Grand River Rafting offers practical On-River Instructional courses in canoes and kayaks that teach how to read water, paddling techniques and need-to-know equipment purchases.

We no longer offer ORCKA certification... but we highly recommend a local canoeing school called Dragonfly Paddling.

Dragonfly Paddling is located one hour west of Toronto near Brantford-Paris in Southern Ontario. The canoe lessons are at the Pinehurst Conservation Area Lake.  The instruction is thorough and practical... taught with patience.

Photo compliments of Heritage River Canoe & Kayak Company

Dragonfly Paddling 

New For 2009...  Dragonfly Paddling is offering an ORCKA Flatwater Canoe Instructors Course

They offer canoe lessons, two-day ORCKA Flatwater Level A to D course, the two-day ORCKA Lakewater Level 1 course and the 2 hour ORCKA introductory Safe Canoeing course. 

Courses are taught by a certified and experienced ORCKA Flatwater and Lakewater Canoeing Instructor, with Ontario teaching certification.  Course sizes are kept small, with an instructor participant ratio of no more than one instructor to every five canoes.  This ensures lots of time for individualized attention from the instructor

For more information and dates of upcoming ORCKA certification courses, please visit Dragonfly Paddling.