Canoe Race Through Icebound St. Lawrence Should Raise the Bar
January 8th, 2010 | by Andy Published in Canada, Canoeing, Winter Sports
To truly appreciate this time-lapse, you need to watch it in HD. The tiny waterbugs at the bottom right are the 40 teams competing in the Quebec Winter Carnival canoe race. Dodging icebergs. Risking capsized canoes and probably luring hungry arctic wolves. In all seriousness, this kind of crazy stunt is a beautiful way to celebrate the sheer wildness of Winter’s offerings.
Which draws immediate comparisons; their Winter Carnival sure sounds more thrilling than Minnesota’s. What do we have? People casing the parks of St. Paul late at night for medallions. Icky Vulcans on parade who people shield their kids from. The occasional ice castle that you can watch as it melts beneath sponsored JumboTron video walls.
In a state wherein you can find polar bear swimming, dogsledding and snowmobiling over open water… perhaps we shouldn’t wonder why our Winter Carnival is so lame. Via Paddling.net.