Down Shit Creek With a Paddle

Literally!

If you want to have a life-threatening adventure on the way home from work, there are two ways to do it; You either take highway 401 or you simply wait for Etobicoke Creek to swell into a raging beast and commute by paddle…

The creek was fast! I wouldn’t have thought Toronto was so “hilly.” The elevation difference between Pearson Airport, where I work, and Lake Ontario is slightly over 300 feet!

After 5 hours of extreme fun and 25 kilometers down the shit creek, I have to conclude the 401 is about 10-times safer and even a bit faster 😃

There are three weirs along the way that I had to portage. At high water levels, any weir is deadly and, in fact, many people die while attempting to run the spillway on their canoes or other watercraft. The water under the weir churns and spins with such a force that a person has absolutely no chance to get out of such washing machine.

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