Our Crew

Level 1 Sea Kayak Training
Wilderness First Aid Training

 

Blair Angelo Spinazzola - Angelo is the owner and operator of North River Kayak Tours. Born and raised on Cape Breton Island, Angelo learned to paddle in St. Ann's Bay as a teen and then honed his paddling skills in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Scotland. Angelo is also a professional musician / music teacher and a 3 time ECMA Award Nominee with 6 full length CD's to his credit.  Ask him and he may play you a tune or two :-) "I look forward to sharing my stories, adventures and music with my guests." Visit his music site here at www.spinazzola.ca"

E-mail Angelo via the contact us form.

Emily Roberts Emily is as sweet as apple pie! She is an avid motorcycle rider/trainer and is presently studying adventure tourism. Emily has been paddling with us for many summers with her parents. Now we have influenced her into the world of guiding. Yikes :-) Come visit us and see how wonderful Emily really is.
Blair Blair Doyle - Blair has an extensive outdoor and wilderness background havinghiked, biked, climbed, parachuted, kayaked and canoed most of the Maritimes. Currently he is a Sea Kayak Level Two, River Kayak Level One, and Flatwater Canoe Instructor with the Paddle Canada program. Blair also runs all of our Wilderness First Aid Training courses.
Kevin the cute Mat Noble - Mat is a level 1 kayak instructor that has been with us for close to a million years and he still looks 24 years old. Working as a guide on the Amoeba out of Baddeck Mat works with us when he can. Drop in and say Hola to him :-)
Justin Butler
 Justin Butler -  Justin's third season starts in June and we are delighted to have him back again. Our super friendly guide Justin has been paddling for over ten years and guiding for two seasons on the Bay of Fundy. He's a graduate of the Adventure Recreation program in St. Andrews NB where he kayaked, canoed, hiked, climbed and skied his way through the 2 year course. His love and knowledge of nature will make any trip enjoyable.
Rocky DJANGO  is relatively new to kayaking but is excited about the idea in a big way. Django began canoeing at the age of 6 months and quickly moved into the world of kayaking which he prefers. He had perfected his dog paddle and his back paddling skills. Woof! Woof!

AJ
Andrew Fraser - Recently circumnavigating Cape Breton Island in a kayak and better known as A.J, this will be AJ's third season with us. Once known as Mr. Paddledog now he is Mr. Anarchy Tours (aka NRK Tours). A.J will sing in Gaelic to you if you ask him.... even if you don't ask him he might say Turas math dhut. Cheers-AJ

All Kayak Guides have PADDLE CANADA CERTIFICATION

 

You can contact us by e-mail at: info@northriverkayak.com

North River Kayak Tours RR#4 Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada B0E 1B0
Phone or Fax (902) 929-2628 Toll-Free 1-888-865-2925

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