WATERSPORTS — Fall is a fine time for sea kayaking around the region’s waters, from Fishtrap Lake to the San Juan Islands. Even if you’re an experience paddler, it’s always wise to review the the ...

The kayak’s precise origin story is murky, but sources credit various Indigenous groups of the far north — modern-day Alaska, Greenland and Siberia — with inventing the boat for hunting and fishing.

This two-hour program is designed to give beginner and intermediate kayakers a jump start in kayak skills emphasizing safety, basic skill and stroke development and basic recovery technique.

The annual Washington Island Canoe and Kayak Event launches on Friday, June 13 and runs through Sunday, June 15. Full scholarships for kayak safety basics, a half/day sea kayaking symposium scheduled ...