn to canoe until I was years old I was laid off work and I found my days long and my future frightening For me it was a life saver I had phoned a local seniors group only to find that they were unable to take new members for want of space Then I read in ttit Star about a Toronto group of seniors who were improving their health by hiking cross country skiing and canoeing In May I found myself at Heart Lake Conserva tion Area trying to learn to canoe It was a windy day a very small lake with lots and lots of tree stumps quite a few canoes and several canoeists One of the canoes tipped after being blown onto one of the stumps luckily the occupants were near shore and lots of help was at hand So started my love affair with canoeing During that summer I went on every available tnp camping out some of the time in various parks including Algonquin Our club activities go from Tuesday to Friday leaving the parks when the waterways are less busy On these overnight trips we would practice canoe over canoe rescues getting back into the canoe while out of our depth I remember one time in our novice days when the lake was too foreboding to canoe across because of strong winds how we practised going around a bend and time again The object was to keep the canoe near the shore counteracting the wind and away from the rocks at the point We kept at it until we mastered it with ease After the canoeing season I felt satisfied with my progress in the canoe and also in my stamina I then accompanied the club on their weekly hikes and after Christmas when the snow ed I dusted off my cross country skis that I had not used for over 10 years and gave them a try What an exhilarating sport this is I had always fallen at every slope up or down In fact I used to go on the old disused railway tracks because it was nice and flat I in our club to Hills and we walked to Terra Cotta along the tracks and some of us skied it in winter How sad it is that we were not allowed to keep this for posterity What an absolute waste that this was allowed to be purchased by private property owners whose lands adjoined it Over the years we had establish right of way privileges over it but now fences will be erected to stop us from walking and skiing there How can these fhmgs be allowed to happen at a time when we realize how important cise is and in an area that needs more parkland Nearly every week in the winter now I travel north and cross country ski I go up and down the hills with the best of our club members and en joy every minute but canoeing is my first love I have progressed now to wilderness canoeing and last year took my first lessons in white water canoeing at Palmer Rapids What fun that is We did not learn because it was fun but because we do come across rapids and need to canoe through them Both last year and this we canoed a loop from Six Mile Lake into Gibson Lake out onto Georgian Bay and back via Macrae and Macdonald Lakes three days of sheer ecstacy challenge and fun and many strenuous portages We have also been down the French River into Georgian Bay and back through the Key Another great was the Pickerel loop This year trips will take us again to Killarney and Parks I just love to be in the wilderness it is- a joy that restores my soul I also love to feel the canoe surging forward under our own prowess I never imagined that I would see such places of beauty with no power boats or cottages just wonderful wdderness Although seniors our club members have improved in health and stamina We spend idealtc days paddling canoes swimming from sun drenched rocks star gazing around the campfire at night sharing new experiences No time in my life has been better than this If anyone is interested in senior canoeing in the wilderness perhaps you would like to call me for nore information Alzheimers study By WINTFK Studies of the similarities bet ween Alzheimer s 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