{"id":82,"date":"2014-01-14T20:54:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T20:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:45:48","slug":"basic-canoe-course-details","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/?page_id=82","title":{"rendered":"ORCKA Basic Canoe Instructor Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignleft\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>2026  Dates<\/strong> (5 days)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Fee incl. hst<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><br>May 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 2026<br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>$975<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Location:\u00a0 <\/strong>Huntsville<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">$975 <\/span>Fees <u>Include<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 ORCKA Canoeing Program <strong>Manual, ORCKA Resources,<\/strong> one year ORCKA Membership, one year subscription to <i>Paddling<\/i>\u00a0<em>Magazine.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Participant is responsible for <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#x2666;<\/span>accommodations, paddles, pfd, safety kit, and providing own canoe or <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span><\/strong>canoe rental\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prerequisites:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>at least 16 years of age<\/li>\n<li>ORCKA Basic Level 1 &#8211; 4<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Or<\/span> comparable skills &amp; experiences &#8211; with\u00a0permission from Director &#8211; Judy Kirkwood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Basic Instructors course provides you with the recognized provincial certification from ORCKA<b> <\/b>(<b>O<\/b>ntario<b> R<\/b>ecreational<b> C<\/b>anoeing and <b>K<\/b>ayak <b>A<\/b>ssociation).<\/p>\n<p>As a Basic Canoe Instructor, the successful candidate will be qualified to instruct and administer ORCKA Basic Canoeing Levels 1-2-3-4 courses, instruct at a Safe Canoeing Program, assist at a future Camp Canoeing Instructors Course, and assist at a future Basic Canoe Instructors course.<\/p>\n<p><b>P<\/b>articipants with proven skills will also earn\u00a0ORCKA Canadian Style Paddling Level 1 (A-Tandem)\u00a0 certification.\u00a0 Evaluation of paddling skills will be ongoing throughout the entire course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>NOTE: \u00a0Basic Instructor course is a 48 hour course over 5 days. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>**100% attendance is required<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rise to a new personal skill level<\/li>\n<li>Gain confidence instructing in many different circumstances<\/li>\n<li>Share knowledge and resources<\/li>\n<li>Practice sessions built into the 48 hr course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#x2666;<\/span>Accommodations- Your responsibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span><\/strong>Arrangements may be made for local Canoe Rental either Algonquin Outfitters or with Kirkwood Canoe $30\/day + hst &#8211;\u00a0 Speak with Judy<\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"><strong>If you have any questions or you require further information go to<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/?page_id=24\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/?page_id=24\"><strong>Contact Us<\/strong><\/a> <strong>&amp; send a message.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"><strong>If you are ready to Register for a course, please go to the<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/?page_id=22\"><strong>Registration Form<\/strong><\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Back to<\/mark><\/strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/?page_id=10\"><strong>ORCKA Course Information<\/strong><\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261\u2261<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Dates (5 days) Fee incl. hst May 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 2026 $975 Location:\u00a0 Huntsville $975 Fees Include:\u00a0\u00a0 ORCKA Canoeing Program Manual, ORCKA Resources, one year ORCKA Membership, one year subscription to Paddling\u00a0Magazine.\u00a0 Participant is responsible for &#x2666;accommodations, paddles, pfd, safety kit, and providing own canoe or *canoe rental\u00a0 Prerequisites: at least 16 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1636,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390,"href":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions\/2390"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirkwoodcanoe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}