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害羞草研究所 UPDATE: Bert terHart is paddling, portaging across Canada

TODAY IN B.C.: Adventurer is ahead of schedule to reach the Atlantic Ocean
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Bert terHart is making history by paddling and portaging across Canada in a canoe, via the same rivers that Canada害羞草研究所檚 explorers, cartographers, and First Nations people have used.

He began his journey on April 1 in Stevenson, B.C., his final destination is Big Shippegan Lighthouse in New Brunswick.

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He says he has met wonderful and generous people along his route to date and between 300 and 350 of them have signed the canoe, which will be donated to the Gabriola Museum when the trip is completed.

You can follow terHart害羞草研究所檚 journey through an up-to-date interactive map and photos at .

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About the Author: Peter McCully

Peter has been a broadcaster and publisher on both of Canada害羞草研究所檚 coasts and has owned a small newspaper and run an advertising agency along the way.
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