WELCOME
VERNON
PADDLING CENTRE
Paddle Wheel Park • Okanagan Landing • Vernon
2024 Membership
News and Announcements
VPC Promotional Video
The VPC promotional video is now ready!! Click on the link below to view
A big thank you to Paul Kenward at pksnow.ca
Membership
2025
2025
Programs are offered for all levels. By joining the Vernon Paddling Centre you can participate anywhere from a novice level right up to international competition. Novice & recreational are coed while the open programs are separated into Open Women & Open Men as well as Open Mixed.
We're inclusive & adaptive!
For people in the Okanagan, having fun on the water is a right, not a privilege.
That’s why the Vernon Adaptive program provides opportunities for people with disabilities to learn how to paddle on Okanagan Lake. Read More
In an episode of Our Community, they visited us and created this great video showing how we use our fleet of adapted kayaks and paddle boards.
VPC Reel Paddling Film Festival
Thursday April 24, 2025 from 7pm to 9pm.
Coldstream Community Hall
9909 Kalmalka Road, Coldstream V1B 1L5
The Reel Paddling Film Fest is returning this year and it marks the 20th Anniversary!
The venue has changed this year. Be sure to mark your calendar and invite your friends. This is our largest fund raiser of the year.
Stay tuned - tickets will be available for purchase in advance on Zone 4 and at the door.
Board Meeting
Monday
February 10, 2025
7:00 PM
Contact: INFO@VERNONPADDLINGCENTRE.CA
for location information
We would love for members to join us as we discuss and plan for the 2025 paddling season.
Training Schedule
2025
2025
The Vernon Paddling Centre (VPC) expanded its’ paddling program to provide basic paddling safety and technique coaching to our new paddlers and more advanced paddling coaching to those members who are interested in racing and/or taking their paddling to the next level. There are three group paddling options:
Race Schedule
2025
2025
VPC members enjoy participating in both competitive and non-competitive races. Upcoming races and past results for VPC members are listed below each race.
Return of the Freshwater Challenge
the Freshwater Challenge will be back on June 22nd, 2025. We look forward to seeing you!
Paddling in Vernon
Vernon Paddling Centre is a non-profit organization devoted to the promotion of safe and skillful paddling. The Vernon Paddling Centre Society (VPCS) is a club of independent paddlers who enjoy outrigger canoeing and other paddling sports.
VPCS’s mission is to promote an inclusive paddling community, safety, and foster paddling to the community at large. We are always looking for new members.
Vernon Paddling centre offers:
Use of club boats (Outriggers, Canoes, SUPs (Stand-Up Paddle Boards) and surf skis)
Paddling Clinics
Group Paddles
Fun events
Boat Storage (A couple of spots still available.)
A great paddling community
VPC Open House Recap
from Sunday June 25, 2023
Beach Radio's Brian and Rebecca check out Outrigger Canoeing at Paddlewheel Park
See Video
