About Us

​Flatwater Paddling Yukon Society (FPY) was officially incorporated on December 28, 2016 as a club, in order to expand opportunities for flatwater paddling for Yukoners.  Subsequently the flatwater community grow and in 2018, FPY transitioned from the club to become the sports governing body, representing all flatwater sports. At the same time they also became a member of Canoe Kayak Canada and create Flatwater North Paddling Club to continue the hard work of growing flatwater paddlers. For further information please read our background and rationale.  

Affiliate Societies:      Flatwater North Sprint Club

FPY would like to thank Sport Yukon, the Yukon Canoe Kayak Club (YCKC) and many other important contributors, volunteers and visionaries for the support that has led to our official launch on Feb 19th, 2017.
 
In the fall of 2012, Sport Yukon approach YCKC to start a Flatwater Division in order to send athletes to 2012 Canada Summer Games. The program was a resounding success and YCKC endeavored to expand their new Flatwater division.
 
Since the creation of the Flatwater Division YCKC expansions included :

​Spring/Summer 2013	Received by donation 4 sprint canoe and kayaks from Manitoba Paddling Club Sent coach Dan Girouard and 2 athletes to BC Championship Regatta (Burnaby Lake, BC) & Canada Games (Sherbrook, Québec)
2013-2014	​Purchased boats, equipment and a sea can with the help of funding through Community Development Fund, Legacy Fund and Sport Yukon Set up basecamp (sea can) in Schwatka Lake parking lot Hired BC Canoe Kayak to run 1 week of CanoeKids in June Hosted 3 weeks of locally run CanoeKids Camps with two camp staff.
2014-2015	Hosted 7 weeks of CanoeKids camps with three CanoeKids Coaches Offered 4 evenings per week for competitive sprint athletes Sent a team (coach & 4 athletes) to Western Canada Games (Wood Buffalo, Alberta) Hosted 5 dragon boat drop-in nights for adults Hosted first Yukon Championships Regatta
​2015-2016	Hosted 8 weeks of CanoeKids camps (170 kids) in Whitehorse with 3 full-time CanoeKids coaches and 1 student dock hand Hosted 1 week in Watson Lake (12 kids) and trained 4 CanoeKids coaches in Watson Lake. Purchased a second sea can, more sprint boats and equipment for the camps and the base camp moved to more permanent place in woods by parking lot Offered 3 evenings a week for competitive sprint athletes (13 athletes) Hosted the second annual Yukon Championship Regatta Sent a team (coach and 2 athletes) to Western Championships Regatta (Calgary, Alberta) Sent a team (coach and 5 athletes) to the Pacific Cup Regatta (Maple Ridge, BC.). (See results)