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Welcome to Paddle Trails Canoe Club
Since 1970 - 55 years and counting!


Located in the Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest, we paddle canoes, kayaks and inflatables. We paddle rivers, lakes and salt water. We paddle for fun, camaraderie, adrenaline, scenery and wilderness. Yep, we’re probably paddling something, somewhere right now! Paddle Trails Canoe Club (PTCC) is a supportive and inclusive community of paddlers who like to get out on water whenever we can and focus on safety and fun. We invite you to take a few minutes to explore our site and past issue of Canews, our newsletter. If you like what you see, please join us. We always welcome new members.

Household memberships are only $25 per year!  Not already a member and wish to learn more? Click here.  Ready to join? Join Now!

Paddle Trails Canoe Club is an all-volunteer run organization and one of the best paddling-focused organizations in the Pacific Northwest. The reason is because of its members, many of whom volunteer a bit of time to help out with the programs, events, trips, and classes we offer to our members. Check out how to get involved, here!
 
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 Paddle with the Luminaria

 
Saturday evening, Dec 13th, 2025
  Green Lake Lights 2025 


Come celebrate the holiday season with us at PTCC’s annual Parade of Lighted Christmas Canoes. The pathway around Green Lake will be lit up with thousands of luminaries, carolers and musicians will be filling the night air with song and we will be filling the lake with decorated canoes. 

Bring your own lights and decorations, or let us know if you need some.  Thanks to long-time member, Pat, we have plenty of lights and decorations to share!  Some of the decoration options can be viewed in this photo gallery.  Please let the trip coordinator know by Dec 10th at the latest if you would like to borrow decorations.  And come early to give yourself time to decorate your boat!  We'll want to be on the water by around 5:30pm.




2025 Trips

We are adding great new trips onto the Events Calendar for the 2025 paddling season!  If you are an existing trip coordinator, please get your trips on the calendar as soon as possible.  If you are interested in coordinating a paddling trip for our Club but need to know how or need support, please reach out to our Trips Chair. 

Check Out Photos From Our Events


Paddle Trails members have been busy gettin' out on the water.  Check out some of the photo albums from some of our recent events, including the Introduction to Canoeing Whitewater and Fundamentals of Solo Canoeing Classes and the Black and Chehalis Rivers.  Here is a link to our Photo Albums.





Canoeing Lake Whatcom from Sam Westover on YouTube.

2025 Marks our 55th Anniversary!

 

 




Founded by a handful of enthusiastic canoeists who met at the Poodle Dog Cafe in Fife Washington in 1970, Paddle Trails has logged over 55 years of having fun in small boats. Lots has changed since then but much has also stayed the same. We still focus on fun and safety as our top priorities doing so within a great, close knit community of paddlers. In honor of our 50th year, we've just published an archive of photos we've scanned from 80 pages of a scrapbook. Most of these photos are from the 1990s and a few from early 2000s.  If anyone has any from other periods we'd love for you to send them to canoe@paddletrails.org.



Transect Films Captures Paddle Trails in Action
 
In mid-July Paddle Trails was contacted by Transect Films to help film a public service announcement advocating for healthy streams and rivers that feed into Puget Sound.  We were headed to the Sauk the following weekend and offered for them to join us.  Here is some lovely footage they offered in return for our services.