PADDLE SHACK

Standing on the corner of Scott & McRae is a unique post and beam building that looks like it would be as comfortable on the shore of the Nahanni River, as it is in the trendy neighbourhood of Westboro in Ottawa. This same profile could be said of the owners and staff of the building's principal tenant Trailhead Paddle Shack. Originally two separate stores Trailhead and Paddle Shack both have a rich history of serving Ottawa area customers... Trailhead began in 1976 with the merger of two five-year-old companies. In 1971 Wally Schaber created the guiding service; Black Feather Wilderness Adventures and Chris Harris started a separate outfitting business Harris Outfitters, in 1971. They knew of each other but it was not until a mutual friend Gary Schofield hired them both to teach his new Wilderness Outdoor Recreation course at Algonquin College in 1974 that they saw the potential in a merger. It was Gary who suggested the name Trailhead--the starting point... In 1976 the first..

Primary location: Ottawa Canada