Paddle to the Sea

This and my side up the mountain my are favorite films growing up .

The story of "Paddle to the Sea" kinda plays out a bit like the Baychimo, a ship that was built in Sweden in 1914 originally as the "Angermanelfven" by German ship designers, it was used in WW1 as a cargo ship to supply the Germans with supplies, however, after the war the Germans had to sign the Treaty of Versailles, meaning the Entente could have all of Germany's military vehicles and equipment, aswell as anything that could be used for military purposes, in 1923 (I believe) the Angermanelfven was given to the Hudson's Bay Company and was renamed to the Baychimo, it was then refitted for Arctic exploration purposes and successfully sailed through Canadian and Alaskan territory until 1928 when it got stuck in ice and had to be watched over incase it sinks, in 1931 they abandoned the Baychimo and thought it might have sank. In 1932 however, it was spotted again to what I remember was local Inuit people, and was found throught the 1930's and wasn't discovered again til around 1942-43, it then kept gettjng found by different Inuit people and a few fishermen, with the last sighting in 1969 being Inuit people from what I was told, the ship hasn't been found to this day and though there is a party now attempting to find the ship, nothing of the Baychimo or related to it has been found except for the past sightings from 1932-1969.

I remember this from when I was a kid… Watched it several times at school

Je me souviens de ces images.
Je ne sais plus dans quelles circonstances, il y a si longtemps.. (France).

I watched this film in about 1967 at a Boy scout "father / son "banquet ... it inspired me greatly !!

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IDK if I read the book or watched the movie, but I remembered the gist of the story and easily found it again, some 50+ years later.
I sailed tiny boats as a child. Made a toy balsa wood boat and floated it down the gutters during a heavy downpour with my little sister. As an adult, I am a paddler and I love solo paddling journeys. It seems rather amazing that this story has lived with me through my many years.

This great little film I saw in the suburbs of Beijing, China circa 1979, this film made an impression on my life, about fate, courage, loneliness, nature and more! Hats off to the director of the movie and the publisher of the video! And sincerely thank you!

Aaah, nostalgia! Did I consciouly love this in grade school? Can't recall. I suspect I was rooting for the little wooden fellow and his canoe. Many decades and many, MANY canoe trips later, I am aglow watching this and reading the positive comments. I wonder if this would fly today or be a symbolic transgression, cultural appropriation...

Paddle on.

Just imagine the amount of work that went into filming this. A forest fire!

Who knows how far you can go

I was mesmerized by this film when it was shown to us in the early 1970s in my elementary school classroom in a low-income area of Los Angeles County, California. It left such an impression on me - of journeying through nature far from where I lived, and on the importance of protecting the environment - that I have thought about it over the years and finally decided to search for it today. I was thrilled to find it here, and watching it again stirred me to tears.

I found this by googling a line from a TV on the show "tales from the loop." I grew up in the US, so I guess this wasn't played here. I love finding things like this. It's like the Canadian Flat Stanley of the sea.

Edit: Well, hell, I just googled and found out Flat Stanley is Canadian, too!

Talk about a blast from my elementary past. Always loved this movie and looked forward to it every year.

I carved a ship with my house phone number hoping it would come back haha,, the area code has changed once or twice and the old wall phone gave way to cellphones!!! It sparked my love for nature and history what a journey!!!

I am surprised the leftists and woke in the US don't find this amazing children's classic offensive.

Saw this for the first time at the Czech Embassy in Accra Ghana, probably in 1967. Saw it again after I moved to Canada, and now found it on You Tube. Such a heart-warming story. And to read all the comments of people this film touched is precious!

I seen this in grade school as a young boy. This little film was some of the root of my lifelong wanderlust. I've traveled 3.5 million Miles truck driving. And most of my time off work Hiking, camping, Hunting and Search and Rescue. . I've stood on mountain tops and enjoyed the waterways. And had thought of " Paddle " numerous times while looking at a river or stream over the years.
A Heart felt Thank you for uploading!
Best Wishes from Montana M.H

I saw this film in elementary school in 1969. It made such an impression on me that over 20 years later, my brother and I made a similar journey by canoe into the gulf. Thanks for the memories!

My 53 year old son visited last weekend and was filming Fall, which included the area of a favorite childhood play area, a drainage ditch. He and his two brothers frequently nailed their fisher price people to small pieces of wood,from the local lumber yard, and floated them away on that stream. While he was in medical school, he painted a very large depiction of that activity which he titled paddle to the sea. It hangs in my family room to this day. I never knew until now what inspired him. He mentioned it while editing his film. What a wonderful story, paddle to the sea.