ORCA

Welcome to Open River Canoe Adventures.....aka ORCA.  We are besotted canoe nuts, who run Canadian canoe building workshops from a submarine testing station, on the shores of Ullswater, a short walk from Pooley Bridge, in the AMAZING Lake District.

For 2020 we have our LAKELANDER super stable and easy to build canoe for you to come build, 

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The courses are super chilled, music playing, tea brewing, paint flying things of creation. You don't need any wood working skills, as the stages are really simple and loads of fun.

Come on your own, or bring friends and family along to help out at no extra cost and make a holiday out of it. Upon completion, the canoe is yours to keep.

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 !!! NEW !!!

Chair making working workshop. Click or more info.

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FREE STUFF (model canoe!!)

COVID - 19 UPDATE

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UPDATED 23rd May : Due to the current government advise on social distancing and request not the travel unless necessary we are going to have cancel all builds until July.

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NEW BOOKINGS
We now have a back log of of unfulfilled bookings that we will prfioritize spaces to when we can run builds again. So any booking now will be put onto a waiting list and once we start running builds we will let you know if there is space. 

Thanks and we appreciate you understanding.

 If you are booked onto a build and have any questions please get in contact. 

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We have now run out of ply for kits, seats and only have a limited number of paddles for purchase. 

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Don't have time to build your canoe, we also build canoes for sale. 

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Check out our shop to see what we currently have for sale or feel free to contact us if you wish to commission a build, You can choose either the Lakelander or Prospector in any size, colour or seat configuration you would like. Lead time is around 2 weeks.

2020 DATES 

All dates have space unless FULL next to them..

2020

21st - 24th February FULL

20th - 23rd March

10th - 13th April CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

8th - 11th May CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

25th - 28th May CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

12th - 15th June CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

26th - 29th June CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19

17th -20th July

31st July - 3rd August

7th - 10th August

14th - 17th August

21st - 24th August

25th - 28th September

23rd - 26th October

Check out our friends at Yukan, building canoes in London.

CANOE KITS

GIFT CARD

Give a loved one, friend or family member a canoe building workshop as a present by giving them a gift card.

NO NEED TO BOOK A DATE

Not sure what date you would like to book? .. just give them the gift card and they can choose a date they like.

CANOE PLANS