Riverdale High School students launch prize-winning canoe

The air was steamy and the water calm when five Grade 11 students from Riverdale High School in Pierrefonds-Roxboro gathered at the shore in Parc de Île-de-Roxboro with teacher Peter Oland and guidance councillor Ian Spencer, last week.
Spencer floated offshore in his red kayak, waiting, while a glistening, 15-foot Prospector canoe built by 80 woodworking students over two years was slipped into the waters of Rivière des Prairies for its maiden voyage.
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