PUBLISHER ANd EdITOR-IN-CHIEF DAVE BROWN
EdITORS ROGER BIRD PUBLISHER’S LETTER
MANAGING EdITOR ALLEN MACARTNEY
STAFF WRITERS SHEILA ASCROFT, JOANNE STEVENTON
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Welcome to the summer/fall issue of Ottawa Outdoors magazine.
Sheila Ascroft, Gary & Joanie McGuffin, Tony Gariano, Gord Keen,
It's not only jam-packed with a whopping 64 pages of articles (our
Jennifer Gratto, Dave Brown, Karen D. Crowdis, Joanne Steventon,
Allen Macartney, Dominque Laroque, Alex Millen, Bill White,
largest issue in seven years), but it's also one of our more diverse
Tim Yearington, Eric Martinat, Glenn Wallace issues with our wide range of articles. As always, we try to bring you,
the reader, a plethora of topics you'll find interesting. Normally this
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sheila Ascroft, Gary & Joanie McGuffin, Jock Bradley, Gord Keen, National
includes destination articles pointing you to new paddle or bike DAVE BROWN
Capital Commission, Ryan Brown, Jenny Brown, Rapid Media, Madawaska routes to explore. As well though, we like to educate you through Publisher, Editor-in-chief
Kanu Centre, Karen D. Crowdis, Allen Macartney, Glenn Wallace
our gear-related or how-to type articles. One article we definitely
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Ottawa Outdoors Magazine is an independent publication published
by Tony Gariano, who went through it all and lived to write about it. It's also a heads-up article
seasonally every four months and distributed FREE at sports stores all
over the region, as well as at 100 other locations. It is a subsidiary of
so we don't find ourselves in the same situation.
Canadian Adventure Media Partners (CAMP INC.), which also publishes We're also excited to bring you key paddle and boating articles. You can read about the
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various kayaks out there and decide which one is the best for you and yours. You can study up
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kayaking or rafting excursions.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Next, we have great cycling destination features taking you through Picton, Ontario and
Ottawa Outdoors Magazine welcomes story and photo contributions. All
Sutton, Quebec's Brome-Missisquoi where you can enjoy the wineries as part of your biking
photos should ideally be shot with colour slides or high resolution digital
camera, but otherwise scanned at 300dpi resolution and burned onto a
adventure. Sheila Ascroft provides some basic tips when out on your bike, and Gord Keen's
CD-ROM or e-mailed. No unsolicited contributions will be returned unless
heartfelt description of how his son's bike helmet saved his life will surely affect you.
accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. Publisher assumes
no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or
And the list goes on. The rest of the terrific articles cover a wide range of topics including:
artwork. Publisher may publish any and all communications with Ottawa
camping with your baby; trail running 101, beer 101 (yup, you read that correctly) and finally
Outdoors magazine, and may edit for clarity and style. Indexed in the
Canadian Periodical Index ISSN No. 1204-69556. © Copyright
some top photography tips from Allen Macartney, so you can capture all your adventures
2008. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any materials published in
like a professional.
Ottawa Outdoors Magazine is expressly forbidden without consent of the
publisher unless otherwise agreed between partners. Printed in Canada.
This issue is so big that by the time you're done reading it, maybe the snow will begin to
fall. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'. «OO
ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS
Ottawa Outdoors Magazine aligns with local and international
environmental groups. Recently Ottawa Outdoors Magazine
joined and supports the following groups. We encourage you
to do the same.
Leave No Trace Canada is a national non-profit orga-
nization dedicated to promoting and inspiring respon-
sible outdoor recreation through education, research
and partnerships. Leave No Trace builds awareness,
appreciation and respect for our wilderness areas.
www.leavenotrace.ca
Sheila Ascroft is an Ottawa
writer/editor who has been
road cycling for 20 years.
She's also a member of
Joanne Steventon is our new staff event calendar guru. When
the Ottawa Bicycling Club
Friends of the O-Train is a group of volunteers whose goal is to raise not at her day job as a communications and events manager at
awareness of workable transit options in Ottawa. We’re comprised of
and Canadian Kilometer
The Hospice at May Court, she is either out running (in training
transit experts, rail enthusiasts and regualar individuals like you. Achiever Program. "I’m not
for Kelowna Half marathon in October and maybe the Philly Half
www.friendsoftheotrain.org
fast or thin, but I ride 3000 km
in September) or out for a ride
every year and have completed
One Percent for the Planet is a rapidly growing with The Dirty Girls (our unoffical
network of companies that give at least one per
two 100-mile solo rides. For
mountain bike club).
cent of their annual sales to environmental causes.
me, every bike ride is a joy
Their commitment provides vital resources and ride." In this issue she writes
awareness to organizations that work to keep us on
several paddle and bike-
a sustainable path. 1%FTP provides members with a
Eric Martinat brings us a great article
related articles.
straightforward and powerful way to become part of the solution. We on trail running 101. He regularly
are proud supporters of One Percent as a movement as well as their
participates in trail running, adventure
members which include Mountain Equipment Co-op and more than 20
racing and endurance running. He now
other businesses across Canada. www.onepercentfortheplanet.org
lives out west where he still finds the
time to hit the local race scene.
ARE YOU AN OUTdOOR ENTHUSIAST WHO WOULd LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE?
To submit articles or photos, all you have to do is e-mail us at: Editor@OttawaOutdoors.ca.
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