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Update from Banook Canoe Club on COVID-19

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March 15, 2020 Effective immediately, Banook Canoe Club will be closed for a period of 3 weeks. During this time, the club will undergo a deep cleaning/ sanitization. There will be no training at our facility for members or athletes. This includes but is not limited to our high-performance athletes, coaches, Masters, development athletes, U12 […]

Summer Registration!

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Non-Member Summer Camps: Are you looking for active camps this summer? Banook Canoe Club is the place! Non-member weekly camps for children ages 5-12 (must be 5 before January 1, 2020). Try out kayaking, canoeing and dragon boat. Play soccer. Swim at our supervised beach. Play games and have lots of fun! Register for one […]

Banook Membership Childcare

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 We are super excited to continue offering our babysitting services this summer at a discounted rate for members! Available to any kids between the ages of 5 – 12 who are enrolled in Banook’s paddling program. Your child must be 5 before January 1st, 2020. Family membership and Membership childcare includes Kiddie Canoe for younger […]

Newsletter December 2019

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U12 Surprise Party On Dec. 12, our U12 group celebrated a fantastic fall training season with a little surprise party after their workout. Our paddlers were excited to receive certificates of Achievement (and cake)! Congratulatory Resolutions On November 25, we were pleased to welcome Susan Leblanc, MLA Dartmouth North to Banook Canoe Club. Ms. Leblanc […]

Newsletter November 2019

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It has been awhile since we have updated our members – but there has been LOTS going on – read on and see what we have been up to! Welcome Home In late October, two of Banook’s high-performance athletes spent two weeks in Berlin at a fall training camp. Ian Gaudet and Cole Parsons were […]

Thank You Dartmouth

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UPDATED – Many thanks to our incredible Members and incredible Dartmouth community for your support at the District 5 Participatory funding vote. We were successful in reaching our goal! Participatory Vote for District 5  Banook Canoe Club is again competing for HRM capital funds from the Participatory Budgeting by District 5 Councillor Sam Austin. Participatory budgeting allows […]

Congratulations Athletes

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Club News, Paddling
I hope you and your families all enjoyed the best cottage in the heart of Dartmouth this summer!  What a great season for Banook Paddlers!  Banook is extremely proud of your accomplishments.  You should all be very pleased with your efforts and results this summer.  This summer may have been your first summer participating in […]

Natal Day 2019

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Banook Canoe Club has had a long tradition of celebrating Dartmouth Natal Day! This year we were very excited to see so many members and families join us on the deck for the fireworks display over Lake Banook. With our bar open, we had a chance to socialize and relax! Our Dragon boat had an […]

U12 / U14 Regatta #2 – Aug 2019

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Our younger athletes gathered on the docks at Lake Banook on Aug 10&11 for the second U12/ U14 regatta of the summer. We had 2 days with lots of exciting races and great performances of the next gen of high performance athletes at Banook! But most of all? We had some great fun making memories […]