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This is a MUST-DO Festival: July 15 to 17, 2016

See Ray Mears. Enjoy three days of canoe displays, demonstrations, hikes and more.

The Temagami Canoe Festival is an annual, mid-July, three-day, indoor-outdoor celebration of music, canoes and culture. The 2016 dates are July 15 to 17.

EXCITING NEWS: In addition to the already great line up at the festival, Ray Mears, British bushcraft expert, and founder of Woodlore, UK's premier school of wilderness bush craft, will be making a special guest appearance. Come and see Ray demonstrate his bushcraft skills.  

Why not extend your visit and explore Temagami's ancient beauty with a canoeing or hiking trip? 

Here’s a sample of what’s going on…

About Trish Manning

Trish Manning is an adventure travel writer and the content coordinator for Ontario Outdoor Adventures. She is an avid outdoor person who loves to hike, paddle, SUP, snowshoe, cross-country ski and explore Ontario's great outdoors with her golden retriever, Daisy.

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