Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:05:32 -0600
From: Philip Wylie <pjwylie@planet.eon.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Paddles
Doug,
I have checked the web page you refered to sometime ago. A good
read indeed. However, I have found no means of contacting him.
My interest of course is whether or not I could purchase a pair
of his fine paddles. I would most appreciate your help here, thanks
for offering.
Best Regards,
Philip Wylie
Douglas Ingram wrote:
> Bill Brigden, of Winnipeg, is still alive and well, though he is getting on
> in years. He was, and is, a significant figure in the local paddling
> community. Early on he participated in and promoted paddling as a sport and
> a recreation. There should be a biography written about the man, he is a
> fine gentleman.
>
> Victoria Jason and Don Starkell, both also of Winnipeg, are good friends
> with Bill. In addition to making their paddles for their Arctic trips, he
> made the canoe which Don and his son Dana used on their trip from Winnipeg
> to the mouth of the Anazon, a continuous and unaided trip! 12,000 miles, 24
> months...
>
> If anyone would like to know more about Bill, there is a nice, though short,
> biography on him on the website of the Manitoba Redreational Canoeing
> Association. Follow the link from my web site at the address in the signature.
>
> If contact information for him is not there, let me know and I could post
> something.
>
> >Is it known if Bill Bridger (of Winnipeg) still makes and sells kayak
> >paddles as such used by Victoria Jason (Kabloona-The Yellow Kayak)?
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Philip Wylie
> >
> >
> Douglas Ingram
> Red River Canoe & Paddle
> P.O. Box 78, GRP 4, RR 2
> Lorette, Manitoba
> Canada
> ROA OYO
> (204)878-2524
> URL: www.wilds.mb.ca/redriver
> e-mail: redcanoe@pangea.ca