314 days left until Canoecopia! March 7 - 9
Canoecopia is presented by
Location
Alliant Energy Center
1919 Alliant Energy Way
Madison, Wisconsin
Show Hours
Friday: 3 PM to 8 PM
Saturday: 9 AM to 6 PM
Sunday: 10 AM to 4 PM
Tickets
1-Day: $15.00
3-Day: $30.00
Ages 17 and under are FREE
Cash or check only for tickets purchased at the event
Parking Fees
1-Day: $8.00
Cash or credit, fees collected by Alliant Energy Center
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Presenting Sponsor
Location
Alliant Energy Center
1919 Alliant Energy Way
Madison, Wisconsin
Show Hours
Friday: 3 PM to 8 PM
Saturday: 9 AM to 6 PM
Sunday: 10 AM to 4 PM
Tickets
1-Day: $15.00
3-Day: $30.00
Ages 17 and under are FREE
Cash or check only for tickets purchased at the event
Parking Fees
1-Day: $8.00
Cash or credit, fees collected by Alliant Energy Center
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Matthew Magolan
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Matt Magolan has been paddling canoes and kayaks in earnest for over 32 years. He currently owns Umingmaq Paddle Touring Center, which has a booth at Canoecopia 2024 offering guided trips and Gram Kajak Greenland paddles. Matt has worked as a professional guide and paddler over many years. He guided canoe trips in Quetico Provincial Wilderness Park when he was in college. Matt has guided sea kayak trips in The Apostle Islands National Seashore, Lake Superior Provincial Park in Ontario, Pukaskwa National Park in Ontario and The Lofoten Islands in Arctic Norway. Matt has completed sea kayak & canoe expeditions in Arctic Canada and Alaska.
Matt has written articles and published photos in Canoe & Kayak and Adventure Kayak Magazines. He has created video documentaries about some of his paddling adventures for Kayak Journal (a video magazine from back in the day) and now for his Youtube channel: Umingmaq Paddle Touring Center. He has presented multimedia talks at Canoecopia and other paddling symposia around North America.
Since the birth of his twin daughters in 2014, he has focused on raising his girls in the paddling lifestyle. Over the last nine years, Matt has spent an overwhelming amount of energy convincing his wife to allow him to plan and execute a series of ever more ambitious family adventures by canoe and kayak.
The most ambitious family trip yet was the 2023 Beyond the Delta Canoe Expedition.
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Presentations
Matthew Magolan
The Beyond the Delta Canoe Expedition: A Family Adventure Down the Mackenzie River
Bear - upstairs Fri 4:30pm-5:15pm
In the summer of 2023, the Magolan family, Matt (Dad), Sarah (Mom), Olive (9) & Petra (9) embarked on an 1100-mile canoe expedition to paddle the length of the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The Mackenzie River is known as the Deh Cho (Great River) by the local Gwitch’in people and is the second longest river system in North America. The Deh Cho is considered to be one of the most intact ecosystems in the world. The expedition began on Great Slave Lake with the goal to paddle beyond the Mackenzie River delta to the Inuvialuit village of Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean.
The Magolans paddled through several mountain ranges, through villages inhabited by the Slavey, Dog Rib, and Hare bands of the Gwitch’in people. The wildlife was abundant and the fishing was spectacular. The unprecedented wildfires across Canada, and the Northwest Territories in the summer of 2023 created challenges which tested the Magolan family. Join Matt Magolan as he shares the story of the 2023 Beyond the Delta Canoe Expedition through a multi-media presentation which will include imagery, video, and storytelling.
The Magolans paddled through several mountain ranges, through villages inhabited by the Slavey, Dog Rib, and Hare bands of the Gwitch’in people. The wildlife was abundant and the fishing was spectacular. The unprecedented wildfires across Canada, and the Northwest Territories in the summer of 2023 created challenges which tested the Magolan family. Join Matt Magolan as he shares the story of the 2023 Beyond the Delta Canoe Expedition through a multi-media presentation which will include imagery, video, and storytelling.
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