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Canoe trip to Curve Lake First Nation allows high school students to interact with nature and Elders
Camps are arguably the epitome of summer, but not many draw people from across the world. The Rotary Club of Peterborough-Kawartha’s annual “Adventure in Understanding” canoe trip took off Sunday. Twenty paddlers from as far as Japan are travelling up the Trent-Severn Waterway to Curve Lake First Nation. Throughout the trip, high school students learn about Indigenous history and how to respect the land. Claire Burnard, one of the guides, says students will interact and learn with Elders. A paddle will also be returned to its ancestral home at Curve Lake First Nation.
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Adventure In Understanding canoe journey again sees youths connect with themselves, each other, the land and the water
Annual 100-km six-day canoe trek highlighted by Indigenous teachings and ceremonies, and one very welcome guest bearing two carved Curve Lake paddles
Something that isn’t broken doesn’t require fixing, but that doesn’t mean a tweak here and there isn’t beneficial. That said, the six-day Adventure In Understanding canoe trip, an ongoing project of the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha, is far from broken.
With the eighth edition now in the books, the experiential journey remains true to its original intent of providing First Nations and non-native youth, aged 16 to 18 years old, with the trip of a lifetime via a 100-kilometre trek from Beavermead Park to Curve Lake First Nation.
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