Join up to 32 paddlers and take the paddle of a lifetime from Deep River to Ottawa between 23 June to 1 July! We hope to recruit even more Algonquin people and descendants of Chief Constant Pinesi in 2025, as well as other indigenous people, and settlers. The total cost will likely be about $500 per person. The Pinesi Paddle 2024 was a tremendous success! (Watch the documentary trailer to learn more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEI9MC4bRYE)
As we begin planning for Pinesi Paddle 2025, we invite you to express your interest in participating as a paddler or volunteer.
We will leave Grand Chief Pinesi’s later hunting grounds west starting at Deep River and end at the hunting grounds he had in Ottawa before settlement forced him to move north. Among many other stops, paddlers will view the majestic and sacred Oiseau Rock and see its pictographs. Some may wish to start the next evening at Pembroke the next evening on the 24th but miss seeing the Rock. The Pinesi Paddle will end near his vital portage route to the Rideau River in New Edinburgh/Rockcliffe. The Pinesi Paddle 2025 will span approximately 220 km.
If you would like to join us as a paddler or support the event as a volunteer, please complete this form:
Please note that formal registration has not yet begun. The purpose of this form is to gather expressions of interest from potential paddlers and volunteers. Those who submit this form will receive updates and registration details via email later.
For questions or more information, contact the registrar at (873) 376-6688 or pinesipaddle@gmail.com.
More on Pinesi Paddle 2025
The brigade admiral is the renowned canoeist, Max Finkelstein. Organizing the event is Kichi Sibi Trails. Wendy Jocko is its president. She is a member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation (AOPFN), and Pinesi is her great grandfather times six.
Besides paddling and campfires, the daily practice of the journey will include efforts towards reconciliation in meetings between the paddlers, and settlers and Algonquins now living along the Ottawa River.
