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Plaque to be unveiled for the adventure of a lifetime

A ceremony is planned for August 17 to unveil a plaque honoring the Starkells for their incredible “paddle to the Amazon.” The ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the East Kildoman Lions Club Senior Citizen’s Park, located on Kildonan Drive at Bronx Place – the park from which Don, Dana, and Jeff Starkell launched [...]

Gabby relieves the Adventure

Delgado was a university student in Veracruz when he first met the Starkells nine years ago. Jeff Starkell, who had come that far with his brother and father, had just returned to Winnipeg, convinced that to continue the canoe trip would be suicide.
Their first attempt at crossing the Gulf of Mexico had nearly killed the [...]

Starkell’s Visitor Deserves Own Entry in Record Books

You might say Gabriel Delgado deserves a place in the Guinness Book of World Records on a couple of counts.
First, the young Mexican, with a single day’s paddling experience, was brave enough – or crazy enough – to join East Kildonan canoeists Don and Dana Starkell on their “Paddle to the Amazon,” sticking with them [...]