We carry books on many different subjects of interest including kayaking, canoeing, adventure photography, local history, white water, camping, camp cooking, first aid, nature guides, children's nature / outdoors, knots, navigation, environment.
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Georgian Bay - Photographs by Mike Grandmaison
A breathtaking photographic portrait of Canada's "Inland Sea" $45.00
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New for 2008 in our book section:
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Canoeing - The Essential Skills & Safety
by Andrew West- $ 16.95
Learn to paddle your canoe comfortably, efficiently , and safely! - You'll learn about:
- The equipment and how to choose it
- essential strokes & techniques
- offside and advanced strokes
- how to paddle tandem and solo
- capsize recovery methods and safety issues
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Touring & Sea Kayaking - The Essential Skills & Safety
by Alex Mathews & Ken Whiting - $ 24.95
Whether you're interested in touring around inland waterways, or exploring coastal waters, the stunning photography, fun illustrations, and concise descriptions drawn from expert sea kayaker, Alex Mathews, World Champion Kayaker and best selling author, Ken Whiting, make this book the most valuable on the sport.
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To start your kayaking reference library we recommend:
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Living with weather - along the British Columbia Coast
by Owen S. Lange - $ 29.95
published by Environment Canada
Lange presents some great descriptions and analogies for describing weather systems and patterns - although much of the book is specific to British Columbia , some concepts can be applied to our inland seas, the Great Lakes.
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Sea Kayak Navigation
by Franco Ferrero - $ 18.95
A great short basic reference text with essential topics, and simple to understand diagrams. |
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Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation - Third Edition
by David Burch - $ 23.95
Many of this call this the "bible" of kayak navigation here at White Squall - invaluable if you plan on getting serious about kayak touring. |
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Lightning Strikes - Staying Safe Under Stormy Skies
by: Jeff Renner - $ 20.95 |
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Camp Cooking - The Blackfeather Guide - Eating Well in the Wild
by Mark Scriver, Wendy Grater, Joanna Baker -
$ 24.95 |
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Padding and Outdoor Magazines - Current & Back Issues
Always something of interest for the kayaker, canoeist , hiker
We carry Explore, National Geographic Adventure, Adventure Kayak, Sea Kayaker, Kayak Angler, Wavelength & Explore.
 
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Wilderness Crisis Management
by James Raffan - $ 3.49
A handy little booklet for the library especially for those frequently organizing trips into the great outdoors. Part of our suggested reading for anyone taking one of our certification courses. |
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Franklin, Mink & McCoys Map - Sea Kayaking Guide
published by Chrismar Mapping - $15.00
Waterproof map of a popular sea kayak destination in Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands in Ontario - Scale 1: 30,000 |
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Arrogrant Worms
All Arrogrant Worms CD's are funny, quirky and guaranteed to make you laugh. An extremely entertaining group!
Third appearance in Parry Sound, amd a first for the White Squall Canoe/Kayak Festival on May 3, 2008 at the Paddling Centre in Carling, Ontario.
For more info on the Festival click here!
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Betty and The Bobs
Individually, Toronto's Wendell Ferguson, David Matheson, Suzie Schlanger, Suzie Vinnick, Katherine Wheatley and David Woodhead have played all over the world at festivals, in pit band orchestras, for armed forces tours, at folk clubs, cajun dances and on radio and televison. Collectively as Betty and the Bobs they play country, blues, R&B , Beatles, gospel, old jazz, and wacky original songs. You saw them here at the annual May Kayak Symposium the last two years in concert - and what fun we had! Enjoy! |
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(this list is not complete but does include the ones we try to keep in stock - sorry not totally in alphabetical order)
All CD's $ 20.98 unless otherwise marked.
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| Arrogant Worms |
Live Bait, Dirt, C'est Cheese, Idiot Road, Beige, Semi-Conducted |
| Salsa Creole |
Self Title: Salsa Creole |
| Alpha YaYa Diallo |
The Message, The Journey, Djama |
| Carlos del Junco |
Blues Mongrel |
| Kim Barlow |
Lucky Burden |
Willie P. Bennett
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Heartstrings, Collectibles 1.
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| Downchild |
Come On In |
| Ani Difranco |
Dilate, Swing Set, Fellow Workers |
| Morgan Davis |
Painkiller |
| Digging Roots |
Seeds |
| Fred Eaglesmith |
Falling Stars & Broken Hearts, 50 0dd Dollars, Lipstick, Lies & Gasoline |
Aengus Finnan
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Fools Gold, North Wind |
| David Francey |
Skating Rink, Far End of Summer, Live from Folk Alley, Right of Passage |
Stephen Fearing
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The Assassin's Apprentice
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| Lennie Gallant |
Live |
| Dave Gunning |
Two-bit World |
| James Keelaghan |
Small Reblellions, Then Again, A few Simple Verses |
| Connie Kaldor |
Small Cafe, Love is a Truck, Vinyl Songbook, Sky with Nothing to Get in the Way. |
Gordon Lightfoot
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A Tribute
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Ashley MacIsaac
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hi how are you today?
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David Newland
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Evergreen
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| Loreena McKennitt |
Live in Paris and Toronto |
Garnet Rogers
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At a High Window
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| Stan Rogers |
Between the Breaks |
| Oliver Schroer |
Jigzup |
| Bob Snider |
Stealing Home |
| Brent Titcomb |
Beyond Approaches |
Valdy
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Live at Last
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Suzie Vinnick
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33 Stars
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Wolves
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Soundtrack
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| Katherine Wheatley |
Habits & Heroes |
| Cate Friesen |
Joy's Disorder |
| The Wailin Jennys |
40 Days |
| Nineteen James |
Self Titled Demo, Hope You're Not Lonely, A bottle of wine on Tueday Nights, Critters - Landscapes & other stuff |
| Colleen Peterson |
Postcards from California |
| Maria Dunn |
From where I stand |
| Freedom |
Self Titled |
| Jazz Jamaica |
Motorcity Roots |
| The Marigolds |
Self Titled
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| Malaika |
Self Titled |
| David Matheson |
Selft Titled |
| The Perpetrators |
The Gas & The Clutch |
| Maryem Tollar |
Book of Life
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| Ian Tamblyn |
Coastline of our Dreams , Like the Way You're Tinkin |
| Sweet Honey & the Rock |
Raise your Voice |
| Katherine Wheatley |
Habits and Heroes |
| Sweet Water Women |
Sweet Water |
| Nathan Rogers |
True Stories |
| Mae Moore |
Oh My |
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